Example sentences of "[v-ing] been [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first casualty in building the Hall was Room 5 , form room for many years of Mr. A. Johnston , who retired in July 1968 , having been Head of History since 1925 . |
| 2 | Having been Chairman of BNFL I would like to contribute as a Chairman in the future … and that , I believe , is how I can make my best contribution . |
| 3 | The win by Peter Crispe and navigator Tony Poole was an exceptionally popular one , the pair having been stalwarts of air racing for a long time . |
| 4 | Gore , who had made an impressive if unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 , was the product of a patrician southern family , his father having been Senator for Tennessee . |
| 5 | Having been exporters for decades , Japan 's car makers are at last becoming real multinationals , with factories all over the world . |
| 6 | Volume of total gastric juice in basal and under pentagastrin infusion was calculated as the sum of four 15 minute samples in each period ( Table ) and the hourly output of each substance ( platelet activating factor : pg/hr ; lyso platelet activating factor : µg/hr ; AAGPC : µg/hr ; acid : mmol/hr ; pepsin : pepsin unit UP/hr ; NANA : µg/hr ; choline : µg/hr ) was calculated as the sum of four 15 minute rates of secretion ; each 15 minute rate having been determiend by multiplication of concentration by the volume of gastric juice aspirated during 15 minutes . |
| 7 | Moreover , while they do show that official statistics tend to underestimate the amount of crime , it is likely that victim studies also under-record the amount — mostly because people can only report having been victims of crime if they know that they have been victimised . |
| 8 | Off Ian pedalled , to arrive at the pub a few seconds before Sally , but having been companions in adversity throughout the whole way , neither was going to claim outright victory , so agreed to declare a draw . |