Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This hypothesis has been examined in several studies looking at the PiZ phenotype and periportal α 1 AT granules in patients and controls , and no evidence to support involvement of α 1 AT in genetic predisposition has been found . |
| 2 | It was , in fact , the work of his son , William , and Miller comments ‘ I was first favoured by this sort by Mr. Peter Collinson , FRS and afterwards received a plant with a drawing of it made in the country where it grows , by Mr. John Bartram , JR , and have since been furnished with more plants by Dr. Benzel of Germantown in Philadelphia , who found it growing plentifully in shady , moist places . ’ |
| 3 | Mrs Titcombe 's nagging suspicions had been aroused by several points . |
| 4 | His background has been catalogued on many occasions and trawled by the man himself with the single-mindedness which characterizes all his causes . |
| 5 | When William Burnes died at Lochlea in 1784 , John Tennant lent a horse to help to convey his body to Alloway for burial in the grounds of Kirk Alloway and memories of Alloway and the ruined kirk must have been recalled by both families when they met on that day . |
| 6 | Kites have been flown in all cultures at all times . |
| 7 | These disciplines have been joined by many others from different fields , from Law to Business Studies , to Social Administration , to Gender Studies , to Forestry , Religious Studies and Natural Resources . |
| 8 | The variation in size would have been enormous as the existing parish councils would have been joined by such cities as Sheffield as ‘ local councils ’ . |
| 9 | Now it had been joined by several cars and a coach was disgorging a gaggle of tourists . |
| 10 | The plenum had been delayed for several months , allegedly because of divisions over economic policy between the central and provincial authorities . |
| 11 | Since the rate of repayment is reviewed only once annually , quite often the effect of mortgage rate rises has been delayed for some months , allowing the borrower to prepare for the increased cost . |
| 12 | We lesser mortals who had been banished to such places as Wolverton were , however , less fortunate . |
| 13 | Sometimes this research was located in areas where the effects of human activity had been sustained for many centuries . |
| 14 | Frodo indeed laughs himself : ‘ Such a sound had not been heard in those places since Sauron came to Middle-earth . |
| 15 | Movie memorabilia is nothing new but cries of blaX-ploitation have been heard in some quarters . |
| 16 | I have received no request for a statement , but the hon. Gentleman 's point of order will have been heard by those Ministers with responsibility for such matters . |
| 17 | ‘ At the alleged places of detention , ’ Mr Ahtisaari said , ‘ the facilities were found to have been stripped of all valuable material and not to have been inhabited for several weeks at least . ’ |
| 18 | The structure and organization of public services do not , at present , foster service developments which match the King 's Fund recommendations , and the need for an overhaul in the way services are organized has been recognized for some years . |
| 19 | This month I 've been inundated with more questions about dog foods , and feeding in general . |
| 20 | This does not include information which has been leaked from such sources , nor does it include unauthorised and off-the-cuff comments made by junior officials . |
| 21 | Interventions by schools to reduce smoking have been undertaken for many decades , although little attention has been given to assessing their effectiveness . |
| 22 | Up-to-date valuations of such properties had not been undertaken for many years previously , partly because of business people 's complaints that any revaluations of commercial properties could inevitably lead to an increase in their total tax bill . |
| 23 | It is also guaranteeing mortgages at 1 per cent below the normal interest rate , for endowment or pension-linked policies , on several of the houses up for sale , an interesting and innovative service for would-be bidders ( mortgage surveys will already have been undertaken for these houses ) . |
| 24 | Subsequent curriculum development has simultaneously reflected and led the professional work of the Division : in both full- and part-time courses , emphasis has been placed upon such areas as cost-in-use and design and management studies , by way of work activities , and computer applications and energy analysis as forward indicators . |
| 25 | Scandinavian countries , for example , have been treated in these ways . |
| 26 | Now , one member of the joint traffic management sub-committee who has been closely associated with all of these three issues is county councillor Tony and I must say , Mr Mayor that I am surprised to say the least by the way in which councillor appears appears to have been treated by some members of the labour party in this city . |
| 27 | • In rodents , rhythms continue to develop in animals that have been reared for several generations in constant conditions . |
| 28 | It has been excavated at several points , both during the early excavations and in connection with the west gate , revealing informative sequences of relevance to our understanding of the site 's development ( see p. 73 below ) . |
| 29 | However their interpretation has been criticized on several counts which show that ‘ the family-firm analogy is misleading and generally overworked ; its character is usually symbolic or ideological rather than descriptive ’ ( Fruin 1980 p.432 ) . |
| 30 | The expenditure of public money on this , yet another television service , has been criticized in some quarters , but the Governor told me his decision was based on the fact , as he saw it , of NTV 's pro-Federal bias . |