Example sentences of "has been [verb] by some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scheme has been criticized by some animal welfare activists . |
| 2 | Some effort has been made by some libraries to assist libraries and institutions with user education programmes , for example , universities and polytechnics for schools , and public libraries also for schools , 2 but this expresses local efforts of co-operation , rather than the submission that user education is a continuous process which takes place throughout the various educational sectors and beyond . |
| 3 | A further point in relation to the accusation of the ethnocentricity of Freud 's assumptions about gender roles has been made by some people in the Women 's Movement , such as Kate Millet and Ann Oakley . |
| 4 | Whether light as well as heat is generated in these reactions has been questioned by some critics . |
| 5 | Recently he has acted as consultant on the hit West End musical Miss Saigon ( transfer to Broadway expected soon ) , the story of a love affair between a GI and a Vietnamese bar girl which has been condemned by some critics as exploitative . |
| 6 | What she does not do is believe for one moment that Rainbow has been possessed by some kind of demon . |
| 7 | The basal-subtracted EC 5 — the concentration of gastrin necessary to increase acid secretion from basal to half maximal acid secretion — has been advocated by some workers to be a more appropriate index of parietal cell sensitivity . |
| 8 | This has been followed by some authorities and voluntary agencies who developed codes , which they apply in relation to the homes which they administer . |
| 9 | It has been argued by some cat experts that any vet performing this convenience operation should be prosecuted for cruelty to animals , but this is unfair to them . |
| 10 | Indeed , it has been said by some professionals in the field that we are doing the students a disservice by attempting to break through their apathy since their main chance of happiness lies in their passive acceptance of traditional ‘ care ’ facilities . |
| 11 | It has been said by some writers that he had got caught up in an extravaganza far beyond both his intention and his control . |
| 12 | It has been assumed by some writers that statements of attainment should be adapted for children with learning difficulties by producing more detailed learning hierarchies than the statutory orders provide . |
| 13 | Although there is no certain cause of the hemispheric pattern , it has been related by some researchers to the eruption last year of El Chichon in Mexico , and by others to a recurring cycle of drought and flood in the southern hemisphere . |
| 14 | The global success not only of Japanese enterprise in the 1980s but also of the other NICs of East Asia has been seen by some commentators such as Blunt ( 1989 : 21 ) as a spur to the renaissance of studies of effective leadership in recent times . |
| 15 | Spencer coined the term ‘ survival of the fittest ’ and has been seen by some historians as the first of the ‘ social Darwinists ’ . |
| 16 | Already huge controversy has been provoked by some researchers ' attempts to claim effective ownership of human genes through patenting and by a proposal to set up a UK national database of ‘ DNA fingerprints ’ to enable the rapid identification and capture of violent criminals . |
| 17 | This has been characterized by some writers as a hierarchy of obligations ( Qureshi and Simons , 1987 ; Ungerson , 1987 ) . |
| 18 | Gary Klesch , the American financier , has been asked by some bondholders to act on their behalf in the refinancing negotiations . |
| 19 | The ability of a prime minister effectively to call a general election has been regarded by some writers as the most important weapon in ensuring parliamentary support . |
| 20 | She says her neighbour 's garden , always is a mystery here , her neighbour 's garden has been attacked by some kind of animal , she thinks nocturnal , there are small areas dug up from the garden , they are about three to four inches in diameter and about the same in depth , so it 's , it 's , it 's a little hole rather than the end of a tunnel it seems . |
| 21 | Exception has been taken by some commentators to the words ‘ Reg. v. Morris … decides , ’ but the proposition which is stated in the judgment of the court follows inevitably from Lord Roskill 's statement as to the meaning of appropriation . |
| 22 | It has been claimed by some writers that distinctive feature analysis is not irrelevant to the study of language learning , and that pronunciation difficulties experienced by learners are better seen as due to the need to learn a particular feature or combination of features than as the absence of particular phonemes . |
| 23 | We do not know if the cause is genetic , the result of physical or mental antecedents such as infection or early childhood experiences or , as has been suggested by some observers , the outcome of growing up feeling disaffected and disenfranchised in a rejecting society which offers black people few prospects of work , wealth and the good things in life to which white people aspire . |
| 24 | If he has no such evidence , does he think that the introduction of Sunday trading in Britain is likely to cause the kind of social and moral breakdown that has been suggested by some advocates of restrictions ? |
| 25 | Marlborough 's art work has been accused by some critics of being too prescribed , a charge Robin Child refutes , insisting that ‘ there has to be a starting point , a language learnt ’ . |
| 26 | The Oxfordshire Club has been described by some experts as unique and a course for the twenty first century … what makes it so special is a mixture of three styles … of classic English with trees … of links with sand dunes … and of American type holes landscaped by lakes … it 's been designed by Rees Jones |
| 27 | Alternate day prednisone was not often used , even though such treatment has been recommended by some gastroenterologists as routine maintenance treatment of Crohn 's disease . |
| 28 | The management has been restructured and refocused with responsibilities clearly defined , the annual cost base of the business has been reduced by some £280,000 , and marketing plans are currently being put in place for next year . |