Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] been replace by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus it is suggested that a hierarchy of social groups has been replaced by a hierarchy of individuals . |
| 2 | The abolition of the old 75 percent grant system for adaptations to privately owned homes has been replaced by the bureaucratic nightmare on the new system which has dramatically decimated the number of grants made to enable us to live in our own homes . |
| 3 | In the major markets the rep who covered continents and carried his or her weight in books has been replaced by the local office . |
| 4 | A bright confidence at his eyes had been replaced by something harsher . |
| 5 | She found that muddy brown eyes had been replaced by alert blue ones . |
| 6 | Where combined schools exist , usually in areas where primary and secondary schools have been replaced by first , middle and high schools and whole first and middle schools are occasionally run into a single ( combined school ) organization , there is some continuity of teacher programming from the age of 5 through to 12 years . |
| 7 | Many of the elms have been replaced by Cupressus , notably the 18th fairway boundary hedge which has quickly become an effective screen and pleasing to look at . |
| 8 | Factory bonuses have been replaced by compulsory pay deductions to buy government bonds , and many enterprises say they can not buy the bonds because they no longer have any cash . |
| 9 | The capitalism of the Chicago meatyards has been replaced by that of the information system ; ‘ … organizations have shed more than one million managers and staff professionals since 1979. … technology will enable senior management to monitor and control large organizations more effectively … |
| 10 | The local pit has closed and the miners have been replaced by serious athletes who wear regulation running gear and train thoroughly , sometimes all year round . |
| 11 | The writer 's research suggests that in some cases arts advisers ' posts have been replaced by positions at the lower status level of ‘ professional development teacher ’ . |
| 12 | Administrative and warehousing functions are now performed by a central unit in Paris , whilst operations in other countries have been replaced by customer service centres which can concentrate on the needs of local customers . |
| 13 | We do not want situations such as that at Commodore Shipping , where English officers and crews have been replaced by Norwegians and Poles who can not even speak English , thus increasing the risk of severe ferry accidents . |
| 14 | The once razor sharp blades have been replaced by wooden ones tipped with rubber . |
| 15 | They suggest that social classes have been replaced by a continuous hierarchy of unequal positions . |
| 16 | In recent years sled dogs have been replaced by snowmobiles , so now the main incentive for the whale hunt is the narwhal 's single ivory tusk . |
| 17 | In response to a petition by residents in the area , the proposal to construct an underbridge for pedestrians has been replaced by an overbridge to link Hope Lane to St Mark 's Place , Portobello . |
| 18 | In contrast , the north has a concentration of lower paid employees working in branch plants whose prospects ( e.g. adoption of new technology ) are determined elsewhere , The earlier distinctiveness of numerous regional industrial structures has been replaced by a north/south distinction in corporate and occupational structures . |
| 19 | Like Alciston and most other Sussex parishes it seems to have had a fairly prosperous time until the mid-fourteenth century ; the early over-large tax demands of the Norman overlords had been replaced by a much more balanced local appreciation of the revenue possibilities . |
| 20 | The original tenants had been replaced by the transients of the city , the peripatetic young , sharing three to a room , unmarried mothers on social security , foreign students ; a racial mix which , like some human kaleidoscope , was continually being shaken into new and brighter colours . |
| 21 | Approaching these buildings one begins to notice the signs of wear and tear ; the cracked window , peeling paintwork and doors in which the original toughened glass panels have been replaced by more serviceable ones of sturdy plywood . |
| 22 | The original Warwickshire lord and his huntsmen have been replaced by groups of young Sloanes who identify the sleeping Sly as ‘ probably working-class ’ and divert themselves by ‘ messing around with his mind a bit ’ . |
| 23 | Even the water taps have been replaced by electromagnetic sensors which spring into action when a hand is waved within 100 mm of the sensor . |
| 24 | Much of Bourdieu 's work in Distinction and other books is concerned with how these legitimatory principles have been replaced by others based on the education system . |
| 25 | But under the leadership of Neil Kinnock , whose top place was no surprise , local party stitch-ups have been replaced by ballots . |
| 26 | The business of manhandling sacks has been replaced by automation , the grain being conveyed mechanically or pneumatically direct to the mill . |
| 27 | During Joseph Chamberlain 's tenure of the Colonial Office all that had changed ; Africans had been replaced by British . |
| 28 | Before the end of the month the armourers had been replaced by drapers , bootmakers , butchers , bakers and millers . |
| 29 | Since her death , the trustees have gone public — anonymous gifts have been replaced by open ones in memory of the three sisters . |
| 30 | During the past several decades , single-factor causal theories have been replaced by the view that anorexia nervosa is a multifactorial disorder . |