Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This hypothesis has been examined in several studies looking at the PiZ phenotype and periportal α 1 AT granules in patients and controls , and no evidence to support involvement of α 1 AT in genetic predisposition has been found . |
| 2 | Mrs Titcombe 's nagging suspicions had been aroused by several points . |
| 3 | Now it had been joined by several cars and a coach was disgorging a gaggle of tourists . |
| 4 | The plenum had been delayed for several months , allegedly because of divisions over economic policy between the central and provincial authorities . |
| 5 | Instructions are given for several neckbands , but everyone has their own pet neckband . |
| 6 | ‘ At the alleged places of detention , ’ Mr Ahtisaari said , ‘ the facilities were found to have been stripped of all valuable material and not to have been inhabited for several weeks at least . ’ |
| 7 | • In rodents , rhythms continue to develop in animals that have been reared for several generations in constant conditions . |
| 8 | It has been excavated at several points , both during the early excavations and in connection with the west gate , revealing informative sequences of relevance to our understanding of the site 's development ( see p. 73 below ) . |
| 9 | Choreographers wishing to interpret music in dance terms are limited in several ways because their choice should not only determine the style of dance used and its phrasing but other factors which are an integral part of the score . |
| 10 | The spring , he says , is a particularly perilous time in adder-land : as they emerge from hibernation , adders are too groggy to slip away from potential threats but their fangs are filled with several months ' worth of venom . |
| 11 | But although it had now been raining for several hours , there was not the least damp or cold either in the deep runs or in the many burrows that they passed . |
| 12 | However their interpretation has been criticized on several counts which show that ‘ the family-firm analogy is misleading and generally overworked ; its character is usually symbolic or ideological rather than descriptive ’ ( Fruin 1980 p.432 ) . |
| 13 | The reasons have been explained in several letters to your MP or Regional Councillor on 31 March 1992 , 14 April , 6 May , 4 June and 27 August , all of which I understand have been passed to you , and directly over the phone by Mr Carter on 6 August 1992 . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , enough weight had been given by several sources to make it worthwhile checking . |
| 15 | The increasing control of TDC by the Texas courts has been referred to several times already . |
| 16 | He was accused of passing on ‘ state secrets ’ to the Agence France Presse reporter Lawrence Macdonald , whose account of the student protests has been referred to several occasions . |
| 17 | Ritual has been regarded by several anthropologists as a social event in which pent-up emotions can find some form of release . |
| 18 | The two nations are collaborating on several satellite projects , including the L-Sat communications craft that British Aerospace is building for a launch in 1987 . |
| 19 | Mr Gresty , whose business has been broken into several times , said : ‘ I am extremely grateful to the Army for getting me out of a very sticky situation . ’ |
| 20 | Often such a panel gives early warning of changes in public opinion where they are consulted over several years . |
| 21 | Mycobacterial infection and immunisation against mycobacterial antigens/hsp-65 have been implicated in several autoimmune disease states , both experimental and clinical . |
| 22 | Honasan , who had been implicated in several coup attempts against Ramos 's predecessor , Corazon Aquino , had been in hiding since 1988 , after escaping from a prison ship moored in Manila Bay [ see p. 36428 ] . |
| 23 | The current bases agreement , which had been revised on several occasions since its original signature in March 1947 , allowed the USA to use several military installations , including the huge facilities at Clark Field and Subic Bay , respectively the largest US Air Force and naval base outside North America . |
| 24 | The essay has since been listed in several bibliographies , and has exerted an influence which , when I composed it as a kind of riposte to the British Council 's purchase of the copyright of that crack-brained idea from its originator , C. K. Ogden , I could not have foreseen . |
| 25 | Many had been decomposing for several weeks . |
| 26 | Along the crest of this ridge the rock had been exposed in several places , and eroded into a line of towers and pinnacles . |
| 27 | Thus , where a lease has been assigned on several occasions a series , or chain , of indemnities will be built up . |
| 28 | Restlessly , she returned to the office , then recalled that the answering machine had not been checked for several hours . |
| 29 | This unit had been caught in several skirmishes , losing their CO and second-in-command along with a third of their strength , yet they were seen doing physical training after a short rest in the town — a measure of their quality . |
| 30 | They 've already been walking for several weeks , many carrying their possessions in their school bags . |