Example sentences of "[noun pl] [Wh det] [verb] [adv] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By touring South Africa , one third of tour proceeds will be spent on developing rugby in those areas which had previously been disadvantaged . |
| 2 | Areas which had previously been central to the stealing networks were affected . |
| 3 | In Portadown and Cookstown , RUC officers were driven out of their homes in areas which had once been safe because they were loyalist . |
| 4 | The widespread power cuts to factories which had then been necessary had caused nearly 15 per cent of the UK workforce to be laid off and were estimated to have cost some £200 millions of vital production . |
| 5 | This is because the process of planning has no alternative to that of moving continually forward and , in that movement , applying methods and ideas which have previously been untried . |
| 6 | She had a small collection of recipes which had not been suitable for the Mediterranean book and these now became French Country Cooking , published in 1951 . |
| 7 | A second round of voting , in constituencies which had not been able to complete their quota of candidates , was announced for May 8 ; in this round , the candidates with most votes would be declared elected , even if they received less than the 30 per cent required for election in the first round . |
| 8 | They are constantly looking for these changes , especially in situations which have previously been difficult . |
| 9 | This " self-determination " speech , as it became known , was probably the most important that he delivered during the Algerian conflict — not because it expressed radically new ideas , but because it expressed openly and in concrete terms what had hitherto been implicit . |
| 10 | The tears which had not been far away came to the surface . |
| 11 | The Macari honeymoon period is in full swing and there 's a determination and self-belief about the players which has n't been visible for some time . |
| 12 | From a therapeutic aspect , penicillin was marvellous because it cured many dangerous bacterial infections , but it was tiresome because it was inactive by mouth ( it was destroyed by the acidity of the stomach contents ) , it acted for a very short time ( it was rapidly excreted by the kidneys ) and so was of little value unless given by injection at intervals of not longer than 3 hours , and because , after a time , the normal processes of evolution led to the appearance of resistant strains of the microbes which had previously been sensitive to penicillin . |
| 13 | ( 12 ) No election held in pursuance of this Act shall be deemed to be vitiated in consequence of any technical defect in the proceedings which has not been prejudicial to the interests of any party concerned in such election . |
| 14 | so far this year , packed chlorine sales are running at 160% of budget and ICI Watercare have been able to supply new overseas markets which had previously been impossible because of the shortage of packages . |
| 15 | We are looking at several opportunities and will benefit from our involvement with the quarrying side of Wimpey Minerals which has always been involved in marketing its products on a free-market basis , ’ says John Chance . |
| 16 | At the same time , using retaliatory import tariffs and other protective measures , the Dutch government was able to give something of a boost to a number of Dutch industries which had previously been weak or languishing . |
| 17 | Basically , the local authority suspended improvement grants which had previously been available because it was considered that these areas might be cleared in order to meet ‘ the necessity for new housing development being provided to the south of Saville Street to contribute to the success of the proposed new shopping centre ’ ( Town Improvement Committee , 8 March 1971 ) . |
| 18 | Furthermore , there would be no question of the judge , before giving his advice , seeing documents which have not been available to the prisoner . |
| 19 | Papers which had hitherto been forthright thus became slavish and sycophantic . |