Example sentences of "been [verb] through [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 More generally , it can be suggested that the social reforms which have been pursued through educational reform in the post-war period , prior to collapse of the liberal consensus and its political constituency , need to be approached through a direct assault upon the structural sources of inequality in demand-side institutions .
2 She tried to recall when she had last passed a house , an AA box , a public telephone , but it seemed to her that she had been driving through deserted countryside for at least ten minutes .
3 But Charles was not merely a defender , and while his ancestors had often been weakened through internal dissent among the Frankish nobility , he had total command and a clear field of action based upon considerable personal and state resources .
4 I feel as if I have been wandering through this forest for an eternity , and it is some days since I have found anything to eat .
5 All these unfortunate factors could have been avoided through good education and adequate nutrition .
6 the package contains modules for which an active DC does not exist or has been raised through another package .
7 Much of their industrialisation ( and infrastructure ) has been financed through external borrowing and by the establishment of plants belonging to multinational corporations .
8 The convoys had been coming through all week .
9 Sections have been cut through well-preserved coral in limestone .
10 Although Trusts only came into operation in April ninety one , the evidence suggests that many , that many have improved patient services in many w many areas waiting lists have been cut through greater efficiency and increased use of day surgery .
11 Additionally , the zones have not created industrial dereliction , and properties vacated by tenants moving to the zones have been re-occupied through normal filtering processes .
12 If a DC has been activated through another package , then abort the DC .
13 Andy has been put through absolute hell . ’
14 Secondly , the case became representative of the whole thrift scandal , where the newly deregulated savings and loan industry had been pillaged through ruthless speculation and outright fraud .
15 Second , either as a result of his or her independent actions , or acting as a result of an objection by a member of the public , the auditor can seek redress in the courts when an item of account is contrary to the law , or where money has not been brought to account or loss has been incurred through wilful misconduct .
16 Save for costs on summons and for enforcing the award ( or such costs as are directed by the arbitrator to have been incurred through unreasonable conduct ) , no solicitor 's charges as between party and party are allowed in those arbitration proceedings which have been referred because the sum claimed or amount involved did not exceed £1,000 ( Ord 19 , r 6 ) .
17 Of course , the relevant question here will often be the extent to which the caveat emptor doctrine has been abrogated through legislative intervention in contracts of supply ( see Chapter 5 ) .
18 The strict approach , whereby in construing the effect of a purported exclusion clause everything was construed against the party in whose favour a term was included in the contract , the contra preferentem rule , has been mitigated through statutory intervention .
19 Five minutes later he came in trying to tell tell us jokes and each time he 'd been paddling through this brake fluid and the carpet is just you know , brains
20 Old Fishfinger has been flicking through More magazine which , of course , he only reads for the fishkeeping tips , and has discovered the questionnaires that they print .
21 Only a few years earlier , the new universities had all been started through academic planning boards which established in general terms their objectives …
22 Section headings which were found only in some chapters in the first edition have been extended through each chapter .
23 Firstly , the marks one sees in the ground at any particular level may in fact result from many successive building phases , since the holes will commonly have been dug through earlier material and to varying depths .
24 Such huge improvements in fuel economy have been achieved through greater engine efficiency and reduction of air resistance .
25 A significant restructuring of the business has been achieved through substantial downsizing which has brought output and demand into line .
26 Careful analysis of the electoral results showed that the ALP 's narrow victory — its majority in the House of Representatives fell from 18 to eight and it suffered a negative swing of almost 2 per cent — had been achieved through skilful targeting of marginal constituencies and preference voters .
27 Mineralogical composition of the rocks , reservoir and shales , have been obtained through thin section , SEM photographs and X-ray analysis studies .
28 The near surface layers of practical supported catalysts have been studied through low energy ion scattering by making use of the high surface sensitivity and ion beam sputtering to obtain monolayer ‘ depth profiles ’ .
29 It is the particular way in which its doctrines have been expressed through concrete imagery which has shaped those doctrines .
30 it was a symbol of the new mood in the country that ordinary people wanted to participate in politics whereas in the past protest had been expressed through local guerrilla risings and religious demonstrations .
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