Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should Wasps ' Lozowski and Oti have made themselves only available for Poland ( or even Italy ) and Nigeria respectively and/or been barred from playing in League One ? |
| 2 | The carnage endured in the last 20 years or so has mainly arisen not from what we from the mainland have done and/or been alleged to do , but from the conflict brought about by ineradicable sectarian fears and ambitions . |
| 3 | iv Survey the legal and structural arrangements that have been introduced and/or are associated with US/UK high technology defence programmes . |
| 4 | People have been shown ( 1 ) to prefer proximity to kin ( presumably , the better to help them ) , ( 2 ) to actually help their kin ( presumably in ways likely to enhance their reproductive success ) , and ( 3 ) to produce more children and grandchildren when they live close to and/or are helped by kin . |
| 5 | The old channels through which the relevant resources flowed have dried up or been dug up . |
| 6 | Issued , it 's written when you fill in the application form or submit it , it 's issued once it 's been underwritten or been accepted by the drug dealer if you like . |
| 7 | The large number of Cabinet ministers who have resigned or been dismissed have not been a focus for dissent . |
| 8 | Only a century ago , a fair proportion of us would have died in childbirth , or been dubbed dowagers by 40 . |
| 9 | The firmness of the houses has not changed ; a few may have become offices , or been sub-divided into what must surely be splendid apartments , but the depth of the society persists . |
| 10 | The other is that George shot Lennie because Lennie would have either gone to jail where Lennie could not have coped , or been shot by Curley and never reached heaven with his dreams fulfilled . |
| 11 | Chile banned the cutting of living trees in 1976 , and in 1987 added the alerce to Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) , but with the stipulation that trees that had died or been cut before 1976 could still be exported . |
| 12 | ‘ Subject to sections 7 and 8 below , a person who has become a rehabilitated person for the purposes of this Act in respect of a conviction shall be treated for all purposes in law as a person who has not committed or been charged with or prosecuted for or convicted of or sentenced for the offence or offences which were the subject of that conviction ; and , notwithstanding the provisions of any other enactment or rule of law to the contrary , but subject as aforesaid — |
| 13 | His former general , Lord George Murray , after a final reproachful letter to the Prince , had long since fled to Holland to end his days in exile , and most of Charles 's other leading supporters had by now either escaped abroad or been rounded up . |
| 14 | For a year to count , you must have paid , or been credited with , contributions on earnings of 52 times the Lower Earnings Limit or more . |
| 15 | You can get a pension if you are a man of 65 or a woman of 60 , provided you have paid ( or been credited with ) sufficient national insurance contributions . |
| 16 | To get the full rate you must have paid ( or been credited with ) NI contributions for roughly nine-tenths of your working life , although widows can also be entitled to a full basic pension on their husband 's contributions . |
| 17 | The scales , so heavy and rough in the early forms , have now become thin and smoothly fitting or been lost altogether . |
| 18 | One of the weaknesses of most African economies is an absence of large-scale entrepreneurs running manufacturing businesses , whether they have emerged from the informal sector or been trained by the corporate sector . |
| 19 | Never had he surrendered , or been asked to surrender , his independence of action . |
| 20 | None of the ministers responsible for defence issues had spoken or been asked to speak by Pavlov . |
| 21 | Grierson said : ‘ Or been struck by a very hard , sharp object ? ’ |
| 22 | While their challenge was clearly the most serious to have been presented to President Ceausescu , and was made with the full knowledge of important facts , it was also made by people who have long since left the political scene , mainly having retired , or been retired — prematurely — by Mr Ceausescu . |
| 23 | Many shops were boarded up , their owners having perished in the war or at the hands of the Komitehs , or been bankrupted by the collapsed economy . |
| 24 | It also asks : ‘ Has plague occurred or been suspected among the rats or mice on board ? ’ |
| 25 | The side of the car opposite the landing stage , rustily flimsy at best , had fallen or been pushed away , leaving a jagged edge all round . |
| 26 | She had either fallen or been pushed on to a spike on the plough ; the level of her blood alcohol gave some credence to the idea that she had fallen . |
| 27 | Mary had fallen or been pushed into an open fire , more than once . |
| 28 | People who 've eaten castor beans or been injected with ricin have died from severe shock |
| 29 | But she 's also shy and has thought about quitting acting several times when she 's had a lukewarm review or been rejected for a role . |
| 30 | During her time at Brentwoods , although she had never actually gone to a cinema with another man , she had often entertained or been entertained by members of the opposite sex , usually at lunchtime , occasions which she had afterwards described in detail to Brian , much to his amusement . |