Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The interior was still waiting for its first clean and the upholstery felt as if it had been textured in buff nicotine . |
| 32 | In the Septizonium , an ancient Roman temple at the south-east corner of the Palatine , which had long since been annexed for other uses , safe from outside interference and imperial troops , for it was still possible for emperors to attempt to interfere with elections , the election commenced after each cardinal had celebrated mass and all of them had exchanged the kiss of peace . |
| 33 | The sentence of Poindexter 's former subordinate , Oliver North , had been overturned for similar reasons in July 1990 [ see p. 37605 ] , but the appellate panel now went further by refusing to allow Walsh to return to the trial judge and attempt to show that the trial testimony was not tainted , as had been permitted in North 's case . |
| 34 | Forty per cent of death sentences have been overturned at federal appeal in recent years . |
| 35 | In his day , works on Evolution had been catalogued under Pre-Adamite Man . |
| 36 | And the substance of my apprehension is to be found in the formidable dossiers of attainment which have been catalogued in numerous obituaries over the past week . |
| 37 | A detailed helicopter EM survey has been flown over extensive areas of the Middle Dalradian ( MEG 253 ) . |
| 38 | He was ultimately responsible for the emptying of the city , the forced labour in the countryside , the persecution of anyone judged to have been tainted by foreign influences , and the bloody purges of Khmer Rouge cadres suspected of being ‘ Vietnamese traitors ’ . |
| 39 | In ( h ) you will see yellow has been blended into pale lilac and in ( i ) pale lilac has been rubbed into French blue . |
| 40 | For , while these theories pursued distinctive concerns , ideas drawn from each of them have been blended by political theorists to create an identifiable body of ideas with certain distinctive characteristics . |
| 41 | Though it used to be thought that internationalism was the preserve of the large , private corporation , today they have been joined by small firms and many state enterprises . |
| 42 | The team has been joined by full-time translator Sarah Hutton , whose specialities are Dutch and Russian . |
| 43 | Meanwhile the range has been joined by seasonable designs from Miss Asher , including Santa in a chimney , a snowman and a Christmas pudding . |
| 44 | Turner , 41 , who returned to the club as manager almost two years ago , has been joined by local businessmen Alf Hand and Shaun Riley to buy out Oxford-based chairman and owner John Devaney . |
| 45 | Many of these pioneer voluntary bodies still exist , and they have been joined by large numbers of organizations that have arisen in recent years to tackle the needs of particular groups among the disabled , so that voluntary effort continues to play a major part in meeting the needs of the handicapped . |
| 46 | Like all Chinese bikes , it is an all-purpose workhorse : so strong it will probably go on and on , until like most other bikes on the road its seat leather is worn right through and every part has been patched by street-corner bike repairers . |
| 47 | It has been delayed pending final clearance . |
| 48 | Research director Ulrich Seiffert was anxious to put an end to rumours that the engine had been delayed by chronic friction and vibration problems . |
| 49 | Both indices have weakened somewhat in recent months , however , a pattern consistent with the view that recovery has been delayed by political uncertainty and will occur once the election is out of the way . |
| 50 | An official announcement was expected at the end of the week , following a final meeting at Pirelli 's Milan headquarters , but it has been delayed by contractual difficulties with some of the company 's existing Italian agencies . |
| 51 | EXPLORER Sir Ranulph Fiennes ' polar trek has been delayed by bad weather . |
| 52 | The appointment of the Cabinet had been delayed by intense rivalry for places between Samakkhi Tham and Chart Thai . |
| 53 | Gould had arranged to rendezvous with Gilbert in Sydney before leaving for England , but so eager was he to set sail with his precious cargo that when it seemed Gilbert might have been delayed in Western Australia , he left without seeing him . |
| 54 | Long service awards for trio of Terriers THREE part-time soldiers with nearly 70 years in uniform between them have been honoured for long service . |
| 55 | Croll managed the day to day administration of the office until he retired in 1881 by which time he was a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and had been honoured by learned bodies at home and abroad . |
| 56 | Over centuries gypsies have been persecuted in varying degrees ; but now they are as much the victims of general trends and events taking place without regard to or for them . |
| 57 | Vanguard ( October 1987 ) complained of ‘ a corrupt and Zionist dominated media ’ , thereby repeating the conspiracy theorists ' argument against ordinary people who have been blinded by Jewish opinion-makers . |
| 58 | Two variables have been mooted as possible determinants of success in making plural reference . |
| 59 | A similar proposal to reduce forces in the Asia-Pacific region had been mooted by Soviet officials in November . |
| 60 | Observers suggest that readers lured by promotions such as the October British Airways offer have been stabilised by added value supplements such as the fashion supplement Visage , launched in the same month . |