Example sentences of "[adj] have been [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In this chapter I shall write only about women in the last group and their position in the British labour market since very little has been written about them . |
| 32 | Over the past few years I have read a great deal of specifically Christian literature in the field of economics and I have been impressed by one thing : while much has been said about the immorality of the modern corporation and the injustice of the structures of international trade and while a little has been said , especially in North America , about the role of government and the need for proper control of money and credit , very little has been written about trade unions . |
| 33 | So far relatively little has been written about the use of review meetings or family meetings in work with elderly people , although their value in practice is increasingly being recognised . |
| 34 | The work of women in both the RFC and RAF ( WAAF ) has of course been fully documented , but little has been written on the subject apart from in propaganda and other official literature . |
| 35 | Little has been written on the subject since then , but one may infer from the few remarks that are made on it that psychologists are no longer so impressed by ‘ the insuperable logical difficulty ’ James believed there to be in the way of saying that the difference between sensations may be one of ‘ place pure and simple ’ . |
| 36 | Although comparatively little has been written about the professions in the UK there are those who see these occupations in the same altruistic light . |
| 37 | In contrast , very little has been written on the presence of a risk premium for index futures . |
| 38 | Until now , efforts to stop the trade have depended on development programmes , but government reports readily concede that little has been achieved to create alternative employment . |
| 39 | The ‘ state of the art ’ of soil conservation is clearly in a sorry mess : ‘ The need for soil conservation was emphasised by Bennett ( 1955 ) , Jacks and Whyte ( 1939 ) and many others … but so little has been achieved that most recent reports … are virtually undistinguishable in factual content and sentiment from the earlier studies . ’ |
| 40 | In this climate of caution and introspection , little has been achieved in the decade since 1977 . |
| 41 | We have seen in this chapter that little has been achieved in British residential areas in terms of safer and more attractive environments . |
| 42 | Over the years , more money has been put into education , but regrettably in certain areas little has been achieved . |
| 43 | Little has been seen or heard of the V of R this year , but apparently there have been something of an upheaval in the Company at the end of the season and few people are now employed . |
| 44 | If the wrong agreed on itself amounts to a tort against the plaintiff perhaps little has been lost by the restriction of conspiracy , for the combination must be carried into effect to cause damage and then the substantive tort is committed . |
| 45 | Too little has been made in social work of the effect upon the child of long or repeated absences by the parent , except in relation to early maternal deprivation . |
| 46 | In fact , it could be argued that too little has been made of the naturalness of depression — that to a large extent it develops as an understandable reaction to life circumstances . |
| 47 | ‘ In reasoning or inventiveness , little has been gained or lost in the build-up of the human species during the last five millennia . |
| 48 | Focusing more particularly on forgiveness , Jesus defended the woman who had poured myrrh over his feet by pointing to the same reason : ‘ Her great love proves that her many sins have been forgiven ; where little has been forgiven , little love is shown . ’ |
| 49 | … where little has been forgiven , little love is shown ( Luke 7:47 ) . |
| 50 | Very little has been discovered of the gates , although their sites can be predicted with tolerable certainty . |
| 51 | It is nevertheless significant that , however much anti-German growling there has been on Capitol Hill since the invasion of Kuwait , little has been heard within the administration . |
| 52 | Meanwhile , little has been heard from the fragmented pro-hunting campaign . |
| 53 | Little has been heard from Rodney Bickerstaffe of NUPE and Jimmy Knapp of the rail union . |
| 54 | ‘ Little has been heard of her since Dead Rat , but she is believed to be in the South-Western United States . |
| 55 | Although comprising only ten airframes , the collection gives a fascinating glimpse at some early Soviet designs of which little has been heard in the West . |
| 56 | So little has been heard from Steve Chen 's Supercomputer Systems Inc in the past couple of years that people have been wondering if the company still existed . |
| 57 | Unlike the other two candidates , little has been heard from the business strategy lecturer at Durham University Business School since the byelection . |
| 58 | So far , little has been published on the time trends for anal cancer , probably because of the limited access to long term data and those truly representative of populations . |
| 59 | Our data describe a technique which has allowed detailed study of the proliferation compartment of human gastric mucosa , about which little has been published . |
| 60 | It is ludicrous that so little has been put into it hitherto . |