Example sentences of "already been [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 However it has already been challenged by live sheep interests who are arguing that a large proportion of exported animals are sold for further feeding and not direct for slaughter .
2 What has already been said about thermal hazards can also apply at work .
3 Three , how will it fit in with all the locality planning and all the work that 's already been done in joint planning between the voluntary sector and the local authority and the health authority .
4 Some development work has already been done by pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers of bottles and caps , and satisfactory child resistant containers are expected to be available for use with liquid medicines in the near future .
5 But for those who do have the tendency to addictive disease the damage of awakening that disease has commonly already been done by social , legal , alcohol .
6 A host of new political parties had already been formed in various parts of the Soviet Union [ for February-March 1990 multiparty elections in the Baltic republics see pp. 37299-300 ; 37321-22 ; for October elections in Georgia see below ] .
7 Indeed , scores of battalions had already been formed from ethnic minorities on an ad hoc basis by German formations in the field , and by late 1943 the total would exceed 400,000 men .
8 If directions have already been given on pre-trial review , this appointment is not needed .
9 A dramatic increase in mercury levels has already been recorded in newly-built reservoirs resulting from the damming of La Grande River in 1984 .
10 Erm wo n't take up much time Chairman , because I think most of the points I want to cover have already been covered by previous speakers .
11 Although outside temperatures in Liaoning province can become as low as minus 20C degrees , temperatures in the 130 school buildings which have already been constructed with solar heating stay comfortably at 7C to 15C degrees .
12 It is significant that many of the pilot initiatives of the Centre have already been accepted as mainstream activities of the University .
13 They are intended to be used to consolidate or to revise language which has already been presented in other ways .
14 The nuclear assets and liabilities of the former nationalized Scottish electricity boards had already been transferred to Scottish Nuclear which , as with the English nuclear power industry , remained wholly government-owned .
15 S. , who had already been charged with numerous offences arising from transactions to which the documents were germane , sought judicial review of the decision to serve the notice .
16 Although negotiations on arms reductions were about to resume in Geneva when Gorbachev assumed the general secretaryship , Cruise and Pershing-II weapons had already been deployed in Western Europe following the NATO ‘ dual track ’ decision of 1979 ( this was itself represented as a response to the Soviet decision to replace its ageing SS-4 and -5 missiles in Eastern Europe with more modern SS-20s ) .
17 The cigarette companies used this to justify tobacco advertising : they have maintained that , to reduce average tar yields , new brands will have to be introduced ( despite the fact that substantial changes have already been made to existing brands by simply altering their yields ) and advertising will be needed to make the public aware of these new brands .
18 Reference has already been made to parliamentary questions as providing an opportunity for back-bench scrutiny of government actions .
19 Some comparative studies have already been made of environmental impact and safety although much more needs to be done .
20 If investments have already been made in recent years , the average investor will not bother to make further improvements until energy prices begin to hurt .
21 A number of people have already been sentenced to long prison terms in connection with the robbery .
22 Analysis of the atk protein product will shed light on the role it plays in B-cell pathways , particularly in view of the fact that src -related protein-tyrosine kinases such as blk , fyn , lyn and lck , and others have already been implicated in B-cell activation .
23 In a further development concerning the scandal , it was announced by the authorities on Dec. 22 that no further indictments would be filed either against Kanemaru — who had already been indicted on minor charges — or against any of the other Diet members implicated in the receipt of Sagawa Kyubin funds .
24 further considered that there was no advantage , and some disadvantage , in reassembling the court so that the jury could re-hear a passage which had already been played in open court .
25 They had not , however , been trained in forensic medicine , and they prescribed several drugs in excessive doses after the prisoner had already been withdrawn from opioid drugs .
26 At almost a year old , Piment would have already been experimenting with solid food for a few months , though probably more in play than serious eating .
27 West Thurrock and Ironbridge have already been converted by National Power .
28 Press reports beforehand had confidently pronounced that an agreement had already been reached during private discussions , providing for the start of a concerted programme of involuntary repatriation .
29 it the contract of sale has already been completed during permitted hours : Valentine v. Bell , 1030 J.C .
30 The polytechnic which has already been commissioned for significant consultancy work into the performance of roofs , will conduct the statistical analysis assessing life-span criteria across a full spectrum of roof systems .
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