Example sentences of "been [adv] [verb] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lack of breakage , however , only characterizes some of the owl assemblages , but there has been little published on this subject . |
| 2 | No single measure of public expenditure has met with universal agreement , and even when one has been widely used for some time , it can be subject to change for a variety of reasons . |
| 3 | Torture has been widely used by both security forces and death squads . |
| 4 | The breed was initially dual-purpose , whatever its colour , but for the most part ceded its milking role to the neighbouring Ayrshire ; it has continued as a beef breed but has never been intensively developed for that role . |
| 5 | In ordinary parlance one might say that anyone who has been forcibly subjected to this offence has been raped ; the psychological effects are likely to be deep , and even if there is no risk of pregnancy ( as there is not from some rapes , since ejaculation is not part of the definition ) , there may be the risk of disease . |
| 6 | Both the transition from one steady pattern to another and the onset of periodic unsteadiness can be understood as instability of the pre-existing type of convection — and indeed have been successfully analysed from that point of view . |
| 7 | Geophysical methods have been successfully applied to such mapping in two areas : at Coleorton , Leicestershire , where abandoned near-surface coal workings lie on the line of a new trunk road ; and at Hayle , Cornwall , where shafts of old copper mines were detected at the site of a new water-treatment plant . |
| 8 | The defendants sought to argue that the plaintiff was prevented from claiming breach of warranty since the material fact constituting the breach had been disclosed to the plaintiff at a meeting prior to signing the disclosure letter but had not been eventually contained in that letter . |
| 9 | They 'd obviously been badly infected at some time . |
| 10 | She and her brothers had always found the idea of ancestral spirits appearing during the Cia ceremony an awesome prospect , but her sense of unease had been greatly heightened on this occasion by the fear of unknown punishments that seemed certain to follow the incident involving her baby gibbon at the governor 's palace . |
| 11 | You 've done more than you thought you 'd ever get away with and so in a sense it 's all gain from here , in fact it 's been all gain for some time and so you ca n't complain and you do n't intend to if fate deserts you now . |
| 12 | ( In fact , the corporation had been wrongly reported on this score and had issued no such edict at all . ) |
| 13 | A crucial assumption of the kinds of statistical calculations we have been referring to is that the sample has been randomly drawn from some population . |
| 14 | It is a two-storey mill ( now open to the public ) which he built in 1752 , though it has been much altered since that time . |
| 15 | The recourse to social control measures has been entirely removed from this Act and can now be invoked only under general statute that regulates powers to suspend individual rights ( Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch. s. 1666 ) . |
| 16 | In only his second start of the season , Snodin provided the spark of midfield inspiration and stong running that Everton have been desperately searching for all season . |
| 17 | ( 2 ) Where a document of title to goods has been lawfully transferred to any person as buyer or owner of the goods , and that person transfers the document to a person who takes it in good faith and for valuable consideration , then — ; ( a ) if the last-mentioned transfer was by way of sale the unpaid seller 's right of lien or retention or stoppage in transit is defeated ; and ( b ) if the last-mentioned transfer was made by way of pledge or other disposition for value , the unpaid seller 's right of lien or retention or stoppage in transit can only be exercised subject to the rights of the transferee . ’ |
| 18 | The modern history of the Catholic Church has been immensely affected by that chain of events . |
| 19 | Today 's breeds have been largely developed with this trait in mind , with the notable exception of the Basenji which , rather misleadingly , is sometimes described as the barkless dog , although it does have a reasonably extensive vocal range . |
| 20 | In general terms , tax has been largely abolished on most life-time gifts , provided certain important conditions are met . |
| 21 | But if I 've been away working for some time , it 's completely different . |
| 22 | Both Holywood and Instonians use the Olympia synthetic pitch as home venues , which threw up the possibility of the games being played back-to-back on April 24 — but the Centre has been already booked for that date for a Celtic boys football tournament . |
| 23 | Sutton had been deeply moved by this compliment . |
| 24 | Final thoughts : great pity that Neil and Glenys wo n't be in Number Ten — never have a couple been more made for that job . |
| 25 | Two tables have been specially built for this purpose , allowing a large area of carpet to be viewed under daylight bulbs . |
| 26 | Examination pieces have been specially written for each grade in a variety of styles and will be performed at the exam by the student using backing tapes . |
| 27 | ‘ What I 'm not prepared to do is commit myself to the club beyond that , until such time as a final plan , which I understand from the chairman was agreed in principle by all directors on Saturday night , has been formally ratified by all board members . |
| 28 | The question before the Court was whether they had been automatically transferred in any case under the Business Transfers Directive and had the rights that the Directive confers — including rights for any recognised union to be informed and consulted ; the right of continued recognition of the union ; the automatic transfer of the employees ' terms and conditions of employment ; and protection against unfair dismissal in relation to the transfer . |
| 29 | The case for flexible budgets has been extensively argued by this writer elsewhere ( Cook , 1988 ; Cook & Perrin , 1988 ) . |
| 30 | Aluminium powder has been extensively used in this way ( ‘ silver' paint is a convenient source of sufficiently fine particles ) , particularly in silicone oils and other highly viscous liquids . |