Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] by [adj] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rape victim was able to give such a good description , that an artist 's impression has been recognised by several people . |
| 2 | Much has been lost by various people in many different ways . |
| 3 | Sarah Sabin , 27 , who has a studio in Trinity Street , Colchester , has been assisted by local people in creating a map of the area , including roads , buildings and other major landmarks . |
| 4 | The September issue of Catholic Voice , our diocesan newspaper , carried an insert — four pages giving an overview of the diocese — what has been done by many people — clergy and laity — during recent years — what should be developed or initiated , together with a general account of the financial position . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , the British Red Cross has been contacted by many people across the region offering accommdation and help if more wounded from the former Yugoslavia are brought here in future . |
| 6 | A further point in relation to the accusation of the ethnocentricity of Freud 's assumptions about gender roles has been made by some people in the Women 's Movement , such as Kate Millet and Ann Oakley . |
| 7 | ‘ We are worried about compensation claims from passive smokers whose health has been damaged by other people 's bad habits , ’ said councillor Frank Anderson . |
| 8 | Aware that society has been constructed by able-bodied people in ways which serve and perpetuate their own interests , these people have used our consequential marginalisation and dependence not as a starting-point for developing with us a struggle for social change and equal opportunities , but as a handy and convenient fact to justify the development of all the inappropriate disability services with which we are now so familiar . |
| 9 | And has been said by several people who are here . |
| 10 | When it is said in Psalms that the enemies will be smitten in the ‘ hinder parts ’ it has been thought by many people to refer to haemorrhoids , but the description could equally refer to the anal manifestations of secondary syphilis , condylomata lata . |
| 11 | It has been signed by 5,851 people . |
| 12 | Coal names : A Coal Not Dole petition at the Liscard Shopping Centre has been signed by 3,000 people . |
| 13 | The term ’ perceptron ’ has been used by different people to mean different things , but its definition seems to have stabilised by now . |
| 14 | Much legislation to control pollution has been triggered by ordinary people but even if that does n't happen , acting on your fears can make you feel less helpless . |
| 15 | We 'd been visited by 700 people . |
| 16 | For instance most of this debate would not have been understood by many people in my parish . |
| 17 | ‘ Whoever it is has presumably been coming regularly since last November so he or she must have been seen by other people . |
| 18 | Best-known to the general public perhaps , are experiments where reconstructions of early boats and ships have been used to follow and thus test the feasibility of migration routes which might have been used by ancient people , such as the experiments conducted by Thor Heyerdahl . |
| 19 | The separate fields may have been supplied by different people or they may all be in separate parts of the mind of the same person . |
| 20 | A £2,000 reward had been raised by local people after the killings for information leading to those responsible . |
| 21 | Northumbrian Water offices have received telephone inquiries and Labour 's Stuart Bell said he had been contacted by numerous people claiming they were having to pay more . |
| 22 | She added that the festival had been attended by more people than ever before , and that by celebrating it in a smaller town , away from the more sophisticated attractions of Bogotá , the festival had a more genuine , grassroots character . |
| 23 | Believing still that the catastrophe had been caused by other people and the actions of other people , believing it as firmly as Kate believed that it had been caused by devils and Quentin that it was part of God 's mystery , Lavinia saw a spark in the gloom . |
| 24 | She said the spending had been criticised by some people as irresponsible . |
| 25 | Days before the explosions the water company had been told by local people of the strong smell of gas in the district , but it had not ordered an evacuation . |
| 26 | She had been guaranteed by several people and entered Michael Hall School . |
| 27 | Now I 've been told by other people who 've er erm gone down this route that I 'm proposing to follow with L E As that erm there are two ways round it . |
| 28 | Elstree is not able to take all the aviation business that 's been displaced for weeks that I know of and , and for Hatfield I 've been notified by two people who are at present at Hatfield , one of whom is going to move to Stansted . |
| 29 | The witnesses told the court since going to the police they 've been intimidated by certain people on the estate . |
| 30 | The witnesses told the court since going to the police they 've been intimidated by certain people on the estate . |