Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This hypothesis has been examined in several studies looking at the PiZ phenotype and periportal α 1 AT granules in patients and controls , and no evidence to support involvement of α 1 AT in genetic predisposition has been found . |
| 2 | Mrs Titcombe 's nagging suspicions had been aroused by several points . |
| 3 | Now it had been joined by several cars and a coach was disgorging a gaggle of tourists . |
| 4 | The plenum had been delayed for several months , allegedly because of divisions over economic policy between the central and provincial authorities . |
| 5 | ‘ At the alleged places of detention , ’ Mr Ahtisaari said , ‘ the facilities were found to have been stripped of all valuable material and not to have been inhabited for several weeks at least . ’ |
| 6 | • In rodents , rhythms continue to develop in animals that have been reared for several generations in constant conditions . |
| 7 | It has been excavated at several points , both during the early excavations and in connection with the west gate , revealing informative sequences of relevance to our understanding of the site 's development ( see p. 73 below ) . |
| 8 | But although it had now been raining for several hours , there was not the least damp or cold either in the deep runs or in the many burrows that they passed . |
| 9 | However their interpretation has been criticized on several counts which show that ‘ the family-firm analogy is misleading and generally overworked ; its character is usually symbolic or ideological rather than descriptive ’ ( Fruin 1980 p.432 ) . |
| 10 | The reasons have been explained in several letters to your MP or Regional Councillor on 31 March 1992 , 14 April , 6 May , 4 June and 27 August , all of which I understand have been passed to you , and directly over the phone by Mr Carter on 6 August 1992 . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , enough weight had been given by several sources to make it worthwhile checking . |
| 12 | The increasing control of TDC by the Texas courts has been referred to several times already . |
| 13 | He was accused of passing on ‘ state secrets ’ to the Agence France Presse reporter Lawrence Macdonald , whose account of the student protests has been referred to several occasions . |
| 14 | Ritual has been regarded by several anthropologists as a social event in which pent-up emotions can find some form of release . |
| 15 | Mr Gresty , whose business has been broken into several times , said : ‘ I am extremely grateful to the Army for getting me out of a very sticky situation . ’ |
| 16 | The current bases agreement , which had been revised on several occasions since its original signature in March 1947 , allowed the USA to use several military installations , including the huge facilities at Clark Field and Subic Bay , respectively the largest US Air Force and naval base outside North America . |
| 17 | The essay has since been listed in several bibliographies , and has exerted an influence which , when I composed it as a kind of riposte to the British Council 's purchase of the copyright of that crack-brained idea from its originator , C. K. Ogden , I could not have foreseen . |
| 18 | Many had been decomposing for several weeks . |
| 19 | Along the crest of this ridge the rock had been exposed in several places , and eroded into a line of towers and pinnacles . |
| 20 | Thus , where a lease has been assigned on several occasions a series , or chain , of indemnities will be built up . |
| 21 | Restlessly , she returned to the office , then recalled that the answering machine had not been checked for several hours . |
| 22 | This unit had been caught in several skirmishes , losing their CO and second-in-command along with a third of their strength , yet they were seen doing physical training after a short rest in the town — a measure of their quality . |
| 23 | They 've already been walking for several weeks , many carrying their possessions in their school bags . |
| 24 | The rules pertaining to the right to buy have been modified on several occasions . |
| 25 | Despite these criteria , patients with biliary tract calculi have been included in several studies of primary sclerosing cholangitis . |
| 26 | Since then he had been attracted to several women , and discovered both the intoxicating pleasures offered by some of them and the speed with which fulfilled desire died . |
| 27 | Cropmarks and pottery scatters of the prehistoric and Romano-British settlements contemporary with these early land divisions have been located at several points within the later village complex at Wharram Percy : each appears to represent a farmstead site . |
| 28 | The award for best British film went to The Crying Game , which , along with Howards End , has been nominated for several Oscars . |
| 29 | Recently this problem has been attacked by several companies including DataEase International with its DataEase Express for Windows package . |
| 30 | The door is locked and the windows are covered with grime ; in the silence the whole place looks as if it has not been occupied for several weeks . |