Example sentences of "been [adv] [adj] by [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been most concerned by reports that some students may have been in temporary difficulty at the start of the current term because their grant cheques have not arrived from certain authorities . |
| 2 | And if they are genuine it could open up old wounds in Russia where there is still bitter feeling over how the execution has been constantly covered-up by communists , including leader Boris Yeltsin . |
| 3 | Diana is said to have been deeply distressed by reports that she has recently suffered another outbreak of bulimia nervosa , the binge-eating disease . |
| 4 | Pill users have since been further worried by reports that early use of the pill can cause cancer of the breast ( Pike et al . |
| 5 | " Gabon is specially significant because it probably now has more elephants than any other African country , and so far they have been relatively undisturbed by poachers . |
| 6 | It is noticeable that overgrowth cements only develop on biogenic carbonate grains , and do not form where the skeletal wall has been heavily bored by fungi or algae ( thus forming a ‘ micrite ’ envelope ) . |