Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Republic of Colombia won its independence from Spain in 1819 although its borders have been redrawn several times since . |
| 2 | The amounts as well as qualifying ages have been altered several times since 1986/87 , so any rebate would only apply to allowances that would have been due to you at the time . |
| 3 | Loans to small farmers have been increased 25 times over ; research and investment has gone into new seeds and fertilizers specially designed for the needs ( and the purses ) of the small farmer ; and maize prices have gone up by 129 per cent so as to provide an incentive . |
| 4 | Provisions relating to ancient monuments have been amended several times , the latest being 1983 when the National Heritage Act was passed . |
| 5 | Most herds are tested for TB every three years but the Rowes ' cattle have been tested 14 times in the last five years . |
| 6 | I think it was Professor Thomas Torrance who replied to a question concerning his ‘ conversion ‘ with the reply : ‘ I have been converted three times . |
| 7 | Interest rates have been cut eight times since last October . |
| 8 | So far , more than half of those taken on trial have been given full time jobs like Chris . |
| 9 | The process of management and the functions of management have been analysed many times in various ways by different writers , who have taken the view that : |
| 10 | Rats have been sighted several times in the Hundens Lane area and Darlington Council 's environmental health department say all rubbish should be kept securely bundled and no scraps of food should be left . |
| 11 | Aristotle himself believed that the arts and the sciences have been discovered many times and then lost again . |
| 12 | The windows of the Methodist Church adjoining the playing field have been broken numerous times . |
| 13 | Single birds are usually seen , but two or three together have been recorded several times , and a party of five flew west off Langney Point on 17 October 1947 , and one of 20 did likewise on 1 September 1964 . |
| 14 | Differences among accents of English have been mentioned several times in the course , and this is a subject that many students of English find interesting and wish to know more about . |
| 15 | The author would welcome responses from teams developing courses in EP , particularly in North America , with a view to publishing a much more elaborate framework ( akin to that available for Computer Science ) , including the items which have been omitted this time . |
| 16 | Interest rates have been reduced several times with a significant shift in economic policy giving priority to growth . |
| 17 | We have , in Prestatyn , a facility which is very central and well used , despite the fact that the signs advertising it have been changed three times in five years . ’ |
| 18 | Deficits in visual function following subcortical visual system lesions have been reported many times but it is difficult to interpret them . |
| 19 | The new ministers soon find that there is remarkably little room for manoeuvre , and that most of the quick and easy panaceas to the intractable problems of Defence have been tried many times before . |
| 20 | ( I have been told many times by participants in such workshops that they have felt it necessary to conceal from their colleagues where they were going ! ) |