Example sentences of "[adv] been [verb] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past members wanting to enforce rights against their union were burdened with the costs of litigation , which may have only been mitigated to some extent by the availability of legal aid . |
| 2 | It has long been argued by some accounting theorists that business accounts should also include an opportunity cost of capital in the income statement . |
| 3 | The principles underlying the poll tax had long been criticised by some sections of the party . |
| 4 | And the buildings looked as derelict as if they had all been lifted by some force and dropped again . |
| 5 | So he 's obviously been incapacitated in some way . |
| 6 | It does piss you off admittedly when scum are on so much , and I 've a sneaking feeling that Leeds have still not been forgiven in some parts of the press for being close enough to sneak the title when scum fucked up ( due to Fuckerson 's crap team selection ) . |
| 7 | Although it has not been seen for some time , the manuscript may contain a specimen of Mary Leapor 's handwriting . |
| 8 | And he had not been seen for some days . |
| 9 | The Court of Appeal decided to undertake a review of the basic principles of the law in this area and as this has not been done for some time we now set out in detail what they held . |
| 10 | However , the " sombre professionalism " or intellectual self-sufficiency of inter-war English studies had not been achieved without some breakdown of mutual comprehension within the discipline itself . |
| 11 | It was owned by the Baron de Rochefort and his family , and visitors had not been encouraged for some time , as the Baron did not enjoy the best of health . |
| 12 | Do n't be discouraged by this , as it is a good sign that you have stretched muscles that have not been used for some time . |
| 13 | But their image has not been helped by some leaving damaged and defaced properties . |
| 14 | The UN knows that much of the Cambodian army has not been paid for some time , so , until a new government takes over , it is considering paying the troops itself . |
| 15 | Cereals for human consumption have not been ground for some years . |
| 16 | Although fitted with an alarm courtesy of the Venice in Peril Fund , this had not been working for some time . |
| 17 | A novelist I know has devoted the last 20 years to writing stuff that is completely impossible to film , with the result that he has not been published for some time . |
| 18 | It has already been argued in some detail that foot the bill is semantically transparent . |
| 19 | With regard to treatment , this subject has already been covered in some detail . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | This scheme has already been operating in some London boroughs but it has prompted criticism from anti-poll tax campaigners who have branded the technique as ‘ harassment ’ . |
| 22 | This scheme has already been operating in some London boroughs but it has prompted criticism from anti-poll tax campaigners who have branded the technique as ‘ harassment ’ . |
| 23 | If a patent were to be granted to the second business , it could prevent the first from using what it has already been using for some time . |
| 24 | The strategy has already been applied with some success ( see box ) to Zurich 's American business . |
| 25 | By the time that came along I had already been playing for some time . |
| 26 | Rumours had already been circulating for some time in the movie world that Madonna , whose big new movie will be Body Of Evidence , was discussing a new film with Sr Almodovar . |
| 27 | I mean we 've just been to look at some others and upstairs and downstairs . |
| 28 | He had always been involved to some extent , but when an old villager came to him and said , ‘ You ca n't let this thing die , your father was a polemaster and we look to you to see this thing does n't stop ’ , he could n't resist the challenge . |
| 29 | My friend , however , was adamant that we had both been abused in some way , though not sexually , which was my understanding of abuse . |
| 30 | Peripheral neuropathy has also been seen in some patients with PSS and neuropathy has been implicated in the initial changes in oesophageal motility . |