Example sentences of "[noun] [been] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tendering process has in a number of cases been used by local authority managers to reassert their right to manage ’ ( 1988 , p. 187 ) . |
| 2 | Never before in my experience has such a large degree of surface noise been eliminated without any loss of recording information . |
| 3 | Alternative explanations of the relationship between human beings and land have of course been raised within Western culture , most notably in the work of Karl Marx ( see Chapter 1 ) . |
| 4 | Many cultural formations have of course been restricted in this way . |
| 5 | In the interests of conciseness and convention , it is necessary to use here the suffix notation for vector equations which has for the most part been avoided in this book ( the other main exception being the appendix to Chapter 5 ) . |
| 6 | He had many times been reduced to helpless rage by Graham 's attitude to his subjects , by his refusal to give science stories the importance Mike believed they had , but at least he was consistent in his attitudes . |
| 7 | Never before , or perhaps since , have birds been portrayed with such vitality , dexterity , and accuracy . |
| 8 | On the domestic scene glass has for centuries been worked into fine tableware , chandeliers and ornaments . |
| 9 | Never before , however , has oral amiodarone been reintroduced after this type of reaction . |
| 10 | The exuberance he felt is manifest in his drawings : rarely have topographical subjects been treated with such freedom and energy . |
| 11 | The argument had in effect been adjourned to this week , during which time the group was to read and digest the pamphlets Sheila had brought along . |
| 12 | The stockmarket has in effect been closed to new equity issues for three years , and banks will lend only to the safest borrowers . |
| 13 | ‘ Has the cargo been transferred to another train in Fribourg ? ’ |
| 14 | Monkey Mia , on the remote western coastline of Australia , has for more than two decades been visited by wild dolphins . |
| 15 | It was possible that the van had been used to transport Riddle 's body , but if so , where had the body been kept for twenty-four hours ? |
| 16 | ( a ) Examples of additional enquiries ( 1 ) Is the seller aware of any development or proposals for the development or use of property in the neighbourhood which might adversely affect the property or the amenities of persons living in it ? ( 2 ) Has the property to the seller 's knowledge been affected at any time by structural , building or drainage defects , flooding , dry rot , timber infestation or rising damp ? ( 3 ) Please confirm that any damage caused to decorations by the removal of fixtures and fittings will be made good by the seller before completion . |
| 17 | Only since the sixteenth century have dates been carved on these stones , but many are older than that , perhaps by as much as three or four centuries . |
| 18 | There were reports that the royal palace in the capital , Maseru , had on that day been surrounded by armed troops , and that the Army was patrolling the town , but Lekhanya on Feb. 22 denied that the King had been placed under house arrest . |
| 19 | When I move on to three eight one , three eight two there 's a lot of things been said about these benefits this morning which does n't leave much left for me but looking at the situation of the way this Tory government has in the last thirteen years , certainly since nineteen eighty two crucified the benefits paid genuinely to people is in itself a crime upon society and it reminds me of the the words of the song it 's the rich that get the gravy and it 's the poor that get the blame and nothing , but nothing has changed since those words were written many many years ago . |
| 20 | That notion had a long history , and had by no means been deserted by post-classical law . |
| 21 | Never in this century at least had so much respect been paid to mammary development . |
| 22 | HAD GENERAL Manuel Noriega been overthrown by rebel troops , it would have meant the end of a two-year political crisis that has wrecked Panama 's economy and brought political embarrassment and frustration to the United States . |
| 23 | ‘ Has ever a literary life been preceded by such rumblings and trumpetings ? ’ he asked . |
| 24 | Only recently has the opportunity to study politics as a distinct and legitimate subject been expanded within secondary schools . |
| 25 | Had the German attack been mounted on 12 February , as planned , the French , caught as it were in transit — for though now aware of the impending peril they were only beginning to bring up reinforcements — must have been overcome in a total and horrible manner . |
| 26 | How far have woodland owners ' decisions been influenced by these measures ? |
| 27 | Has an application been submitted for that purpose ? |
| 28 | Has an application been submitted for that purpose ? |
| 29 | Had the whole national debt been funded with one-year Treasury bills between 1965 and 1992 ( which , admittedly , not even the most fervent shorteners now advocate ) , taxpayers would have spent $150 billion more than they did . |
| 30 | " Nowhere has the longing for Greece been revealed in purer tones " , proclaimed Nietzsche , and a feu lines earlier , in equally heartfelt terms , he spoke of Hölderlin 's " bitter truths to his countrymen on the subject of their cultural inadequacies : " In Hyperion he hurls sharp and cutting words at German " barbarism " " and , above all ; " he hated in Germans the mere specialist , the philistine " . |