Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In the long term , the use of ursodeoxycholic acid has been reported to be of benefit in primary sclerosing cholangitis , but the mechanism by which ursodeoxycholic acid exerts a beneficial effect is unknown .
2 Thymectomy has previously been reported to be of benefit in ulcerative colitis , but it is possible that it may also have a beneficial effect in Crohn 's disease .
3 A dose of 5 mg/kg indomethacin has , however , been reported to be without influence on pancreatic arterial blood flow .
4 In 1989 Gray had been reported to be under FBI investigation concerning alleged payroll padding .
5 Until recently women have been considered to be at low risk from HIV and AIDS , and attention has been focussed on so-called high risk groups .
6 It has been designed to be of value and interest to all grades of nurses who may wish to work through for their own interest and professional development .
7 In legal procedures personal and family relations have been deemed to be beyond law 's limits .
8 ‘ I have n't been pretending to be in love with you this weekend .
9 The experiment of holding a members ' team quiz , at a time when travel from outside the area might be difficult , has been agreed to be worth repeating .
10 Certainly almost all of the characters that Burdon lists have been shown to be of selective importance either in clover or in some related species , though sometimes under very specialized circumstances .
11 Both light and heavy exercises have been shown to be of benefit in improving physical conditioning .
12 Furthermore , disadvantaged groups , both within our society and in developing countries , have been shown to be at high risk from gestational diabetes .
13 Empirical therapy with class I antiarrhythmic drugs ( quinidine , procainamide , disopyramide ) was once widely practised but has been shown to be at best ineffective and at worst dangerous .
14 The origin of this unusual monster has been shown to be in Early Dynastic Sumeria ( see p. 146 and fig. 14.29 above ) .
15 Indeed , one of the first die links ever published drew attention to the surprising use of the same die on two coins which had been thought to be of different mints .
16 There is a further indication that this is the right solution ; one of the few archaeological finds to have come from the battlefield at Vézeronce is a fine helmet , which has been thought to be of Ostrogothic workmanship .
17 More recently , the quest for " ultimate meaning " has been understood to be at the heart of RE — and something which all can share in .
18 ‘ The one consolation is that my husband Samuel and David and I have been invited to be in the audience when Go For It is filmed .
19 Its use has been recognised to be of value in applications such as machine translation and speech recognition .
20 Although none of the autoantibodies have been proved to be of pathogenetic significance , it has been shown , both in Crohn 's disease and in ulcerative colitis , that IgG and complement can be present on the apical surface of enterocytes in vivo , possibly indicating a pathogenetic role for anti-epithelial/anti-brush border antibodies in inflammatory bowel disease .
21 Anti-snake devices have been proved to be worth while .
22 The evening meal is usually around seven , although it has been known to be at nine .
23 The quantities of initial sample used in different centres varies from 4 to 35 g per 1000 ml but in practice the most satisfactory concentrations from the viewpoint of reproducibility have been found to be between 10 and 20 g per 1000 ml .
24 Concentrations of PCBs in whales and dolphins have been found to be between five and 20 times the level that would classify them as toxic waste in the US .
25 In the book I have attempted to give a practical interpretation of the soft systems approach , an interpretation that has been found to be of value in many studies with which I have been associated .
26 A recent application in our own hands has been in the treatment of multiple sclerosis where it has been found to be of value in restoring at least some nerve function in about 60–70 per cent of patients treated .
27 In a previous double-blind trial , it had been found to be of value in about 70 per cent of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and about 40 per cent of those with osteoarthritis .
28 Soil-nutrients have been found to be at similar levels as under mature forest , at least so far as phosphorus , organic carbon and nitrogen are concerned , though the pH and cation concentrations are higher .
29 Roger William Peters FCA of 433-437 Great West Road , Hounslow , Middx having been found to be in breach of Bye-law 76(d) in force at the material time and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( iii ) in that at Slough on or about 23 April 1991 an Interim Order was made in respect of his affairs under Section 252 of the Insolvency Act 1986 was reprimanded , had his Practising Certificate withdrawn and ordered to pay £1,000 by way of costs .
30 John Anthony Lane FCA of Far Hills , Grove Road , Tring , Herts having been found liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( ii ) in that he in Leighton Buzzard between 13 July 1990 and 20 August 1992 failed to deal properly and promptly with professional enquiries from Chartered Accountants and having been found to be in breach of Bye-law 76(c) in force at the material time and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( iv ) in that he in Leighton Buzzard between 17 October 1991 and 7 November 1991 failed to provide information required of him by the Investigation Committee on 17 October 1991 in exercise of its powers under Bye-law 80(a) concerning professional enquiries from Chartered Accountants was reprimanded , fined £500 and ordered to pay £1,000 by way of costs .
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