Example sentences of "been [verb] [adj] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Publication of this long-awaited new guide has been delayed due to unforeseen production problems , outwith control of the publishers — the Scottish Mountaineering Trust .
2 Nezavisimaya gazeta of Sept. 18 reported that the withdrawal of the Russian regiment stationed in Kishinev [ see p. 39060 ] had been halted due to Moldovan Defence Ministry protests over the removal of military equipment which it claimed should be transferred to the republic .
3 On Sunday 18 April , Dave was preparing himself for his first ever parachute jump to raise money for charity [ and to overcome his own fear of heights and aeroplanes ] when he heard that the jump had been cancelled due to bad weather .
4 Perhaps this latter attitude is the reason why new housing has been permitted near to existing odour emitters , in particular sewage disposal works , intensive pig poultry or other farms , and , conversely , why potential odour emitting uses have been permitted near to existing residential developments .
5 Under a dark pullover without elbows he was wearing a Levi shirt that appeared to have been sucked colourless by some dog .
6 According to the BMJ article , the drug had been considered appropriate in some hospitals for occasional use on children .
7 Thirteen patients were referred as they had been considered unsuitable for conventional cholecystectomy on account of various coexistent medical diseases ( complex group , table I ) , and 12 patients were referred as they had requested minimally invasive treatment for their gall bladder disease or specifically wished their gall bladder to be preserved ( non-complex group , table II ) .
8 It is shown that there was very often little to be gained from approaching government institutions with attitudes which would have been considered proper by British administrators .
9 Even in these circumstances project support would still in all cases be cheaper than hospital care , and in four cases cheaper than residential care ( and only a proportion of these clients would have been considered eligible for residential care ) .
10 For many years ‘ activity ’ in the brain has been considered synonymous with electrical activity .
11 Briefly , it stated that sixty-six coupons had been considered adequate for normal use .
12 A decade ago this sight would have been deemed impossible by most readers .
13 Now that sheep-stealing , forming trade unions and various other minor offences do not merit transportation to the colonies , a similar pardon may be granted to those who had been deemed worthy of such punishment in a different age .
14 But Allen warns : ‘ A number of cases of decompression sickness have resulted after required decompression stops have been missed due to divers running out of air towards the end of their dives . ’
15 The migrations had been made possible by geological changes temporarily removing barriers such as the English Channel , or opening up new routes through the creation of land-bridges .
16 Observation and participation in the installation ceremonies are to be the major tools of research and have been made possible by earlier field-work .
17 One obvious such method is the timing of the passage of marked fluid from one point to another , and many flow-visualization experiments have been made quantitative in this way .
18 Although the caste system has been made illegal in modern India , it still exercises an influence , particularly in rural areas .
19 This phrase , the force of which may be lost on the present generation , had been made familiar by another Miss West , the buxom and sultry film-star ; the similarity of nomenclature was a coincidence of which Eliot took full advantage .
20 It also supplied to the board a momorandum which has not been made available to other people .
21 We accept the very great tragedy , and that 's why such significant resources have been made available to those families who were so grievously affected , amounting to an average of twenty eight thousand pounds each .
22 Apart from these cases , however , no additional project funds have been made available to Minor award schools , though several have made informal representations in the hope that extra funds may become available .
23 The total amount of Government grant that has been made available to British Coal over the past five financial years is £8.5 billion .
24 £50,000 has been made available for such upgrading work in the 1992/93 Capital Budget .
25 At the time of writing , the 1881 census is the latest to have been made available for public consultation because of the restriction imposed by the 100 years rule .
26 ( R had , incidentally , one of the finest collections of African music , much of which has been made available on commercial disc . )
27 Since 1980 , ABWOR has been made available in Mental Health Review Tribunals ( from 1982 ) ; prison disciplinary proceedings before a board of visitors where legal representation has been granted ( from 1984 ) ; and in respect of applications for warrants of further detention ( or extensions ) under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 ( from 1986 ) .
28 So far as wasted costs orders were concerned , cover was already provided by the BMIF for the benefit of those who had been made subject to such orders ; but that cover did not extend to related costs .
29 In addition , they suggested that the effectiveness of the annual accountant 's report in giving early warning of possible default could be re-examined in the light of the Law Society 's experience of those solicitors who had already been made subject to this requirement as a condition of their receiving a practising certificate .
30 The implicit monarchical themes may also have their own republican counterparts , which could have been made explicit in further contexts .
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