Example sentences of "have been [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately , over the past few years there have been attempts by social services and local authorities to review the value of care for young people . |
| 2 | First , there have been attempts by social scientists to communicate with biologists . |
| 3 | As guardians of its wildlife , Hong Kong 's British tenants can not be said to have done very well , though in the last ten years there have been attempts by Hong Kong conservationists to save what is left . |
| 4 | We have seen that since the Second World War , there have been attempts by structuralists and Marxists to make English more ‘ objective ’ : attempts which , I would suggest , have not been particularly successful in penetrating the teaching of English in higher education . |
| 5 | ‘ There have been approaches by several institutions but we are not considering new ventures as a priority , ’ he says . |
| 6 | I have agreed with the Hon. Member for Cunninghame , North that there have been criticisms by the Scottish Consumer Council as to information about bus services . |
| 7 | Two of the most important exceptions to this have been works by the cultural historians , T. J. Clark and Carl Schorske . |
| 8 | From the very earliest days of Hollywood there have been reviews by part-time critics and intellectuals praising particular films for breaking away from the usual formulas . |
| 9 | So on the FGM all three have been countersunk by an extra few mm , meaning that the pickup mounting rings sit flush with the body , which does n't look half as odd as you 'd imagine . |
| 10 | I 'm concerned because there have been accusations by Mix M Mr , he 's actually erased from the register . |
| 11 | In Austria there have been sales by the holding company for state companies , Obesterreichissche Industrien , and in Sweden also . |
| 12 | In the run up to todays budget meeting there have been protests by parents and teachers worried that education , as the authorities biggest spender , will bear the brunt of the cuts . |