Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] at some [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This is because the aperture problem has been overcome at some level in their visual system .
2 If all the etch-resist is completely stripped away in a short period of time , then perhaps the whole board has been exposed at some stage to too much UV light .
3 The success of adults with cystic fibrosis in conducting their lives , education , relationships , and employment has been bought at some cost to the family .
4 Despite the small numbers involved , this work has been discussed at some length because the issues raised are critical for all those who work with elderly people and carers .
5 I would guess that she has been hurt at some time in the past , probably having banged her head or hip .
6 But before I try to answer these questions , let me remind you once again that there are vast areas of the globe , where ethnic politics , however embittered , are not nationalist , sometimes because the idea of an ethnically homogeneous population has been abandoned at some time in the past , or never existed — as in the US — or because the programme of setting up separate territorial , ethnic-linguistic states is both irrelevant and impractical .
7 This research has been expounded at some length here to demonstrate that despite some limitations it is informed by a relatively subtle and complex analysis .
8 Butler-Sloss LJ said that the meaning of the words " trade secrets " had developed since Herbert Morris v Saxelby and was now interpreted in the wider context of " highly confidential information of a non-technical or non-scientific nature … " . 1.4 The employee 's skill and knowledge Although the courts are anxious to uphold the employer 's right to have his business secrets protected they have ensured that the employee is not prevented from using , once he has left his employer , the general skill and knowledge which he has acquired during employment even though this may have been acquired at some cost to the employer .
9 It is known to have been held at some time ‘ on a Thursday with only four people there ’ .
10 At the northern end was a much lower , broader cone , Perboewetan , whose crater wall had been breached at some time in the past by a large lava flow .
11 He had a face that was both sensuous and battered — his nose had been broken at some time — with deep pouches under his dark eyes .
12 The fact that local people had not been informed of the exploratory work as it proceeded , or asked what they thought , had been discussed at some length during the evening , and there seemed to be little doubt that people who are to be " invaded " by a major installation for which they will bear much incidental , site-specific cost , would like to be party to discussions about the project .
13 He had a good look at it and said part of the pedestal had been mended at some time which took away a lot of the value .
14 The serial numbers suggest that a large number had been issued at some time , the rate from Craven Arms to Bishop 's Castle was ¼d as against 1/11d for an ordinary Third Class ticket .
15 In 1987 , 233 had been admitted at some time into the prison hospital .
16 When people publish prescriptive grammar books , or dictionaries which tell you how to spell words or style manuals which tell you how to punctuate , they are either making their own choice between different possible ( in many cases , arbitrary ) rules or conforming to rules which have been selected at some point by others from a range of possibilities and passed down through history .
17 There are several possible approaches to multiplication and division in fixed-point binary , all of which have been used at some time .
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