Example sentences of "been [art] [noun] by [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , the more economical methods may have led to stronger liquors being discharged because the water has been the vehicle by which unwanted impurities have been removed from the textiles and put down the drain . |
| 2 | The most significant welfare change , both in terms of numbers of people affected and the sum saved in public expenditure , has been the method by which this Government has calculated increases in social security . |
| 3 | As many search consultants were to become after him , Boyden had been the instrument by which a group of directors had removed an unwanted leader . |
| 4 | The first has been fighting a ( largely losing ) battle against social condemnation of " stealing other people 's homes " ; the second has been the mechanism by which to carry out government 's policies to protect some short-term occupiers ( tenants , with exclusive possession ) but not others ( licensees ) . |
| 5 | In both railways , the machinery has been the means by which the unions have come to exert a profound influence over the conduct of railway activities . |
| 6 | Thus , by the moment of Mrs. Dennis ' death on 24 February 1983 , there had been no alienation by her husband of his interest in the joint tenancy . |