Example sentences of "been [vb pp] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , in the next few days as the news began to filter in from Niki 's hospital that Niki had been given the last rites , that he had inhaled burning fuel and damaged his lungs , that his face had been appallingly burned , the facts did begin to sink in . |
| 2 | But when all has been considered the next and final step is the survey itself . |
| 3 | He had been defeated the first time , but that foray into the arena had taught him a lot . |
| 4 | Had the system been accepted the first commercial power satellite might have been in operation by 2010 . |
| 5 | When a draft schedule has been produced the next stage is what I have referred to previously as ‘ internal testing ’ . |
| 6 | The hypothetical new force has been called the fifth force . |
| 7 | The distinction between the recreational and the educational establishments was apparent when the Revd Daniel Elsdale opened what has been called the first proper boys ' club in the poorer area of his Kennington parish in 1872 , and the following year a ‘ Youth 's Institute ’ in the more middle-class district . |
| 8 | The Macintosh user interface has been called the first ‘ intuitive ’ interface , suggesting that a user can learn how to use it by instinct alone without the need for instruction manuals or training . |
| 9 | Nobody was yet greatly concerned about the poverty of what had just been called the Third World . |
| 10 | It had been worn the last time the Mendozas beat the O'Briens in the Open and on every occasion they had met since . |
| 11 | He was 44 years old and he had already been acclaimed the First Great American painter . |
| 12 | YOSHIKO TAKEDA , 25-year-old wife of a British businessman , has been appointed the first full-time Japanese tour guide at Dove Cottage , Grasmere , the Lake District home of William Wordsworth , writes Gerald Bartlett . |
| 13 | Settis has impeccably international credentials for such an international institution , having held , among other posts , professorships in classical art and archaeology at the University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore , served on the faculty of the Ecole Normale Superiéure at Paris and in1991 having been appointed the first Warburg Professor at the University of Hamburg . |
| 14 | Earlier , on Oct. 5 , Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi had been appointed the first woman member of the Supreme Court . |
| 15 | Once the relevant occupier or occupiers have been identified the next stage is to ascertain the status of the plaintiff . |
| 16 | She has won prizes for ( drama/music/essay-writing/cookery/coming top of her class in school , been awarded the first grade in music/drama , studied nursing/teaching/ballet/ice-skating/ French and management/ interviewing/ accounting , learned how to drive/ski/sail/swim/dance/surf/ , followed her interests in travelling/bridge-playing/ opera/the orchestra/film and reading science fiction/ historical novels/biographies , as well as finding time to raise money for charity/do voluntary work with handicapped children/attend church functions regularly/ design clothes/paint/draw and to help in her family 's shop/business/company/restaurant . |
| 17 | Two weeks after my course finished and I was back in the ‘ real world ’ on a murder enquiry , I received notification I had been awarded the second scholarship in the force . |
| 18 | THE internationally renowned Kenyan environmentalist , has been awarded the fifth Edinburgh Medal at a special ceremony . |
| 19 | Dr Eva Marianne Stern , guest curator of Roman glass at the Toledo Museum of Art , has been awarded the sixth ‘ L'Erma ’ di Bretschneider publication prize for her manuscript of Roman mould-blown glass . |
| 20 | Under RSC , Ord 65 , r 7 , if service is effected after 4 pm on a weekday or 12 noon on a Saturday , service is deemed to have been effected the next day or on Monday as the case may be . |
| 21 | Criticism arrangement and pointed out that William Hay had only been elected the first DUP mayor after being nominated for the fifth time . |
| 22 | SIMON McKie , a director of Rathbone Brothers , the quoted banking and investment group , has been elected the first Deputy Chairman of the Faculty of Taxation of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales . |
| 23 | Once the style of document which you wish to publish has been established the second stage of the process is to seek out the suitable hardware and software . |
| 24 | After the prize structure has been established the next most important decisions will concern the competition format . |