Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.

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31 As though it does not matter that half of humanity have been prohibited from realizing their potential .
32 Even the voracious fishermen of France and Spain have been prohibited from using drift-netting .
33 The majority of doctors are simply not aware of the dangers attached to Depo-Provera and other injectable contraceptives , nor that they have been prohibited in other countries .
34 The difficulties experienced in designating Marine Nature Reserves have been exemplified by Skomer which was first proposed as a Marine Nature in 1982 , reached a formal consultative stage in 1986 , and is still being considered for designation by the Secretary of State for Wales in 1989 .
35 It becomes difficult then to adduce abstract principles which should have a life of their own , quite apart from whether they have been exemplified within history , which may be used to judge history .
36 It is made all the more unfair by the fact that the institutions have been deprived of any real access to the water authorities .
37 The segregated education system is geared to keeping the majority of black people in subordination , while health and housing conditions are poor and , most importantly , black people have been deprived of political and human rights .
38 The government estimates that 250,000 children have been deprived of education .
39 The provinces of Tete and Zambezia , particularly affected by Renamo actions , have been deprived of 80 per cent of their schools .
40 Apart from those who have been deprived of their freedom by the state , and at the discretion of the electoral registration officer , anyone over the age of 18 is eligible to register to vote .
41 Working with children , I often find myself thinking that their young minds have been deprived of innocence , and usually a good deal of fun and happiness along with it .
42 Slemen 's team have been deprived of Northern stalwarts Dewi Morris , Tim Rodber , Wade Dooley and the Underwood brothers Rory and Tony , mainly because of Saturday 's Test commitments .
43 And women have not been present in those circles with the result that they have been deprived of the means to participate in the construction of forms of thought which are relevant or adequate to express their own experience , ( Spender , 1981 , p. 3 ) .
44 ‘ And when you and your royal half-brother have been sucked dry of every drop of accursed wolfseed by the Frost Giantess ; when you have been deprived of every drop that might bear fruit in some unknown womb and create another wolfcreatury , I shall give you both to the Soul Eaters .
45 The world 's needy have been deprived of £10 billion of aid due to the cuts made by the present Government in Labour 's programme .
46 Those at the conference table are not Palestine Liberation Organisation representatives working out of Tunis but people who actually live in the occupied territories , who have been deprived of their homeland , as they see it , and who are now looking to the future and trying to negotiate some kind of settlement .
47 2.5 The second , and more important , cause of action that English law now allows on death is the independent cause of action given to the near relatives of the deceased who have been deprived of his or her support or services .
48 All that is true , but I do not say that young people who have been deprived in that way should go out and steal cars .
49 Three useful conditions have been advocated by which a teacher may judge her objectives .
50 Will my right hon. Friend assure the House that he will not agree to binding minimum rates of income tax in Europe , which have been advocated by the Socialist Confederation in Europe and are supported by the Labour party in this country ?
51 Quality systems have naturally been around within Ciba Geigy for a long time and all aspects of manufacturing on the site have been registered to ISO 9001 since 1987 .
52 A spokesman said : ‘ Less than half of our 1.35m junior accounts — that is , for savers aged less than 16 — have been registered for gross payment of interest .
53 A further 40 percent of young people have been registered for jobs and training at careers offices for between two and six months .
54 However , only a few large companies — 25 of them — have been registered as software exporters with branch offices abroad .
55 My Department is writing to all those who have been registered as objectors to the applications , with details of the arrangements .
56 Just 90 Pit Bulls have been registered under the Dangerous Dogs Act , introduced in 1991 following public outrage against attacks on children and adults on the mainland .
57 TRADERS in Dungannon have been warned to be on the lookout for counterfeit £20 notes after ten forgeries were passed in business premises in the town .
58 SHOPPERS have been warned to be extremely careful about buying cheap goods after dangerous chemicals were found in packets of household washing powder .
59 Employees of oil companies in the city have been warned to be on the alert for anyone acting suspiciously near their offices .
60 Most of us have been warned about the health risks of high blood pressure ( hypertension ) but few people are aware that in several European countries the opposite condition of low blood pressure ( hypotension ) is regarded as a medical problem .
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