Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [been] [adj] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Aug. 26 , Citibank blamed the Indian banking system for irregularities in its Indian operations and denied that it had " accommodated " or had been involved with those implicated in the scandal . |
| 2 | We explained all this in detail in the Report ( see chapters 2 to 5 this book ) , and in fact our Report demanded far more teaching about language than had been customary in most classrooms during previous decades . |
| 3 | In 1963 , Butler and Stokes began a series of surveys which set a new pattern , and a new standard , for the study of voting behaviour in Britain : their sample was large , nation-wide , and was interviewed several times between 1963 and 1970 ; and the authors were concerned to apply a rigour that had been absent from most of the earlier single constituency studies of electoral choice . |
| 4 | As to the wider dissemination of culture , the few cells that had been active in this respect seemed to equate success with the regular dispatch of newspapers and made no personal contacts to follow this up . |
| 5 | During her time at social services she had overseen much of the work , and had been involved in some of the preliminary work setting up housing associations to help provide much needed accommodation for the elderly . |