Example sentences of "already [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 08.30 Fred Allcock , who has already been given temporary hand-written despatch documents by John Bell , drives off to Stadium Plastics . |
| 2 | Proposals by Dr Robert Rentoul for the compulsory sterilization of the unfit had already been given short shrift by the BMA in 1904 , on the grounds that they were contrary to medical ethics . |
| 3 | Although the tail of this aircraft is still camouflaged. the rest of it has already been painted blue overall . |
| 4 | Mr Saunders has already been granted legal aid of up to £275,000 to defend himself against fraud charges in the criminal courts , but he may have to pay whole or part of that money back if the trial judge so decides . |
| 5 | In addition , they suggested that the effectiveness of the annual accountant 's report in giving early warning of possible default could be re-examined in the light of the Law Society 's experience of those solicitors who had already been made subject to this requirement as a condition of their receiving a practising certificate . |
| 6 | A third of the staff have already been made redundant and directors said the future of the remaining 20 was still unclear . |
| 7 | Five theatre staff have already been made redundant . |
| 8 | He distinguished Ex parte Good , 5 Ch.D. 46 in that there the other debtor had already been made bankrupt and hence no claim could be made against him . |
| 9 | But there 's no hope for a fifty mile an hour limit along the whole road because some sections have already been made dual carriageway . |
| 10 | It softened the blow to local people however by emphasizing that the Ringaskiddy dump was only a temporary solution : ‘ The dump at Ringaskiddy is , as has already been made clear and accepted , simply a short-term temporary dump ’ . |
| 11 | It has already been made clear that the definition of a ‘ professional ’ degree course being adopted here is an operational rather than conceptual one : it is a course which has a consistent and fairly exclusive relationship with a particular occupation , exclusive in that graduates from such courses tend not to go into other occupations , and in that entry to that occupation is largely or wholly restricted to graduates from such courses . |
| 12 | In the ease studies so far considered it has already been made clear that the particular study itself is , as it were , the product of a set of concerns in politics . |
| 13 | However , as has already been made clear , preventive programmes can not be planned for everyone likely to face such events . |
| 14 | In the private sector , hundreds of thousands have already been made unemployed by the recession and there will be hundreds of thousands more if recovery does not start soon . |
| 15 | ‘ Adam , ’ she shouted after him , but the door had already been pushed shut . |
| 16 | I have no doubt that masked remarks and hints such as these will be tinder for all the combustible muck which has already been piled high around my reputation . |
| 17 | Mr McFadyen said : ‘ We 've already been pledged financial support by several organisations if we can get part of the old school building as a community centre . ’ |
| 18 | Thus profiling is always likely to be seen as of peripheral importance to the academically able , central only to those who have already been deemed unsuitable for further or higher education . |
| 19 | Tomorrow 's meeting at Worcester has already been abandoned due to waterlogging . |
| 20 | Ireland 's representation has already been halved due to first round defeats by Antrim 's Mark Winters and Ardoyne 's Eamon Magee who was stopped with 40 seconds to go in the final round . |
| 21 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that to sustain a plea of autrefois convict a defendant had to prove not only that he had already been found guilty of the offence charged by a court of competent jurisdiction , either by the decision of the court or verdict of the jury or entry of his own plea of guilty , but also that the court had finally disposed of the case by passing sentence or making some other order ; that since the proceedings on the first indictment had been discontinued before sentence had been passed there had been no final adjudication and the defendant had properly been convicted on the second indictment ; but that , in all the circumstances , particularly having regard to the lapse of time between trial and determination of the appeal to the Judicial Committee , it would be appropriate for the death sentence to be commuted ( post , pp. 931D–E , 935H ) . |
| 22 | This was an appalling offence against an animal and the accused — who has already been found guilty — can not now be punished . ’ |
| 23 | Now , the specific objection that , as a manifestation of democracy , large industrial co-operatives are impracticable has already been found fallacious because , mistakenly , it assumes direct democracy and overlooks delegation of authority to accountable management as a normal characteristic of indirect democracy . |
| 24 | We are more or less aware of all this , even though it might come as a surprise to most viewers to discover how far news material is already being treated prior to transmission . |
| 25 | Blanche 's door was already being held open by the driver . |
| 26 | By March 1990 this programme was already being adjudged inadequate in the light of statistics showing dismal economic performance in January-February , and on March 11 the Council of Ministers had instructed Deputy Premier Leonid Abalkin to produce by May 1 draft measures to achieve a more rapid switch to a market economy . |