Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mothers have been warned that alcohol and tobacco — as well as various medicines and other chemicals — can injure a fetus . |
| 2 | Then she would at least have been able to ask if he was anything to do with Massingham Engineering — and thereby have been prepared this morning . |
| 3 | Restrictions on water use have been imposed this month in areas of the south and east of the country , which is experiencing the worst drought this century . |
| 4 | The Republic of Colombia won its independence from Spain in 1819 although its borders have been redrawn several times since . |
| 5 | The six men and six women have been questioned all day by detectives : |
| 6 | The amounts as well as qualifying ages have been altered several times since 1986/87 , so any rebate would only apply to allowances that would have been due to you at the time . |
| 7 | Given the horrendous job losses that have been announced this month in the manufacturing sector , are these signs of the success of the Government 's economic policy ? |
| 8 | Many of these people have been rejected all their lives . |
| 9 | You will still call that colour ‘ green ’ because you too have been taught that grass is always green . |
| 10 | Many of the points which have been raised this evening will be considered in Committee . |
| 11 | Twenty-one red kite chicks have been raised this year , compared to just 10 last year . |
| 12 | Executive voices have been raised several octaves over the issue ( UX No 433 ) , and there does not appear to be any clear agreement yet on how COSE firms would level this playing field . |
| 13 | In recent years dismissals have been justified much more in terms of the need to rationalize the labour force in the face of external economic problems which are compounded by Japan 's ageing population . |
| 14 | I have been sent another example , which is rather more serious . |
| 15 | Provisions relating to ancient monuments have been amended several times , the latest being 1983 when the National Heritage Act was passed . |
| 16 | It 's only once all these preparations have been done that the family concentrate on decorating their own home . |
| 17 | Well again er , er a three bedroomed house , I would , you see and they were putting one plug in , in , in each , each bedroom and , and two plugs in the main bedroom so they dropped one down altogether and erm , erm in a lounge like this to put two plugs in , sort of one in that corner and one in that corner it 's no good to anybody , it 's , as much as anything else was er , er about placing plugs as well er , if one 's only going to have two plugs well then least one should be able to place them in , in the right positions , er putting them behind doors is , is , is no good at all , a lot of them have been done that way because the it always means flex is going to be draped across the , the door if people are walking in gon na trip over it and erm , they probably got down to now , something er just less than the standard I would think in the , in the last houses they built . |
| 18 | So what I think , that 's another thing about this , I have erm , there 's something about the plainness of design that I like if it 's erm the things that have been done that are erm like Adobe typefaces or Bertol typefaces , that are really beautifully , you know , sandpapered and finished to me are boring and when you get into , if you take a look at the schedule that A T F produce typefaces in it 's not unlike it , I mean the modern equivalent is the Font Bureau do 'em and try to sell 'em . |
| 19 | Lam exhibitions have been mounted this month at The Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid ( until 14 December and then travelling to the Fundació Miró in Barcelona , 21 January–28 March , 1993 ) , the Villa Medici in Rome , the home of the French Academy ( until 24 January 1993 and the first show of the artist 's work in Italy ) and in New York . |
| 20 | Could it be that some machines have been neglected all summer ? |
| 21 | The pages of magazines have been filled this year with the usual crop of controversies . |
| 22 | Compared with European or North American species , the cotingas have been studied little and , consequently , almost every recent observation is of interest . |
| 23 | Where high-risk patients ( congestive heart failure , poor ventricular function , post infarction angina and late ventricular arrhythmias ) have been studied such as in the studies of Waspe or Hammer then PVS seems of definite value in the prediction of sudden death . |
| 24 | In the Northern General hospital NHS trust , six new consultants have been appointed this year and 95 per cent . |
| 25 | Resources for employment training have been cut this year and for youth training are roughly the same , even though the need is so much greater . |
| 26 | Webbe 's appearances for Bridgend have been limited this season and he has only five tries so far . |
| 27 | Lesbians and HIV prevention have been given little attention in the overall response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic . |
| 28 | Dear love , I get plenty of time to think about us these days , and I 'm more than ever grateful that I have been given such a wonderful person as you to be my wife . |
| 29 | Here their superiors criticise them for failing after they have been given such brilliant training . |
| 30 | In parts we have been given that modern definition . |