Example sentences of "been [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This catalogue raisonné has been keenly awaited for several years ; work began before the artist 's death in 1988 , aged eighty-six . |
| 2 | Of course , this has been keenly misread in our century . |
| 3 | John Knox returned to a tumultuous welcome , having been flatteringly described as a reformer who not merely ‘ lopped the branches of the papistry ’ but struck ‘ at the root , to destroy the whole ’ . |
| 4 | That view has been little heard since the 1960s , when London reasserted a traditional suzerainty over theatre and literary publishing , and that so silently , and so naturally , that the reversion passed almost unnoticed . |
| 5 | In 1899 , when there was a sharp increase in the number of reported cattle thefts , H. W. Brodhurst , the Government Agent , attributed it to false cases which were instituted because the magistrate was inexperienced : ‘ I therefore attach little importance to this apparent recrudescence of a crime which was once the curse of the Province , but has been little heard of in late years . ’ |
| 6 | This poverty was all the worse for the general affluence around it , and until now it had been little noticed by the majority . |
| 7 | The use of multivariate analysis ( common in igneous geochemistry ) has been little applied to modal compositions of sediments , although it offers considerable potential . |
| 8 | A major source will be the abundant Soviet technical literature on statistical practice , which has been little studied in the West . |
| 9 | But the impact of vestry policy on population movements and particularly on the supply of labour to industry and its cost has been little explored at parish level . |
| 10 | At a more intimate and personal level , the balance between independence and dependence raises fascinating issues which have as yet been little explored in relation to old age . |
| 11 | At first the native community of the Weald may have been little affected by the expansion of the iron industry . |
| 12 | It has been little affected by sex-discrimination legislation . |
| 13 | Stretford Bridge could have been little used after the first few months of the BCR 's life , when passengers presumably had to walk between there and Craven Arms — unless horse-drawn transport was provided along the road . |
| 14 | Lack of breakage , however , only characterizes some of the owl assemblages , but there has been little published on this subject . |
| 15 | Michael Portillo has been little known outside Westminster , but that is now changing , for he is the minister with the welfare state in his sights , says Joy Copley |
| 16 | ( The effects of collection size have been little mentioned by writers on online catalogues , perhaps because many of the writers are from North America and are used to university libraries which are larger than many national collections . ) |
| 17 | For lack of space these have previously been little shown to the public . |
| 18 | The company had therefore been properly served with English proceedings by an American museum in Ohio , but since the Ohio court was the more appropriate forum for the trial of disputes between the parties , the English action would be stayed . |
| 19 | The judge was satisfied , as he made clear , that they had been properly served with the proceedings throughout and no proper explanation of their absence was vouchsafed by their solicitor , who appeared at the hearing on their behalf . |
| 20 | Instead he was named Panos and had been properly adopted by a Greek couple . |
| 21 | There 's really no chance of getting bitten if your ferrets have been properly handled over a long period and are never scared . |
| 22 | The castle had not been properly maintained for many years and after the auction it was allowed to crumble . |
| 23 | He was badly injured when a rowing boat , which he took on the lake sank , because it had not been properly maintained by the Trust . |
| 24 | The scope of our work for the purpose of this report was limited to confirming that the directors are entitled to deliver abbreviated accounts and that the abbreviated accounts have been properly prepared from the full financial statements . |
| 25 | In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the company 's affairs at 31 March 1991 and of its deficit and source and applications of funds for the year then ended and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies ACT 1985 . |
| 26 | At the end of a full page report , the auditors conclude that ‘ because of the significance of the matters referred to in the preceding paragraphs , we are unable to form an opinion as to whether the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and the group at 31 December 1991 and of the loss and source and application of funds of the group for the year then ended and whether the financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985 ’ . |
| 27 | In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the company 's affairs at 31 December 19 .. and of its profit ( loss ) , total recognised gains ( losses ) and cash flows for the year then ended , and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985 . |
| 28 | The audit report should state whether , in the opinion of the auditors , the accounts have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985 and give a true and fair view of the state of the group 's and the company 's affairs and of the group 's profit or loss for the year . |
| 29 | In our opinion , the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and the group at 31st March 1991 and of the profit and source and application of funds of the group for the year then ended and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985 . |
| 30 | The audit report should state whether , in the opinion of the auditors , the accounts have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985 and give a true and fair view of the state of the company 's affairs and of its profit or loss for the year . |