Example sentences of "been [vb pp] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The companies had been placed on the blacklist after being accused of offering " kickbacks " to win an oil pipeline contract . |
| 32 | A copy of the Control Panel window has been placed on the Clipboard using the ALT+Print Screen key combination . |
| 33 | Restrictions have been placed on the percentage of a nation 's population which may be covered by aid and ceilings imposed on the intensity of support measures . |
| 34 | A tatami , a triple-woven rush mat , had been placed on the sand , and as he walked towards it Alexei saw that the slave had raked over his footprints as he had departed , leaving the surface smooth and even . |
| 35 | The firm transports livestock to Europe , but because of the drivers ' blockade , a temporary ban has been placed on the export of livestock into France . |
| 36 | asserted that in the present time the defendant 's liability in Rylands v. Fletcher itself ‘ could simply have been placed on the defendant 's failure of duty to take reasonable care , ’ and it seems a logical inference from this and from the judgment as a whole that the Court of Appeal considered the rule to have no useful function in modern times . |
| 37 | In the case of isolated molecules , ions and clusters , must emphasis has been placed on the investigation of unimolecular photodissociation and photoionization . |
| 38 | A limit had already been placed on the extent of national assistance two years earlier so as to prevent member states from engaging in self-defeating competitive bidding to attract mobile investment , and also in recognition of the basic idea of the Treaty of Rome that there should be a single market with free competition . |
| 39 | With the development of urban centres and religious foundations greater demand would have been placed on the hinterland . |
| 40 | Particular emphasis has been placed on the fact that the county embraces the best part of two national parks as well as two and a half areas of outstanding natural beauty and a heritage coast . |
| 41 | Particular emphasis has been placed on the examination of the relationship between the static elastic moduli measured on laboratory samples and the dynamic moduli derived from borehole geophysical logs . |
| 42 | Mr Hunt told a news conference after meeting union leaders in Flint on October 23 : ‘ A moratorium has been placed on the closure of Point of Ayr and a direction has been given by the Government to British Coal that development work must continue at Point of Ayr . ’ |
| 43 | Among other relics was discovered a folding chair , this being in a badly burned condition having been placed on the funeral pyre . |
| 44 | However , emphasis has already been placed on the value of Cooke 's conception of a region as defined by ‘ class cultural ’ practices in civil society . |
| 45 | Never before has such a large volume of licenced properties been placed on the market . |
| 46 | Thus emphasis has often been placed on the use of the card catalogue as a major source for locating material , out of all proportion to its value for obtaining information when compared to other tools for information retrieval . |
| 47 | Greater emphasis has been placed on the use of computers and V.D.U . 's to streamline both sales and production systems . |
| 48 | Can the text and graphics be moved around once they have been placed on the page ? |
| 49 | Engagement letters must be signed by the client who must have time to consider the terms of the letter such that there can be no suggestion of undue pressure to sign having been placed on the client . |
| 50 | He explained that a series of options had been placed on the table but all had been rejected . |
| 51 | A second theme has been a particular criticism of the Treasury and of its economic policies ; in particular that too much emphasis has been placed on the balance of payments or prevention of inflation , while the need for economic growth was neglected . |
| 52 | At the time , Eurotunnel said the contracts had been placed on the assumption passengers would stay with cars , but that the rolling stock could be altered , if required , by the Safety Authority . |
| 53 | And what of the fact that the song 's key line , ‘ You 're so f—ing special , ’ has been altered on every copy of the record destined for the radio ? |
| 54 | Abandoned fawns have been reared on a bottle , only to die within a few months . |
| 55 | I wondered , when I set off to get it , if my notoriety had been communicated on the jungle drums and if the promised purchase might still elude me , so I was especially glad to have it safely at home . |
| 56 | The provision in section 44(4) has been criticized on the ground that it is wrong in principle that a person should be found guilty of an offence which the jury find that he did not commit . |
| 57 | The 1967 Criminal Justice Act had added the suspended sentence which had been pressed on the Home Secretary by an enthusiastic judiciary . |
| 58 | The Mirror Group — controlled by Mr Maxwell 's private companies — was to have been floated on the Stock Exchange next year . |
| 59 | This purchase of a ‘ shell ’ company was the first time that the manoeuvre had been executed and the first time that a bookmaking company had been floated on the Stock Exchange . |
| 60 | On either side gold metal had been arranged on a wood background to create abstract angels , kneeling , praying , haloed but without faces , without radiance . |