Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] this [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The pages of magazines have been filled this year with the usual crop of controversies .
2 ‘ The old inter-club rivalries and jealousies have undoubtedly been banished this season and it will be good for the tournament and for English rugby if we can win it , ’ said coach Keith Richardson .
3 Chances were that the shooting had n't even been heard this side of the block .
4 They have always been a club with potential , and that potential appears to have been realised this season .
5 Webbe 's appearances for Bridgend have been limited this season and he has only five tries so far .
6 However , such a scheme would never wash with the public — who wants their water supplies to have been treated this way ?
7 The valley is the habitat of at least 21 species of the insect , which has been highlighted this month by a travelling exhibition .
8 The valley is the habitat of at least 21 species of the insect , which has been highlighted this month by a travelling exhibition .
9 In about three years ' time all GM 's new cars will have been developed this way .
10 ‘ This is the reason they were first given and I would like to think that I have been given this award because of that .
11 Once the senior clerk in the Chancery , Nigel had been given this assignment as a benefice , a reward for long and faithful service to the Crown .
12 You have probably been given this brochure by your local ABTA Travel Agent .
13 A record of the companies who have been given this dispensation should be held in order that this may be checked by the auditors .
14 But he knew that he was right and , much more , he felt that he was good , that he had been given this chance to act well , that he must take it and to take it would get him off on a new and better path ; while to succumb would be the broad and easy road to hell .
15 At present no other organisations have been given this status .
16 In March 1944 the U.852 was on patrol off the west coast of Africa : she was the fifth U-boat to have been given this area of patrol , the previous four , commanded by aces such as Wuppisch and Schultz , having all been sunk by aircraft .
17 Another free kick has been given this time against big Mike Whitlow Lively start to the game and a lively start for the referee .
18 Thank you , yes , I think in a course of er , er explanation that 's been given this morning , there was a reference to H G V eight diversion , now I 'm concerned that if in fact that means that er H G Vs are increasingly using the route through Culford there are two very severe right angle bends on that road and I should erm like to see the police take some action to persuade H G V to ban that route er I mean can we do a ban on the early section of it with in particular to like angle bends are ?
19 Lord Denning said that it could be implied that the Minister had been given this power to enable him to revoke licences obtained illegally .
20 The very words ‘ modern art ’ still carry by themselves a charge strong enough to disturb , dishearten , or even repel , some before they 've read a line or listened to a note of whatever work has been given this label .
21 Lay readers or elders who have traditionally been given this job may well not be gifted to lead the congregation in the way described above .
22 She has also been painted this year by Howard Morgan , for Unilever .
23 A further gift of £1000 has been received this year for this purpose .
24 Until such endorsement has been received this party shall not introduce its prospective candidate to the public .
25 Of 720,000 sq ftof office space that has been completed this year , 350,000 sq ft has been let .
26 It can co-exist as alternative spellings during transition — indeed , a hundred or so words have been simplified this century when dictionaries have listed alternative spellings and the public has opted for the easier way of arranging the letters .
27 The author would welcome responses from teams developing courses in EP , particularly in North America , with a view to publishing a much more elaborate framework ( akin to that available for Computer Science ) , including the items which have been omitted this time .
28 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 ) .
29 Judicial reviews are also threatened in Oldham and the London Borough of Croydon , although an action in Cheshire appeared to have been resolved this week .
30 British Rail tell us that the 6.30 Aylesbury to Marylebone train service has been cancelled this evening , while the buses continue to operate a trouble-free service .
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