Example sentences of "[det] [v-ing] been " in BNC.

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1 The position of the beads in the grave normally suggests they were worn on a necklace , but a case can be made for some having been worn in the hair .
2 Some speculative builders boomed in these conditions , few having been active prior to the 1920s , though their characteristics suggest some link or other with housebuilding :
3 Only the lower storey of the main mill block survives , plus a few ancillary buildings , this having been imaginatively converted into showrooms , still retaining some of the original iron Venetian mill windows .
4 The meeting between the councillors and local residents did not take place , despite this having been agreed unanimously by the Planning Committee .
5 This having been accomplished , the assembled populace could ‘ enjoy ’ the hunt , staged by the venatores and their assistants , the bestiarii .
6 This having been confirmed , the city is spending about $5.3 million for the ‘ Ottoman ’ show , with projected attendance of 500,000 , and $3.2 million for the smaller ‘ Etruscans ’ exhibition , which should attract about 200,000 .
7 An exhibition entitled ‘ The world of Fabergé ’ has opened in the exhibition hall of the Kremlin Belfry , this having been designated Fabergé Year by Unesco , and the collection of works by this famous firm being in the Kremlin Museums .
8 To the left of this doorway , right down on the ground , is an arched opening known as ‘ The Cagots ’ window' , this having been , so one story claims , the window through which the Cagots , who were not allowed into the church , could hear the mass .
9 Our usual sense of time is dependent on measurable changes proceeding in a linear sequence and this having been thoroughly and very pleasantly disrupted , a kind of musical clairvoyance is created in which past , present and future seem to intermingle .
10 This having been done the whole program is in x — IF/ALT , as required , after perhaps some renaming of bound variables .
11 This having been done the " what if " situations can be analysed and examined .
12 About 400 sick conscripts were discharged ( this having been one of the demonstrators ' demands ) , as were those who had served 18 months of their two-year service .
13 This having been confirmed in writing , two things occurred : first , the Security Council 's adoption of Resolution 686 , to reinforce the cease-fire ; and , second , the outbreak of the revolts in Iraq reviewed earlier in the chapter .
14 This having been said , the consultation generated almost three times the volume correspondence as the last major consultation on the revision of the practice rules in 1990 , and roughly four times as many responses as were received in connection with the consultation on multi-disciplinary partnerships in 1987 ( although more local law society responses were received to the 1987 consultation ) .
15 exerts a strong indirect influence on the other ten African departments , all of these having been established by the DET or one of its predecessors before being granted ‘ independence ’ .
16 Twenty-one of the 53 schemes led to CSE examinations , six of these having been devised initially by LEAs .
17 She won one victory in January 1981 when a palpable ‘ wet ’ , Norman St John-Stevas , was removed as Leader of the House ( where he had been a conspicuous success ) , while younger men like Leon Brittan and Kenneth Baker were promoted , the latter having been one of Heath 's campaign managers in 1975 .
18 Not surprisingly , power is no longer supplied by steam engines or water wheels , the latter having been removed for scrap in 1956 .
19 There was also speculation concerning the health of both Taufa'ahau Tupou and his aged Prime Minister , the former having cancelled a state visit to Japan in order to travel to Australia for medical treatment , the latter having been incapacitated for a number of years after suffering a stroke .
20 Hekmatyar 's and Masud 's forces entered Kabul on April 25 , the latter having been placed in charge of a six-member Kabul City Security Commission , created by the IJC in Peshawar .
21 VINTAGE & ROTARY Wing Collection ( see also page 17 ) have passed on three of their gliders to collector and restorer Nigel Ponsford : Cadet TX.1 RA854 , Grasshopper TX.1 XK819 and Grunau Baby BGA. 1410 — the latter having been transferred to the Real Aeroplane Club at Breighton .
22 That having been said , I would not want to be without the very special qualities of this new Teldec release — a most moving interpretation brilliantly performed .
23 That having been said , it is true that attack is predicted by other postures only about half as well as escape .
24 That having been said , where gaps appear in the Code it would be better for them to be filled by a change in the Code itself rather than by judicial interpretation , for it must not be forgotten that breach of the Code is a disciplinary offence and it would be unfortunate if the officers in the present case , who were rightly not made the subject of any criticism by the court , should even in theory be liable to disciplinary proceedings .
25 Almost all Western nuclear operating utilities are involved , with each having been appointed lead company for particular projects .
26 Nine people — six monks , two novices and an elderly nun — were found dead in a Buddhist temple in Arizona on Aug. 10 , each having been shot in the back of the head .
27 The device mentioned earlier that produces ‘ mechanical speech ’ would contain all the words of English , each having been recorded in isolation .
28 Two young economists , Fatos Nano and Shkelqim Cani , were appointed Deputy Premiers , the former having been brought into the government in the last reshuffle , in December , as General Secretary of the Council of Ministers ( in which capacity he was now replaced by Aleks Laurasi ) , and the latter having previously served as Director General of the Bank for Foreign Economic Relations .
29 A number of ancient suture zones representing previous plate collisions have been recognized but only a few of these , such as the Urals and the Appalachians formed 300 to 250 MaBP , are major relief features at the present day , most having been extensively eroded and covered by later sediments .
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