Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most other efforts to air the issue in public have been suppressed . |
| 2 | Peak numbers are usually noted in September , when flocks totalling up to 1,600 have been noted in Chichester and Pagham Harbours and flocks of up to 200 have been seen elsewhere along the coast . |
| 3 | For years articles like this have been heralding the ‘ impending ’ arrival of a new British Standard for plain clay roofing tiles : good news was just around the corner . |
| 4 | It is thought likely that more than this have been bred and not registered , simply used as guard dogs by the booming security industry in South Africa . |
| 5 | The contradictions of this have been delightfully illustrated . |
| 6 | Excellent examples of this have been related to me mainly about mothers-in-law and other relatives ! |
| 7 | Linked to this have been a series of vigorous campaigns against paedophile organisations , including the use of the conspiracy laws . |
| 8 | The assumptions and implications of this have been exhaustively written about , ( e.g. Mittler , 1979 ; Ryan and Thomas , 1987 ) in relation to mental handicap , and on a broader front on medicalisation in general ( Illich , 1977 ; McKnight , 1977 ; Kennedy , 1981 ) . |
| 9 | The events leading up to this have been much studied in the development of the Dipteran puparium , in which the quinones apparently arise by oxidation of a phenolic substrate N-acetyldopamine , itself derived from tyrosine ( Karlson and Sekeris , 1966 ) . |
| 10 | The hazards , difficulties and expense of this have been greatly exaggerated ; the usefulness in creating interest and provoking genuine subject study can be considerable . |
| 11 | The effects of this have been massive job losses , the casualization of the labour force , a profound erosion of trade union power , and the virtual cessation of training to replace human capital in the form of skilled labour . |
| 12 | The reasons for this have been discussed elsewhere . |
| 13 | If a comparison programme of no formal intervention is chosen it is important to establish that the costs and consequences of this have been valued credibly . |
| 14 | Two of the most important exceptions to this have been works by the cultural historians , T. J. Clark and Carl Schorske . |
| 15 | Classification techniques such as this have been used to produce thematic maps of land-cover types , of rock types in semi-arid and arid regions and of the extent of urban areas . |
| 16 | The reasons for this have been widely discussed yet remain relatively obscure . |
| 17 | As far as the salaries are concerned the arguments on this have been set out in relation to item ( i ) in question 1 above . |
| 18 | Inventories such as this have been used in bulk by agricultural historians to show how varied were the regional farming practices of England long before the Agricultural Revolution . |
| 19 | Our various committees are aware of this situation and plans to rectify this have been set in motion . |
| 20 | The main reasons for this have been ( a ) the opening-up of markets to international dealing , given the abolition of exchange controls in 1979 , ( b ) the deregulation of banking and money market dealing and ( c ) the volatility of interest rates and exchange rates , and thus the desire of banks to keep funds in a form that can be readily switched from one form of deposit to another , or from one currency to another . |
| 21 | There is evidence for forest clearing 11000 years BP in Taiwan and of agriculture between 14000 and 8000 BP in Thailand , and New Guinea by 9000 BP , though tools much older than this have been claimed for the island ; rice was being grown in Sulawesi by 6000 BP . |
| 22 | Madam Deputy Speaker I re read in the newspapers today that there has been s some criticism er that the matters such as this have been taken on the floor of the house . |
| 23 | Others have lessons in offices and storerooms and sixth form classes like this have been increased from 10 to 18 . |
| 24 | The group claims more than 150 monkeys like this have been experimented on at Oxford University . |
| 25 | Schemes like this have been operating at Blackbird Leys for years … this , the locals say , is an example of the real face of the estate . |
| 26 | How different have been the needs of peacetime [ Robbins , 1947 ] . |
| 27 | I 'm the first to admit the English have been utter bastards . |
| 28 | All 67 have been blacklisted , and for entirely justifiable reasons . |
| 29 | More than half have been approved by ministers already . |
| 30 | More than half have been approved by ministers already . |