Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their evidence for this judgement , as with those presented in most of their surveys , was loosely stated and difficult to verify , but the argument has been echoed many times in recent years in Britain by academics and policy-makers alike . |
| 2 | Again , it is not my intention here to review the variations and criticisms in detail this has been done many times elsewhere . |
| 3 | But erm yeah , it 's , it 's er good for what it is , but I think this has been done many times before and er I sh would think that everybody 's seen some just slightly better than this , but it 's quite a nice er sunset . |
| 4 | The world 's highest peak has been scaled many times since Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay first conquered it in 1953 . |
| 5 | This function has been called many times under many conditions , and with a variety of subjects . |
| 6 | Sun executives say the issue of Sun chief executive officer Scott McNealy giving up his other post as president of Sun Microsystems Computer Corp , Sun 's systems planet ( UX No 433 ) , has been raised many times and never acted on . |
| 7 | That , too , has been raised many times tonight . |
| 8 | My hon. Friend raises a point that has been raised many times before . |
| 9 | The exterior has been altered many times and now only the lower parts of the western towers and the main nave and choir show Romanesque work . |
| 10 | Dieulafoy 's disease has been given many names , including ‘ calibre persistent artery of the stomach ’ , ‘ cirsoid aneurysm ’ , ‘ gastric arteriosclerosis ’ , and ‘ peptic ulcer of peculiar location ’ . |
| 11 | It has been said many times that the word ‘ conviction ’ is ambiguous and it has sometimes been construed in a statutory context as referring to nothing more than a finding of guilt . |
| 12 | As has been said many times ( certainly by me ) , it is the easiest thing in the world to write a review of an unimportant book . |
| 13 | It has been seen many times since then , and many of the Baskervilles have died in strange and terrible ways . |
| 14 | He has been challenged many times on the weak link in his case , which is that since American firms are free to relocate to Mexico , a trade agreement is the best way to make sure that American interests are protected . |
| 15 | The Earth has been visited many times in its history , but it 's all been covered up . |
| 16 | This subject has been debated many times over many years and , after much deliberation , it was felt less confusing to say ‘ Basket Only ’ rather than stipulate a specific number of items [ at least for the majority of our stores ] as this tended to cause confrontations between some cashiers and customers as to the quantity of items in the basket . |
| 17 | One of the most universal of all designs ; it is found in the artistic and religious expression of cultures as far apart as America , Europe and India , as well as China , and has been ascribed many meanings ; the most popular of these are happiness , the heart of the Buddha and the number 10,000 . |
| 18 | In this article the word ‘ word-processor ’ has been used many times . |
| 19 | It has been suggested many times since . |
| 20 | The extensive literature on the complex issue of social support has been reviewed many times . |
| 21 | The fact that NTS have deliberately cut publicity about Ben Lawers is not new and has been reported many times . |
| 22 | Ted Fleming 's original has been copied many times , always with appreciated success , so we have no hesitation in recommending it as a lifter for any parafauna that is within reasonable weight limits . |
| 23 | One of the many highlights is the view down Loch Shiel from Glenfinnan , a vista that has been reproduced many times on gaudy retouched 60s ' postcards , and on calendars handed out at Christmas by firms who manufacture ball-bearings . |
| 24 | His essay on ‘ Ash-Wednesday ’ ( The Hound and Horn , January-March 1931 ) has been anthologized many times , and rightly . |
| 25 | The fight we have witnessed between eagle and man has been fought many times in many places and will be fought again . |
| 26 | The case for clinician involvement has been rehearsed many times and is taken as established here . |
| 27 | Beveridge 's scheme was not , as has been stressed many times , revolutionary . |
| 28 | They 'd been re-used many times , titles and references and hasty notes making it difficult to see any sign of what the current contents might be . |
| 29 | Almost all the work was done by manual labour alone and the order which Wade sent to Edinburgh Castle in 1726 for ‘ 94 shovells , 82 pickaxes , 42 spades , 3 iron crows ’ is typical and could have been repeated many times over . |
| 30 | An offending tree may have been planted many years ago by a previous owner . |