Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] many time [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Their evidence for this judgement , as with those presented in most of their surveys , was loosely stated and difficult to verify , but the argument has been echoed many times in recent years in Britain by academics and policy-makers alike .
2 This function has been called many times under many conditions , and with a variety of subjects .
3 It has been seen many times since then , and many of the Baskervilles have died in strange and terrible ways .
4 He has been challenged many times on the weak link in his case , which is that since American firms are free to relocate to Mexico , a trade agreement is the best way to make sure that American interests are protected .
5 The Earth has been visited many times in its history , but it 's all been covered up .
6 This subject has been debated many times over many years and , after much deliberation , it was felt less confusing to say ‘ Basket Only ’ rather than stipulate a specific number of items [ at least for the majority of our stores ] as this tended to cause confrontations between some cashiers and customers as to the quantity of items in the basket .
7 One of the many highlights is the view down Loch Shiel from Glenfinnan , a vista that has been reproduced many times on gaudy retouched 60s ' postcards , and on calendars handed out at Christmas by firms who manufacture ball-bearings .
8 The fight we have witnessed between eagle and man has been fought many times in many places and will be fought again .
9 Indeed , the documents themselves could have been transcribed many times through the ages .
10 Eventually , after the subject had been raised many times by the Inspector , the CEGB gave in and agreed to produce the figures ‘ without prejudice , to its main argument .
11 A post mortem showed 80year-old Mr Goult , known as ‘ Old Jack ’ , had been stabbed many times in the chest at his home in Woolfall Heath Avenue , Huyton , Liverpool .
12 At this time , too , he carefully examined and brilliantly settled the old quarrel concerning the metropolitan church of Britanny between Tours and Dol , which although it had been judged many times by his predecessors would never have been brought to a final settlement but for him .
13 The process of management and the functions of management have been analysed many times in various ways by different writers , who have taken the view that :
14 ( I have been told many times by participants in such workshops that they have felt it necessary to conceal from their colleagues where they were going ! )
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