Example sentences of "has been [vb pp] of [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To date very little practical use has been made of such general relations because of the vast amount of experimental work required to test any but the simplest expansion in two or three terms . |
| 2 | ‘ There is pressure on me , but too much has been made of that . |
| 3 | Not much has been made of this migration , some ethnic tension apart , and even less of the fact that in the years since the second world war it has been essential for western European economic life . |
| 4 | Too much has been made of this by Western critics . |
| 5 | I agree entirely with my hon. Friend , and so does every independent study and assessment that has been made of this matter . |
| 6 | When muted and blown hard the trombone produces an extravagantly nasal and metallic sound which , like that of the muted trumpet , has been robbed of much of its undoubtedly humorous and grotesque significance by its over-exploitation in dance music . |
| 7 | Do not tell me that Sir Alexander Ramsay of Dalwolsey , renowned in the ranks of chivalry , has been deprived of all dealings with the female kind ? |
| 8 | Ronny Johnsen — nothing more has been said of this in our press . |
| 9 | Concrete sleepers and 60-foot rails have been placed constituting several track panels , while the original platform at Swithland has been cleared of much undergrowth , with more sleepers placed in position . |
| 10 | Once the flue has been cleared of all blockages , the smoke test might reveal cracks which have to be mended before a fire can be used . |
| 11 | However , the long-planned Venus orbiting image radar , due to map the planet by the end of the decade , has been stripped of all but its mapping equipment . |
| 12 | Once a self- sufficient farmer , Ahmed Mahlim , 53 , has been stripped of all dignity . |
| 13 | Chancellor Norman Lamont has been stripped of all credibility here and abroad . |
| 14 | There comes a time , for people like you and me , when the mind has been stripped of all that is mythic . |
| 15 | Lord Spens FCA , the former managing director of corporate finance at Henry Ansbacher , has been acquitted of all charges arising from his involvement in the Guinness takeover of Distillers in 1986 . |
| 16 | And registration may be denied anyone who has been convicted of any certain types of offense . |
| 17 | It is suggested also in Selby 's submissions that demand has been frustrated in their paragraphs three point two one to three point two five , but again no evidence has been submitted of that , that I have seen . |
| 18 | All I 'm saying is , what account has been taken of that other ingredient , which is the strategic guidance for West Yorkshire ? |
| 19 | Note has been taken of these and some of them appear in the panel 's revision . |
| 20 | Perhaps no one has been persuaded of this except those — a growing number , after all — who find that knowledge in these areas is indispensable for the understanding of The Cantos and of Pound 's later translations , for instance from Sophocles . |
| 21 | It is sometimes argued that certain subjects are better vehicles for a liberal education than others , because they are concerned with the human rather than merely the natural , or are reflexive rather than merely instrumental ; hence the term ‘ liberal ’ has been most often associated with the arts , and in this century social sciences , though it has been used of some science courses as well ( e.g. ‘ Liberal Studies in Science ’ ) . |