Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [v-ing] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | The position of the beads in the grave normally suggests they were worn on a necklace , but a case can be made for some having been worn in the hair . |
| 2 | The meeting between the councillors and local residents did not take place , despite this having been agreed unanimously by the Planning Committee . |
| 3 | For many of his supporters he could do no wrong and any semblance of wrong having been done was explained as part of the ecumenical conspiracy to defeat true Protestantism . |
| 4 | exerts a strong indirect influence on the other ten African departments , all of these having been established by the DET or one of its predecessors before being granted ‘ independence ’ . |
| 5 | Twenty-one of the 53 schemes led to CSE examinations , six of these having been devised initially by LEAs . |
| 6 | Almost all Western nuclear operating utilities are involved , with each having been appointed lead company for particular projects . |
| 7 | The nonconformist movement built their first chapel in 1821 , with four having been erected over the years for the Primitive , Congregational , Baptist and Methodist movements , only the latter still regularly meeting . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , this was short-lived and it folded in 1884 having been torn asunder by internal dissensions , but before its collapse it inaugurated two important undertakings , the Stockton-on-Tees Mission and the Ayrshire Mission to the Deaf and Dumb . |
| 9 | French producers had demanded that Japan should limit its sales to a maximum of double the number of EC-built cars sold in Japan , the actual ratio in 1988 having been 11 to one . |
| 10 | By then Glamorgan were in a mess at 16–3 having been set 427 to win . |
| 11 | He died aged eighty-three having been awarded an OBE for his indefatigable labours in the service of the deaf . |
| 12 | Immediately before the rate cut was made public , the FTSE index of the 100 biggest companies was down 4.4 points at 3031.0 having been 10.8 lower at its worst in early dealing . |
| 13 | With the FTSE staging a modest recovery to be 6.5 down at 3032.1 having been 16.5 off immediately dealing began , City analysts believe the 100-index will fall to the 3000 level if the weakness on the New York stock market continues . |