Example sentences of "have [been] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Mothers have been warned that alcohol and tobacco — as well as various medicines and other chemicals — can injure a fetus .
2 Then she would at least have been able to ask if he was anything to do with Massingham Engineering — and thereby have been prepared this morning .
3 Restrictions on water use have been imposed this month in areas of the south and east of the country , which is experiencing the worst drought this century .
4 The Republic of Colombia won its independence from Spain in 1819 although its borders have been redrawn several times since .
5 The six men and six women have been questioned all day by detectives :
6 The amounts as well as qualifying ages have been altered several times since 1986/87 , so any rebate would only apply to allowances that would have been due to you at the time .
7 Given the horrendous job losses that have been announced this month in the manufacturing sector , are these signs of the success of the Government 's economic policy ?
8 Newcastle though have been flying all season … on top of the table since September they 've lost just one of their last ten league games … some thought they were beginning to slip … five goals against Brentford last weekend proved that Kevin Keegan 's team are still the ones to beat …
9 I don I should also say that following a very recent decision er in our submission that 's probably right , that my Lord as I say , I say to you with no joy , this really is desperate and er one can not have , in our submission , in the minds of the jury by inadmissible evidence , the suggestion that yes we have been harbouring this man two days before .
10 You will still call that colour ‘ green ’ because you too have been taught that grass is always green .
11 But quiz shows have been getting more viewers than Eldorado .
12 Twenty-one red kite chicks have been raised this year , compared to just 10 last year .
13 Many of the points which have been raised this evening will be considered in Committee .
14 Executive voices have been raised several octaves over the issue ( UX No 433 ) , and there does not appear to be any clear agreement yet on how COSE firms would level this playing field .
15 From the letters we have been receiving this year it appears that the Jehovah 's Witness from Greece Andreas Christodoulou has been passing some of the cards on to his colleagues who are also imprisoned Jehovah 's witnesses , who want to correspond with people in the U.K. Fortunately we have someone in the office who has been able to translate their letters .
16 I have been sent another example , which is rather more serious .
17 Provisions relating to ancient monuments have been amended several times , the latest being 1983 when the National Heritage Act was passed .
18 Well again er , er a three bedroomed house , I would , you see and they were putting one plug in , in , in each , each bedroom and , and two plugs in the main bedroom so they dropped one down altogether and erm , erm in a lounge like this to put two plugs in , sort of one in that corner and one in that corner it 's no good to anybody , it 's , as much as anything else was er , er about placing plugs as well er , if one 's only going to have two plugs well then least one should be able to place them in , in the right positions , er putting them behind doors is , is , is no good at all , a lot of them have been done that way because the it always means flex is going to be draped across the , the door if people are walking in gon na trip over it and erm , they probably got down to now , something er just less than the standard I would think in the , in the last houses they built .
19 Southend have been struggling all season … just as well because Town could have been punished by a better team …
20 Southend have been struggling all season … just as well because Town could have been punished by a better team …
21 Lam exhibitions have been mounted this month at The Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid ( until 14 December and then travelling to the Fundació Miró in Barcelona , 21 January–28 March , 1993 ) , the Villa Medici in Rome , the home of the French Academy ( until 24 January 1993 and the first show of the artist 's work in Italy ) and in New York .
22 Could it be that some machines have been neglected all summer ?
23 The pages of magazines have been filled this year with the usual crop of controversies .
24 In the Northern General hospital NHS trust , six new consultants have been appointed this year and 95 per cent .
25 Resources for employment training have been cut this year and for youth training are roughly the same , even though the need is so much greater .
26 Webbe 's appearances for Bridgend have been limited this season and he has only five tries so far .
27 So that answers all those years that I have been conducting these seminars , it answers my question not in the way I was particularly happy about I have to say , but I mean it did answer my question and then it may be them having you know I mean like sort of things I may not be particularly happy with , but maybe it is good that the papers are reflecting what the community wants .
28 Lesbians and HIV prevention have been given little attention in the overall response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic .
29 When Jesus appeared after his resurrection to his disciples in Galilee , he told them , ‘ I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth . ’
30 In terms of the future of formal education , priority has been given to achievement of non-racial education , and neither questions of female access and achievement , nor the gendered content of educational materials , have been given much attention .
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