Example sentences of "[noun pl] have been [vb pp] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Mr Crawford added more than 600 illegal nets had been seized this year . |
| 3 | MORE than 600 illegal nets have been confiscated this year from poachers who are stealing thousands of pounds worth of salmon from the River Foyle . |
| 4 | ‘ Hundreds of companies have been duped this way , ’ said a detective with the Northumbria Fraud Squad , which is investigating the Brandmakers ' case . |
| 5 | At present no other organisations have been given this status . |
| 6 | No average for the country is available for comparison , but compared with other areas where similar surveys have been made this figure is regarded as a high one . |
| 7 | Twenty-one red kite chicks have been raised this year , compared to just 10 last year . |
| 8 | In the Northern General hospital NHS trust , six new consultants have been appointed this year and 95 per cent . |
| 9 | Erm , the , all the arguments for and against organic dips have been considered this last nine months by the Veterinary Products Committee , and they 've come out with a report I think , that satisfies no one , because it does n't go either , either way in that respect at all , it 's called for more research and , and erm , development in that , in that sense . |
| 10 | TWO hundred baby hedgehogs have been saved this year by RSPCA nurses who fed them scrambled eggs at West Hatch , Somerset . |
| 11 | The splendid and spirited pictures in the early printed herbals had been done this way , but as increasingly detailed and accurate illustrations were demanded , plates etched or engraved on copper became the norm . |
| 12 | We must check to see whether the lady 's slipper survived the winter — only six species of orchids have been seen this year . |
| 13 | The panic which followed Mr Nigel Lawson 's departure from the Treasury has subsided , but tremors have been produced this week by tabloid press reports that Mr Nicholas Ridley , the Trade Secretary , regards Mrs Thatcher as a liability , leaving only four solid loyalists in Cabinet — Mr John Major , Mr David Waddington , Mr Cecil Parkinson and Mr Norman Lamont . |
| 14 | The pages of magazines have been filled this year with the usual crop of controversies . |
| 15 | The finding of the " goat " has caused particular excitement , since i is one of the few large mammals to have been discovered this century . |
| 16 | 150 enquiries had been made this year , and potential students are now seeking funding . |
| 17 | Worldwide , over a million great whales have been killed this century for their oil and meat . |
| 18 | Lam exhibitions have been mounted this month at The Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid ( until 14 December and then travelling to the Fundació Miró in Barcelona , 21 January–28 March , 1993 ) , the Villa Medici in Rome , the home of the French Academy ( until 24 January 1993 and the first show of the artist 's work in Italy ) and in New York . |
| 19 | A new formative assessment for third year students has been introduced this year — namely , an integrated workbook assignment . |
| 20 | Women 's Weeklies You see women have been asked this as well . |
| 21 | After last week 's Revenue announcement that more than £1bn had beep taken by Personal Equity Plans , two new PEPs have been launched this week by stockbrokers Credit Suisse Buckmaster & Moore and life insurance giant Norwich Union . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | When formal participation schemes have been introduced this has quickened the extension of bargaining to the enterprise level and promoted the integration of works councils into that structure ( Windmüller , 1977 ) . |
| 24 | The rules have been changed this season to give fans of Second Division sides the opportunity to see first-class opponents . |
| 25 | However , such a scheme would never wash with the public — who wants their water supplies to have been treated this way ? |
| 26 | Five of the victims have been buried this morning at their local church in Greysteel . |
| 27 | More than 7,000 rail jobs have been lost this year and 20,000 are under threat , according to the union , which last organised a series of one-day strikes , over pay , in 1989 . |