Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pages of magazines have been filled this year with the usual crop of controversies . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | We are not alone in having the grant cut , some of the governing bodies have only been given one year 's notice or nothing at all . |
| 5 | His action was popularly resented as a poor show of gratitude for the benefit he had been given two years before . |
| 6 | You have been given two years not only to investigate historical thinking and knowledge but also to practise the dynamic process of essay writing . |
| 7 | And the new operators , who 're all local businessmen , have been given 5 years on a new lease to make it a success . |
| 8 | Another , a regular visitor to the Undercroft , presented a model of the King of Siam 's Royal barge , which she had been given 40 years ago , after service in our Bangkok Embassy . |
| 9 | She has also been painted this year by Howard Morgan , for Unilever . |
| 10 | Over the mince pies and wine we learned that the Bala band had been formed many years before and had faithful musicians and followers . |
| 11 | A further gift of £1000 has been received this year for this purpose . |
| 12 | Arrese got together a study-group of hard-line Falangists , whose mission was to draft four documents : a new version of the Party Statutes , which had last been revised seventeen years earlier , in August 1939 ; a law of the Fundamental Principles of the State , which was to encapsulate the basic tenets of Francoism ; a law of the Movement , which was to give legal form to the distinction between " the Party " , FET y de las JONS , as a clearly delimited group of political activists , and " the Movement " , which encompassed all those who actively or passively subscribed to the values which inspired Francoism ; and an Organizational Law of the Government , which was to lay down ground-rules for the legislative and executive powers of the government . |
| 13 | Of 720,000 sq ftof office space that has been completed this year , 350,000 sq ft has been let . |
| 14 | In addition to the evening sessions there will be four ‘ away-days ’ on Saturdays ( from 10.00 am to 4.30 am ) , which give the opportunity for some extended skill-training and group-work ( an additional ‘ away-day ’ has been included this year ) . |
| 15 | The company estimates 27,000 RS/6000s and 14,000 Sparcservers have been installed this year , saying the total installed base for each is now around 37,000 and 28,000 respectively . |
| 16 | It might have been brewed this year , but I doubted it . |
| 17 | To date this operation seems to be free of cancer risk although one case of cancer has been reported seven years after operation . |
| 18 | He has been pursued all year by race fan Newman and his Chicago business partner Carl Haas . |
| 19 | In Russia that introduced in 1859 had been sat two years later by a mere five candidates in all . |
| 20 | the possession of the motor car was just becoming the norm , but the town had been designed fifteen years earlier |
| 21 | The thing that worries some people is that as it 's come at this particular time that some of the things that might have been done five years ago by Local Education Authorities to improve their whole education for children with special needs may now , either through other competing financial pressures , or through inertia or whatever , the whole spirit of Warnock could be lost , and I think it 's a thing that , you know , one will have to keep a careful eye on . |
| 22 | It would be absolutely disastrous if after the excellent work that 's been done this year we were not able to maintain that . |
| 23 | well it she could 've been done last year but we 've not done this year , be gone . |
| 24 | In the period before 1910 about 85,000 new houses had been built each year , but after the introduction of Land Values Duties the building rate fell sharply . |
| 25 | The flats had been built ten years earlier and showed wear badly . |
| 26 | As the news of the quarrel between the Old King 's sons spread , those who had been defeated last year took fresh courage , while others like Geoffrey of Lusignan , who had previously been too cautious to join the revolt , now decided that their moment had come . |
| 27 | They still have n't been regraded five years later . |
| 28 | In July 1969 , the select committee reported in favour of the publication both of the five-year rolling programme in the form of an annual White Paper with a full explanation of what changes had been made that year , and of the Medium Term Economic Assessment . |
| 29 | Her income support entitlement ended when she obtained maintenance at £5.00 per week but only one payment has been made this year . |
| 30 | 150 enquiries had been made this year , and potential students are now seeking funding . |