Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [conj] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is especially clear in the later stages of the market , when the relatively simple relations of speculative production have been joined and in many areas replaced by planned marketing operations in which certain types of work are positively promoted , of course with the corollary that other types are left at best to make their own way . |
| 2 | I was staggered to realise I had been honoured and to this day I do n't know who put me forward . ’ |
| 3 | As they would tell the story , the USSR would long ago have been crushed but for these measures . |
| 4 | The new young secretary of the BFASS , Louis Chamerovzow , described the aristocratic group as one whose antislavery feelings ‘ had not simply been re-awakened but in many instances actually created by Mrs. Stowe 's work ’ , distancing such newcomers from those who had laboured long in the cause . |
| 5 | Walker , who apart from the Prime Minister herself ( Margaret Thatcher ) and Sir Geoffrey Howe was the only remaining member of the Conservative Cabinet formed in 1979 ( and who had also been a member of Edward Heath 's Cabinet in 1970-74 ) , had for a considerable time been regarded as in many ways out of sympathy with certain aspects of Thatcher 's political philosophy . |
| 6 | The lands to the north and east of a line joining these two houses had in the ninth century been conquered and to some degree settled by pagan Scandinavians , who had destroyed the existing monasteries and several of the bishoprics , and such evidence as there is suggests that the Christianity practised within them retained aspects upon which the stricter kind of churchman would have frowned . |
| 7 | It is , of course , desirable to check that nothing has been forgotten and to this end it is usual to ask an operator to go through the designed procedure while observing what he does and also observing that the system performs as expected . |
| 8 | To handle these , a separate telephone line with a twenty four hour answering machine service has been installed and to each individual is sent a list of stockists for their local area , together with a covering letter . |
| 9 | But by that time stadia had been booked and in most cases new arrangements could not be made . |
| 10 | In all such cases the court must estimate as best it can what would have happened if the plaintiff had not been injured and on that basis must assess his loss . |
| 11 | Perhaps he had been kidnapped or for some reason forced to adopt another identity , in which case he could be trusted to reappear , several reigns later , cover himself in glory and inherit the throne . |
| 12 | Jespersen , for instance , is of the opinion that although " to had at first its ordinary prepositional meaning of direction … the meaning of the preposition has been weakened and in some cases totally extinguished " ( 1927 : 10 ) . |
| 13 | As railway systems all over the world have contracted , so the great stations have been threatened and in many places destroyed . |
| 14 | In many companies the normal management accounting system will only pick up a currency exposure when the sales entry has been made and by that time adverse currency fluctuations could have eroded or wiped out the profit margin . |
| 15 | It has been argued that at this stage ‘ the growth of Protestantism was far from a major problem ’ ; its spread , and the numbers involved , were very limited . |
| 16 | It has been argued that in most mining areas the strong sense of ‘ community ’ stems from the overwhelming importance of the coal-mining industry in the area and from the shared experiences this produces for male miners . |
| 17 | However , they have not been briefed that in this case the drop zone will be changed at the last minute . |
| 18 | I have been told that in these circumstances it is permissible from an audit point of view to write back debts that are over two years old , notwithstanding the provisions of the Statute of Limitations , giving the creditor the right to demand payment for up to six years . |
| 19 | We have been told that beneath that star the Christ Child will be born . ’ |
| 20 | It has been alleged that at this rate it would take 300 years to examine all the programmes outlined in Table 15.1 above . |
| 21 | As for my own research , there are some areas of it in which quantification has not been used because in these areas it was not necessary or appropriate for the purpose I had in mind ( see for example the discussions in chapter 5 ) . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , it has not yet been shown that in these circumstances charcoal reduces the need for an antidote . |
| 23 | ‘ I do think that public concern over the leniency of the original sentence has been assuaged and in that sense I suppose some justice has been done . ’ |
| 24 | says explaining why he had come to earth Jesus told the Roman governor Pontius Pilate , will thus I 've been born and for this purpose I have come out of the world that I should bear witness to the truth , but what particular truth was Jesus sent to earth to make no man , first just about his heavenly father , he taught his followers to pray that his father name be hallowed or hell holy and he prayed , I have made your name manifest to the man you gave me , also he said I must declare the good news with the kingdom of God , because for this I was sent forth , so what truths did Jesus come to er , to tell ? |
| 25 | Everything people said about Kelly was supposition , nothing against him had ever been proved and in this country you were innocent until proven guilty . |
| 26 | From experience , and depending on the species selected , it has been found that with these numbers of large cichlids all present in the same tank , there is not the space for any of them to be able to establish a permanent territory and fight off all invaders . |
| 27 | Perhaps the most interesting feature of the experience so far for Britain is to recognise the care with which the health problems of minority populations have been investigated and to some extent acted on . |
| 28 | It has been estimated that in this way US soybean plantations leak about 30 billion cubic metres of hydrogen annually . |
| 29 | It usually starts shortly after the animals have been weaned and in most instances it only persists for a few months . |
| 30 | It has also been stated because in such warehouses there are fewer people , if any , working in them and that management , housekeeping and discipline will be good , fires will be few . |