Example sentences of "already [been] [vb pp] in [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the previous speakers I greatly welcome the concessions er proposed by the Government er in the police aspect of the Bill , although I c ca n't refrain from commenting that I simply can not understand why they were surprised at the reaction to their original proposal , given what had already been said in this House and by everybody that they consulted , but welcome though these concessions are , er I myself find them falling short of the ideal in three respects . |
| 2 | It has already been argued in some detail that foot the bill is semantically transparent . |
| 3 | It has already been argued in this Report that music is not appropriately used in worship primarily in order to instil or increase fellowship . |
| 4 | But this culture has already been defined in this way partially because of the existence in it of this particular kind of music . |
| 5 | Both the following sentences may be accepted as grammatical , but only the second is equivalent to any sentence which has already been cited in this section : ( 46 ) ill , their best salesman fell breathless , two stagehands appeared |
| 6 | Undamped relaxation oscillations had already been seen in such lasers , and at the time of writing there is the exciting prospect that the Lorenz system of equations may soon develop an experimental significance in laser physics to match their theoretical impact . |
| 7 | With regard to treatment , this subject has already been covered in some detail . |
| 8 | It reviews research that has already been conducted in this area and offers suggestions as to what may be priorities for future support . |
| 9 | The significance of internal structures had already been accepted in some cases ( otherwise whales and dolphins would be classified as fish rather than as mammals ) , but Cuvier made this central to the classification of the whole animal kingdom . |
| 10 | Most ELT series are intended to supplement what is in the textbook not to replace it and they are intended to be used to consolidate the learning of language that has already been presented in another form . |
| 11 | The frequency with which references to rural housing have already been made in this chapter reflects the extent to which the housing market acts as an intermediary between the economic changes in agriculture , described earlier in this book , and the kind of social life which is now to be found in the English countryside . |
| 12 | Orders for payment by the plaintiffs of costs to be taxed on the standard basis have already been made in this action . |
| 13 | This clearance was important because I did intend to ask one or two questions about a matter which had already been aired in several books and articles , her love affair with H. G. Wells and the child of that union , the writer Anthony West . |
| 14 | Some of them have already been used in this book . |
| 15 | One method of operation is known as the ‘ core and cluster ’ system , which has already been tried in several parts of the country . |
| 16 | The stoma care nurse has already been mentioned in this context . |
| 17 | The Monasticon Anglicanum has already been mentioned in this book . |
| 18 | This is the same proposal , associated with the Port Royal grammar and earlier versions of Chomskyan grammar , which has already been mentioned in this chapter in connexion with prenominal attributives ( 3.2 and 3.3 ) ; or rather it is part of the same proposal , since the full clause with adjective in post-copular position is claimed as the " origin " for both sorts of attributive . |
| 19 | ( Note : this raises the issues of trust and the capabilities of subordinates , which have already been discussed in this chapter . ) |