Example sentences of "have [adv] been [vb pp] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has long been argued by some accounting theorists that business accounts should also include an opportunity cost of capital in the income statement . |
| 2 | Its proper specification has only been given for some simple cases . |
| 3 | Although it has not been seen for some time , the manuscript may contain a specimen of Mary Leapor 's handwriting . |
| 4 | The Court of Appeal decided to undertake a review of the basic principles of the law in this area and as this has not been done for some time we now set out in detail what they held . |
| 5 | The UN knows that much of the Cambodian army has not been paid for some time , so , until a new government takes over , it is considering paying the troops itself . |
| 6 | A novelist I know has devoted the last 20 years to writing stuff that is completely impossible to film , with the result that he has not been published for some time . |
| 7 | But their image has not been helped by some leaving damaged and defaced properties . |
| 8 | The idea of positive repentance for corporations has already been implemented in some American states , but the results have not been too impressive , largely because the logic of the sanction has not been followed through . |
| 9 | It has already been argued in some detail that foot the bill is semantically transparent . |
| 10 | With regard to treatment , this subject has already been covered in some detail . |
| 11 | Reference has already been made to some of these changes . |
| 12 | The strategy has already been applied with some success ( see box ) to Zurich 's American business . |
| 13 | Something of the sort has already been introduced into some English degrees , under the aegis of the Verbal Arts Association , who have made a welcome start with such work . |
| 14 | A titled but non-executive chairman has always been seen by some as a desirable ornament on the company 's board , and even more so on its stationery . |
| 15 | Neurological deterioration in adulthood has also been recorded in some late and untreated subjects , and in a few in whom a neuropathological report was available the findings suggested active and diffuse demyelination as well as hypomyelination and reduced brain size . |
| 16 | Peripheral neuropathy has also been seen in some patients with PSS and neuropathy has been implicated in the initial changes in oesophageal motility . |
| 17 | The development of sub-degree courses has also been inhibited to some extent because better staffing ratios , more generous accommodation and higher salaries have accrued from teaching full-time degree level students . |
| 18 | Though the system has now been modified for some years , local authorities still play a crucial role in the shaping of the local environment by , for example , forecasting the need for roads for travel to work or leisure , and thus plan on the basis of that need Planners seek to influence behaviour , for example , by deciding that particular zones will be devoted to industrial estates , others to shopping centres and residential use in order to harmonise traffic movement and so on . |
| 19 | The form of intonation has now been described in some detail , and we will move on to look more closely at its functions . |
| 20 | Furthermore , teaching of expert systems has now been introduced into some of the engineering syllabi in the training schools . |
| 21 | This has n't been used for some time so it 's a bit so I 'm just going to wipe it out so there are no particles or foreign bodies in there . |
| 22 | It has even been suggested by some historians , that the series gave impetus to the building of the Thames Embankment , which prevented the regular disastrous flooding of the homes of poor people . |
| 23 | This has indeed been shown for some chemicals , but the usual effect is to lower resistance to disease , rather than to make allergies more likely . |
| 24 | An increased rate of gastric emptying has previously been noted in some patients with DU , and a familial form of the disease associated with rapid gastric emptying has also been described . |
| 25 | In the past members wanting to enforce rights against their union were burdened with the costs of litigation , which may have only been mitigated to some extent by the availability of legal aid . |
| 26 | And the buildings looked as derelict as if they had all been lifted by some force and dropped again . |
| 27 | Swirling snowclouds and rain strengthened the illusion that there was no outside world anymore , and that they had all been transported to some frozen Hell . |
| 28 | The principles underlying the poll tax had long been criticised by some sections of the party . |
| 29 | I think his system had already been weakened by some other compound , anyway . ’ |
| 30 | The significance of internal structures had already been accepted in some cases ( otherwise whales and dolphins would be classified as fish rather than as mammals ) , but Cuvier made this central to the classification of the whole animal kingdom . |