Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scheduled to begin on Aug. 30 , the talks had been delayed due to North Korea 's refusal , at an unofficial contact between foreign ministry officials prior to the talks , to respond to Japan 's repeated call for information about a Japanese woman known as Li Un Hye , who had allegedly been kidnapped by North Korea to tutor the former North Korean agent convicted of the 1987 bombing of a South Korean passenger plane [ see p. 35905 ] . |
| 2 | Riven examined his leg and found that his boot had been ripped open like paper , but that his calf was only scratched . |
| 3 | Princess Coronation Class 46229 ‘ Duchess of Hamilton ’ which was originally hoped to be steamed between Carlisle and Perth later this year , has been withdrawn due to restrictions being imposed on the locomotive by ScotRail engineers . |
| 4 | Later it made economic sense to plan for the vehicle to carry things which had been given free in England but which were too heavy for me to manage for the whole way . |
| 5 | Shops in Manila have been stripped bare in panic buying , there have been runs on banks , and the government has advised city-folk to grow vegetables in their gardens and to stop ironing clothes to save energy . |
| 6 | This time poor old Simpson had been caught off-balance by events and had sounded distinctly agitated on the telephone . |
| 7 | THE APATHY SOCIETY CARTOON HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF INTEREST |
| 8 | This day has been cancelled due to lack of support . |
| 9 | The Hucclecote Metal Detecting Club of Gloucester apologises that the Hucclecote Rally , has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond their control . |
| 10 | A further £1.2 million was committed to 15,000 square feet of offices and 12,000 square feet of warehousing accommodation at the Wood Marine Base in Aberdeen , a third of which has been let prior to completion to Deminex . |
| 11 | The sitting-room was long , and looked as if a child had been let loose with buckets of primary colours . |
| 12 | It was as though she 'd been let loose from shackles she had n't even known she 'd been wearing . |
| 13 | He had long been reported ill with kidney problems and was rumoured to have had throat cancer . |
| 14 | With the return of constraint she put a hand to her fluttering bosom and discovered that several hooks on her bodice had come loose — No , had been torn loose by Benedict 's hand ! |
| 15 | Several residents have reported that their milk bottles have been torn open by birds . |
| 16 | In her first school she had been considered outstanding at maths , and had obtained six grade As in her nine O levels . |
| 17 | All patients had been considered unsuitable for surgery either due to incurable disease ( documented distal metastases or advanced locoregional disease ) , or high surgical risk such as advanced age or severe cardiorespiratory disease ; 80% were tertiary referrals . |
| 18 | I joined the local ARP Services , and as my husband had not been considered fit for Navy service yet , he did too , unofficially of course . |
| 19 | The Research Programme has always been considered vital at Henley as a means of training people for academic appointments . |
| 20 | The criteria for surgical intervention are uncertain , and the decision to operate has always been considered difficult in view of the high rate of spontaneous resolution . |
| 21 | In 1950 a scientist by the name of Immanuel Velikovsky caused a considerable furore in the historical , religious and astronomical worlds by stating unequivocally that the flooding was caused by Venus which had been wrenched free from Jupiter and made an uncomfortably close encounter with earth . |
| 22 | The remaining monuments have been cracked open by undergrowth or assaulted by time and neglect . |
| 23 | His previous government report , in 1983 , on the restructuring of senior management in the NHS , had brought about very significant improvements to the administration of hospitals and community services and , since 1983 , he had been immersed part-time in health care issues in his role as Deputy Chairman of the National Health Service Board . |
| 24 | Post Office and health workers staged warning strikes , and in the Fier district , oil industry workers went on strike from Nov. 13 , despite an earlier strike having been deemed illegal on Nov. 4 at a meeting of the Council of Ministers . |
| 25 | Many of these campaigns have been deemed successful by UNESCO 's own criteria . |
| 26 | He felt numb , as if his entire body had been pumped full of novocaine . |
| 27 | I 'd been in and out of hospitals , where my veins had been pumped full of glucose because I 'd refused to eat . |
| 28 | If the risk of this happening leaves the prosecutor up a gum tree , it is apparent that the Crown Prosecution Service may have an interest in ensuring that something has been done prior to trial to remove the need for a dock identification , whether the police can see a use for one or not . |
| 29 | No road has ever been built clear across Darién ; nor , one imagines , will one ever be built . |
| 30 | They have been made possible in consumer markets by developments ( i ) in the study of demographics and statistics ; and ( ii ) in Information Technology applications . |