Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] [vb pp] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many respects the management of GEAR has been ineffective : goals have been defined too broadly , simply to ensure consensus ; organizations have been assimilated within GEAR for purely cosmetic purposes ; power has been too diffuse ; and too much has been made of environmental improvements when the local economy has been subject to dramatic changes and unemployment has risen substantially . |
| 2 | That that that is a just criticism and it has been made of immunological treatment . |
| 3 | According to David Hume , the subject of the next chapter , Berkeley 's account of abstract ideas was ‘ one of the greatest and most valuable discoveries that has been made of late years in the republic of letters ’ . |
| 4 | Mention has been made of direct labour and of how such organisations have reduced the number of trainees by about 40 per cent . |
| 5 | The standard of joiner work throughout is good and much use has been made of laminated veneers to provide rounded corners . |
| 6 | Comparison stars are σ ( 4.9 ) , τ ( 5.1 ) and when a minimum occurs , K ( 6.0 ) ; τ has been suspected of slight variability . |
| 7 | Beta is a fine orange star of spectral type M , beautiful in binoculars ; it has been suspected of slight variability . |
| 8 | It is easy to find , because it is usually visible with the naked eye at about magnitude 5 , and is in the same binocular field with Beta ; to either side of it are Tau ( 5.1 ) and Sigma ( 4.9 ) , which act as good comparisons , though Tau is of type K and has been suspected of slight variability . |
| 9 | Either there has been a real fading , or ( more probably ) there has been an error in recording or interpretation , though it is true that Megrez has been suspected of slight variability in modern times . |
| 10 | This particular bonfire has been constructed of industrial waste and in consequence we are unable to ascertain precisely what is inside the bonfire . |
| 11 | A doctor who gave cannabis to her sick daughter has been cleared of criminal charges at Liverpool Crown Court . |
| 12 | THE All England Club has been cleared of unfair trading practices over the sale of Wimbledon tickets . |
| 13 | There are numerous shorter walks in the area , which has been designated of outstanding natural beauty , with its landscape of weald hills and wooded , rolling farmland . |
| 14 | Somehow on this rich , fertile island , a centrepiece has been contrived of dull concrete . |
| 15 | First one , er relates to the point made by the Barton Willmore representative , that no account has been taken of additional land that would be needed er for the settlement , for shops , er community facilities , and other infrastructure , er and of course that land is not available , well in fact the opposite is the case if the new settlement is not provided , because the infrastructure is available within York city , and the York city document er A eight double O nine , paragraph six , makes it very clear that the city is capable of accommodating the needs within its city boundaries where that fr infrastructure is available , er to that extent there is a further argument against the settlement , and that is that the settlement would be duplicating the provision of resources outside of the city , where those resources can actually accommodate it within the city . |
| 16 | Underlying this whole approach is the fact that no account has been taken of Disabled people 's ow understandings of Disability or priorities for the arts . |
| 17 | Generally , these companies have been highly successful since privatization , even after account has been taken of nationwide trends affecting all companies . |
| 18 | If the right hon. Gentleman took the measure which has been suggested of restoring indictability to the offence of taking and driving away , would not the courts be left with a wide range of penalties ? |
| 19 | Perhaps part of the problem is that far too much has been expected of positivist criminology or , alternatively , positivist criminologists have been responsible for fostering too grandiose expectations . |
| 20 | But the portrait that has been drawn of respectable women rising from the marriage bed to insert the sponge or to draw the condom over the ‘ burning machine ’ , seems unlikely to have been the norm . |
| 21 | It 's the second time in a month that the Highbury hit-man has been accused of insulting fans . |
| 22 | Libya has been accused of international terrorism and was accused of supplying weapons to the IRA to help them with their terrorist campaigns here in the UK . |
| 23 | The British banana company , Geest , has been accused of illegal felling of areas of rainforest in north-east Costa Rica , next to the Tortuguero National Park . |
| 24 | Kingsholm has been starved of good tries this season so the locals must have really enjoyed this one … |
| 25 | In recent years the Department has been starved of financial resources which has led to many of the serious problems faced by succeeding directors . |
| 26 | Little direct evidence has been found of systematic organisation in the eighteenth century , a period in which trade and benefit clubs among other working men in Britain abounded . |
| 27 | An eighteen year old 's been convicted of violent disorder after his victim identified him in the street . |
| 28 | The Bishop of Gloucester , who 's been accused of indecent assault , has issued a public thank you for the hundreds of letters he 's received . |
| 29 | The company 's been accused of deliberate provocation . |
| 30 | ‘ There hath been found of late great confusion in the keeping of loose papers , ’ wrote Nicholas Faunt , one of Walsingham 's assistants . |