Example sentences of "[n mass] have been [vb pp] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've had two confirmed incidents when Serbian aircraft have been used to bomb enemy positions , ’ the Defence Secretary , Malcolm Rifkind , said in London . |
| 2 | Statistics have been published showing numbers of residents supported by local authorities in England in their own homes , and in private and voluntary establishments , for the year ending 31 March 1990 . |
| 3 | THREE highly experienced people have been appointed to help Wessex Regional Health Authority shape future health care developments . |
| 4 | People have been known to say things they do n't mean when they 're angry — you of all people should know by now that I 'm no exception to that rule . ’ |
| 5 | But some people have been known to pass Andersons 's food off as their own . |
| 6 | For too long too many people have been socialized to see crime and criminals through the eyes of the state . |
| 7 | He said 19 people have been committed to stand trial for various offences . |
| 8 | ‘ Through Highlander 's programs , many people have been encouraged to find beauty and pride in their own ways , to speak their own language without humiliation , and to learn of their own power to accomplish self-defined goals through social movements built from the bottom up . ’ |
| 9 | Mr Deputy Speaker that 's exactly what the authorities are asked to make sure about and of course they must have sensible plans so that there are always beds and facilities for those who need them , but in a way it 's a success of care in the community that that more elderly people are being looked after in their own homes and so we 've arrested the very rapid growth in permanent residential places which was occurring before the policy was introduced er , as we now see , despite some gloomy forewarning , local authorities have in general managed well in the first year of their responsibilities , they 've examined thousands of cases and many people have been helped to make decisions about their own futures . |
| 10 | Since this time a number of staff have been employed to organise appeals and to raise money . |
| 11 | Staff have been told to use stocks of old stationery as scrap paper . |
| 12 | All of these species have been recorded eating mountain goats at one time or another , but whether they are regular or serious predators on the goat is another matter . |
| 13 | Yes , well these , all wasps of course , er tend to er hit the fruit juice at this time of the year , and that fruit juice is very often fermenting , and you get a particularly er waspish reaction , er naturally , when er somebody goes to pick up a fallen apple or windfall pear , and they pick up a handful of wasp , inadvertently , and I think this year , particularly with a shortage of water , more wasps of all species have been driven to attack fruit , er and are feeding on the er fruit juice , much of which is fermenting . |
| 14 | National Certificate Modules such as ‘ Basic European community processes ’ , ‘ Investigating Europe ’ and the ‘ People and … ’ series have been designed to allow students to study European issues in a context which meets their particular needs . |
| 15 | A number of small series have been published providing support for the efficacy of this technique . |