Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [vb pp] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Her income support entitlement ended when she obtained maintenance at £5.00 per week but only one payment has been made this year . |
| 32 | When the product selection has been made some options for managing records may have been made impossible by the operating environment or application software . |
| 33 | The exterior has been altered many times and now only the lower parts of the western towers and the main nave and choir show Romanesque work . |
| 34 | The latter has a chequered history and has been altered several times within its life in Poland . |
| 35 | More recently , it has been demonstrated that casein kinase II ( CKII ) phosphorylates c-Jun at Thr-231 and Ser-249 both in vitro and in vivo ( 16 ) . |
| 36 | The lad who made a big impact as a 16-year-old has been ignored this season . |
| 37 | A through mineral train headed by Austerity 90215 has been sent this way , seen coming underneath the Midland at Lockoford sidings . |
| 38 | The village is well known for its flowers , and has been rewarded several times with a place in the Britain in Bloom Competition . |
| 39 | Erm ironically after I wrote erm the letter was typed on Monday erm to Mr Mr the only lights that have been fixed since are the ones at the end of my street and the next street not as I complained about ones on the main road erm there 's an example that 's been going on for many months where a problem , an acknowledged problem of access existed which was the reason for delay but that as I understand it has been overcome some time ago now and it 's still there , this is a group of seven lights together , the lot , erm these lights are still out , they 're not in my ward in fact , they 're just . |
| 40 | But already the decision has been given all party support in the House of Lords . |
| 41 | Dieulafoy 's disease has been given many names , including ‘ calibre persistent artery of the stomach ’ , ‘ cirsoid aneurysm ’ , ‘ gastric arteriosclerosis ’ , and ‘ peptic ulcer of peculiar location ’ . |
| 42 | ‘ This has been given much discussion and at the moment we have used all the available funds . ’ |
| 43 | In tropical countries the importance of maintaining the cold chain is recognised , but in temperate countries it has been given little attention until recently . |
| 44 | Another free kick has been given this time against big Mike Whitlow Lively start to the game and a lively start for the referee . |
| 45 | The very words ‘ modern art ’ still carry by themselves a charge strong enough to disturb , dishearten , or even repel , some before they 've read a line or listened to a note of whatever work has been given this label . |
| 46 | ‘ Linking ’ and ‘ intrusive ’ are special cases of juncture ; this name refers to the relationship between one sound and the sounds that immediately precede and follow it , and has been given some importance in phonological theory . |
| 47 | This counter-argument has been given some recognition by the courts , in that the ‘ reasonable relationship rule ’ is no longer a rule of law . |
| 48 | He says Gloucestershire County Council has been given more money . |
| 49 | Since publication , Alan has been given more information on this illustrious unit and has been kept busy updating his files . |
| 50 | THE mercy death doctor has been given more time to consider his future . |
| 51 | While the problems of child abuse and violence against women have been much publicised , abuse of the elderly — sometimes called ‘ granny bashing ’ ( Eastman , 1988 ) — has been given less consideration . |
| 52 | It seems strange that this phenomenon , so necessary both for social cohesion and for the development of real harmony between ourselves and our horses , has been given less attention than pecking order : a reflection , perhaps , on the observer more than on the observed . |
| 53 | And McDonald 's UK president , Paul Preston , said : ‘ The restaurant has been packed all morning . |
| 54 | The Park Off-Licence in Faringdon Road in Swindon has been raided several times in the past few months . |
| 55 | It is possible to think that this plebeian has been lent some part of Naipaul 's aristocratic fastidiousness , some part of his hostility , while also suffering the consequences of an exposure to these qualities , and to recall that both Ahmed and the author of An Area of Darkness are preoccupied with the hanks of human shit that litter certain landscapes . |
| 56 | To protect the spirit of demilitarisation , a convention has been followed that defence spending will not exceed 1 per cent of GNP , and although this ceiling has been broken on a few occasions , the 1 per cent target has a symbolic significance . |
| 57 | It has been argued that building systems to motivate and evaluate appropriate investment behaviour is better achieved when based upon a careful strategic analysis and critical success factors . |
| 58 | It has been said many times that the word ‘ conviction ’ is ambiguous and it has sometimes been construed in a statutory context as referring to nothing more than a finding of guilt . |
| 59 | As has been said many times ( certainly by me ) , it is the easiest thing in the world to write a review of an unimportant book . |
| 60 | However , it has been said that advice which is intended to have persuasive effect is not distinguishable from inducement and ‘ the fact that an inducement to break a contract is couched as an irresistible embargo rather than in terms of seduction does not make it any the less an inducement . ’ |