Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] many [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His background has been catalogued on many occasions and trawled by the man himself with the single-mindedness which characterizes all his causes . |
| 2 | These major companies are very stable , with an organisational structure which has been developed over many years and , like the Japanese Zaibatsu , they have a large-core business which is able to withstand changes in the market place . |
| 3 | This method has been taught for many years and I do not think that pilots who have learned to do it this way need bother to change . |
| 4 | Population decline has been halted in many areas since the mid-1960s to its present level of 346,000 , with employment in manufacturing trebling in this period and total employment growing by one-half ( Shucksmith and Lloyd 1982 ) . |
| 5 | On being asked about the condition of the front door and windows , he admitted they had n't been painted for many years and that the door had more or less reached the end of its life , and showed it . |
| 6 | This general duty has been considered in many cases and is quite clearly based on what a person of ordinary honesty would consider honest/dishonest ( see Robb v Green [ 1895 ] 2 QB 315 ; Printers and Finishers Ltd v Holloway [ 1964 ] 3 All ER 731 and Roger Bullivant Ltd v Ellis [ 1987 ] ICR 464 at p475 per Nourse LJ ) . |
| 7 | It has been occurring for many years and has been embodied in legislation such as the Housing Acts of 1935 and 1957 , although numbers of sales have fluctuated considerably according to the political complexions of the government of the day . |
| 8 | We have been approached by many members and friends who wish to contribute towards some form of memorial in thanksgiving for the life and work of our late founder and President Molly Braithwaite who died on 19th January this year . |
| 9 | However , the system has now been operating for many years and much good work in the safety field has resulted . |
| 10 | Video-tapes of searches have been made by many organizations and institutions of higher education . |
| 11 | This advocacy , he said , " has been seen by many countries as tainted with a political desire for delay in agreeing further emission reductions " . |
| 12 | It has been adopted by many authors and consultants and it seems to mean many things , depending on the author and context . |
| 13 | Palynology has been adopted by many biogeographers and pollen analysis was the basis for the reconstruction of the detailed vegetation history of many specific areas although more recently emphasis has changed from individual sites to the reconstruction of patterns of change in Britain ( e.g. Barber 1976 ) and in the tropics ( e.g. Flenley , 1979 ) . |
| 14 | Fortunately those of my friends who knew me before were only amused by this foolish description and there was no general resentment of my peerage , which could properly have been attributed to many services that I had given to the government — of both colours . |
| 15 | Let us begin by trying to understand the rationale for the system ; after all , it has been used for many years and must presumably have had some point to it . |
| 16 | They have been used for many years as propellants in aerosols , in the production of some foam packaging and as coolants in refrigerators . |
| 17 | Social perceptions of what is or is not obscene or indecent may change but the legislation may remain to trap the unwary in a much more liberal climate ; and just because the legislation has not been used in many years that does not mean it will not be applied again . |
| 18 | The humus-iron podzols developed in these readily-leached drifts have been cultivated in many localities and the profiles resemble the brown forest soils , though a sharp change from the A horizon to the brighter B horizon is often evident and iron pans are present in some soil profiles , at the top of the indurated layer . |
| 19 | Since then , the Castle has been defended against many sieges and attacks and its walls have never been breached . |
| 20 | Also in the field of biogeography world maps of plant formations had been utilized for many years and had indeed been adopted as the basis for some climatic classification by attempting to fit the classification to the plant distribution . |
| 21 | Mr Bell said : ‘ My programme has been set for many weeks and every day is tied up . ’ |
| 22 | For example , it is still commonplace in cartoons to show cavemen and dinosaurs together , despite the fact that it has been known for many years that dinosaurs were extinct long before the evolution of ‘ cavemen ’ . |
| 23 | It has been known for many years that rich clusters contain a lot of gas and dark matter , but Ponman and Bertram 's result shows that these features apply more generally . |
| 24 | It has been known for many years that neurons , like other cells , can be maintained alive and well under such conditions for periods of many days or even weeks , provided they are kept warm , aerated and well fed with glucose and other essential molecules . |
| 25 | It has been known for many years that recycling used materials helps make great savings , but it was not until recently that it was realised how much good that it could do for the environment . |
| 26 | In February of this year a resolution calling for its enactment was passed by the Liberal Party Council , and it has also been supported by many individuals and groups in both the Labour and Conservative parties . |
| 27 | ‘ I have been asked on many occasions if we could have more modern replacements for our 12-year-old sail designs . |
| 28 | Certain immigrant communities have been documented for many years as having higher mental hospital admission rates . |
| 29 | This is the practice that has been followed for many years and by and large it has worked . |
| 30 | Traditional Christian teaching has been removed from many schools and replaced by what may be in the minds of teachers clear and accurate material , but which is not infrequently received as a mish-mash of other religions and vague talk of spiritual development . |