Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | With minor exceptions , landlords have been permitted since 5th November 1973 to collect only the rent applicable before 6th November 1972 , plus half the difference between that rent and any higher rent agreed between the parties at normal rent reviews , or settled by arbitration , or otherwise determined . |
| 32 | They broke into the vehicle , which had been parked in Front Street , Sowerby , and stole sunglasses , cassettes and a bag containing sports equipment . |
| 33 | Most Royal Bank third party ATMs are located at ASDA , Safeway , Co-op and William Low supermarkets although terminals have recently been installed at two Gulf Oil petrol stations in Edinburgh . |
| 34 | Anhydrite in minor quantities has been reported at different Devonian horizons in two wells in France and Belgium , and in more substantial thickness in the Dinantian in Belgium ( Massa and Oudin 1980 ) ; intriguing speculations have been made that halite might be present deeper in the Namur and Dinant basins . |
| 35 | Reports of fighting in the strategic southern town of Malakal , the capital of Upper Nile province , which had been reported in late October as clashes between the rebel Sudan People 's Liberation Army ( SPLA ) and government forces [ see p. 39132 ] , were confused by conflicting accounts during November . |
| 36 | Around 500,000 hectares of forest are said to have been destroyed , and fires have also been reported in western Java and south Sulawesi . |
| 37 | Seif dunes are larger : in the Egyptian Sand Sea they attain a height of loo metres ( 330 ft ) and dunes twice this height have been reported from southern Iran . |
| 38 | Induction had been considered in one LEA , but a plan to use a local college 's advanced courses had not been implemented . |
| 39 | Unfortunately John Scott Morgan had to postpone his planned October talk ( but he has been booked for next May , see below ) . |
| 40 | The surrounding gardens have been designed by American Mark Rudkin to complement the Monet gardens nearby . |
| 41 | The flags have been added by shed-man Jim Ingham ! |
| 42 | I 'd like to know who cut the strings of her tennis racket too , the first formers looked at one another , it certainly is queer the way things have been happening to poor Mary Lou lately , even her prayer book had disappeared and some of her pencils had gone . |
| 43 | What has been happening in Latin America is that the growth of education has been much faster than structural change in society , with the result that some of the potential value of education for social mobility is lost . |
| 44 | These days have been organised for 13th September at Homerton , Cambridge and Ipswich . |
| 45 | These days have been organised for 13th September at Homerton , Cambridge and Ipswich . |
| 46 | Simultaneous launches have been organised for all EC countries , with passes for each country 's own festival offered as the prize . |
| 47 | I know this may sound like a long shot — but someone who 's been listening to 2 Pac 's ‘ 2PacalypseNow ’ super-LP was recently arrested in a stolen car ( with the tape still playing ) for killing a police officer in America . |
| 48 | The playground has been built by another Hereford firm , who say it 's been quite a challenge . |
| 49 | After some uncertainty , presumably not unconnected with the ongoing debate in connection with MDPs and MNPs mentioned above , that day has recently been named as 1 January 1992 . |
| 50 | He 's been named as thirty-five-year-old John FitzGerald from Swindon . |
| 51 | The Economist of Oct. 6 reported that demonstrations had been organized in southern Bhutan between Sept. 19 and 23 by the outlawed Bhutan People 's Party ( BPP ) , most of whose supporters were members of the ethnic Nepalese community . |
| 52 | While the Romans are described as being tributary , it seems that the lands which had originally been granted to free-born Franks had been exempt from tax , and that the Franks subsequently assumed that any lands which they came to hold were similarly exempt . |
| 53 | It is hoped to achieve the 15% reduction in staffing by the employment of temporary staff as vacancies occur and this policy has been operating since 1 April 1992 . |
| 54 | The CIA 's code of conduct , which has been operating since last April , is now an integral part of the association 's Responsible Care programme , to which all CIA member companies have now signed up . |
| 55 | There are some TNCs that have been operating in Latin America , Africa and Asia for decades and have won enviable reputations as model employers . |
| 56 | This scheme has already been operating in some London boroughs but it has prompted criticism from anti-poll tax campaigners who have branded the technique as ‘ harassment ’ . |
| 57 | This scheme has already been operating in some London boroughs but it has prompted criticism from anti-poll tax campaigners who have branded the technique as ‘ harassment ’ . |
| 58 | Controversy over the Fleet had flared up again when Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk 's decree transferring to Ukrainian jurisdiction all military formations in the republic , including the Fleet which would form the basis of Ukraine 's navy , had been answered by Russian President Boris Yeltsin 's decree of April 7 transferring the Black Sea Fleet to Russia . |
| 59 | The German defences north of South Vaagsö had been bombed by three Blenheims an hour or so earlier , no doubt adding to the confusion at the German 181 Division 's headquarters for they had no clear picture of events and a patrol sent down from the northern defences lost two men at the road-block . |
| 60 | Some of the entries in the archive are marked as being obsolete , either because they represent Supplement entries which have been incorporated into earlier OED entries , or because they have been discarded by lexicographers and are not to be included in the New OED . |