Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In answer to charge 4 that he had treated Royan without taking a proper history or examination or consulting his general practitioner , Dr Mumby said he took the clinical history in the form of a questionnaire which patients filled out in advance but he rarely examined patients because they had usually been examined many times elsewhere and because taking a history by questionnaire was an established technique of clinical ecology . |
| 2 | The jagged hole through which he 'd been propelled some minutes before now rushed past his face once every minute or so . |
| 3 | THE eagerly-awaited reappearance of Champion hurdler Royal Gait has been delayed 24 hours until this afternoon due to the abandonment of yesterday 's meeting at Leopardstown . |
| 4 | Race officials claim the start of the run had been delayed 20 minutes to avoid the train but the race was running 10 minutes ahead of schedule . |
| 5 | Thurston , had arrived with a load of ammunition for the Beaufighters on 7th , but had been delayed three days in leaving again due to a heavy swell on the sea . |
| 6 | Until it is quite inescapable that inside the three barrels , distributed , playing together a familiar tune which has been heard three times before , are the TRAGEDIANS . |
| 7 | The transistor transformed the portable radio , cul-minating in the spectacle — bizarre if it had been witnessed 20 years earlier — of people going around with earphones and Walkmans . |
| 8 | Twelve months ago Tom had been placed two half-days each week in an off-site unit for disruptive children . |
| 9 | On top of a cavity in the stone in which had been placed contemporary records and coins was placed a plate with the inscription : |
| 10 | The exterior has been altered many times and now only the lower parts of the western towers and the main nave and choir show Romanesque work . |
| 11 | Over the last number of years the way unemployment figures have been measured has been altered 31 times creating an entirely distorted picture . |
| 12 | The latter has a chequered history and has been altered several times within its life in Poland . |
| 13 | The amounts as well as qualifying ages have been altered several times since 1986/87 , so any rebate would only apply to allowances that would have been due to you at the time . |
| 14 | Not for Lexandro those thronged elephantine courtyards and grim vaulted catacombs to which glass cables delivered only a diluted memory of distant sunshine , and where ventilator gargoyles exhaled stale breath which had been refiltered fifty times already . |
| 15 | A 24 year old woman had been diagnosed five years previously and had persistent abdominal pain , diarrhoea , and ill health despite repeated courses of steroids . |
| 16 | Only scavvy and looter gangs roamed the accumulated choking filth of that undercity — where , mostly buried under debris , but sometimes still exposed , antique ports had been welded shut millennia ago . |
| 17 | ‘ How many other farmers hereabouts have been given similar awards ? ’ |
| 18 | Mr Redmond had been looking after the woodyard where he worked while his employer was on a cruise to restore his health , and Sarah told Anne that her father had been given fifty pounds as a mark of appreciation when his employer returned . |
| 19 | ‘ Much of it is , but Christian has been given fifty acres of forest land . |
| 20 | The group , which has been given 18 bins , is building setts to replace those dug-up by badger-baiters . |
| 21 | He had been given curious looks by the person who gave him the directions which show that he was a stranger as he was not recognised . |
| 22 | Under the provisions of Part H of the Public Order Act of 1986 the police have been given greater powers in the regulation of processions and assemblies . |
| 23 | Along with that , although solicitors have been given limited rights of audience in the courts , seriously complex cases still require specialised counsel and these are in short supply : ‘ You only need one Piper Alpha inquiry and they 'll be tied up for months ’ , he said . |
| 24 | Also present , and hoping to apply for membership in due course , were representatives from the Shoreham Aviation Heritage Trust , who have been given 75 acres of land at historic Shoreham Airport to develop into a museum . |
| 25 | You have been given great talents , you can achieve results that are beyond the ability of anyone else . |
| 26 | Since the first of January this year safety representatives have been given legal rights to be con consulted and I quote in good time regarding the following one any measure which substantially affects the health and safety of employees two the arrangements for appointing specialist staff three any health and safety information circulated to employees four the planning and organization of any health and safety training and five , the introduction of new technologies . |
| 27 | The Court ruled on April 24 that the government was entitled to dismiss up to 600,000 former East German civil servants who at the time of unification had been given temporary contracts rather than being made redundant . |
| 28 | Furthermore , we also need to keep in sight the fact that ‘ creativity ’ is itself an ambiguous concept , having been given various meanings and judged according to differing criteria depending on the context in which it has been studied . |
| 29 | But whatever satisfaction Scott may have gained from the debate and the fact that he had been given six months to prepare a new design , it must have soon been dispelled by the public press and the action of some of his professional colleagues . |
| 30 | Sources said that they have been given six weeks to finish their assignments and another four weeks ' severance pay . |