Example sentences of "they have been [vb pp] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not understand why they had been banished to this dusty attic . |
| 2 | Trade union representatives saw themselves as being accountable either to their respective trade union or to the regional TUC ( the nominating body ) , although virtually no employers ' representatives saw themselves as being accountable to regional or national CBI and many were unaware they had been nominated by this body . |
| 3 | With the laity , the clergy suffered from the levying of purveyances in the early years of the war , even though by the statute of Westminster of 1275 , confirmed in 1309 and 1316 , they had been exempted from this obligation . |
| 4 | In view of developments it might be argued that they have been justified in this view . |
| 5 | Yet if they have been done in this way it means they have not been done ! |
| 6 | To some extent they have been driven to this by brutal economics . |
| 7 | I treated myself to some dried dates — very ‘ more-ish ’ so they have been guzzled by this Sunday evening ! |
| 8 | It can be seen that comparisons between the sub-groups are made much easier if they have been sampled in this way ; there is no problem of having to cope with a preponderance of one group and a dearth of another if stratification has taken place beforehand . |
| 9 | They have been pioneered in this country , the United States and Australia over the last few years mainly by individual schools and by some local education authorities . |
| 10 | Many techniques for stress reduction can be appropriated by the same injunctions to succeed that got you stressed in the first place , and should be discontinued if you spot that they have been subverted in this way ( unless your goal has also changed along the way from stress reduction to record-breaking ) . |
| 11 | You will see that almost without exception they have been included in this final document . |