Example sentences of "already been [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A very large amount had already been collected on a voluntary basis by religious groups for the Famine , making it seem almost superfluous or extortionate to do more . |
| 2 | Firm A has already been presented as a dependent for its now of business on maintaining a reputation with its largely immigrant clients . |
| 3 | The officers had already been convicted by a military tribunal in January [ see p. 37959 ] but the civilian court , which was required to confirm these sentences , showed itself to be more lenient . |
| 4 | On the subject of local histories — especially town histories — it is very possible that the ground will have already been explored by a previous researcher and the results of the study published . |
| 5 | By 1982 , then , when The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail appeared in print , the waters had already been disturbed by a fresh wave of material pertaining to the historical Jesus . |
| 6 | ALMOST 1,000 inquiries have already been received at a six- week-old community project . |
| 7 | In the case of a company limited by shares , normally the only liability imposed on a shareholder as such will be to pay up the nominal value of the shares and any premium in so far as payment has not already been made by a previous holder . |
| 8 | This was effectively the same as the Spanish Pyrenean of northern Navarre and had already been crossed to a large extent with Limousin and Garonnais before it finally disappeared into the Blonde during the 1960s , leaving only the rare Béarnais as a purebred remnant . |
| 9 | Retrospective appraisal by clients has already been rejected as a lawyer-influenced criterion . |
| 10 | The Redcar crew have already been honoured for a daring rescue earlier this year . |
| 11 | This can be taken to mean that the work has already been printed for a limited number of people by private gift or circulation , but has not been published in the sense that it has been offered to the general public . |
| 12 | When first setting up a fence it takes time to adjust the three wires at the tackle end so that they are under equal tension ( the far end having already been secured to a strong chain link , which in turn is fastened to its anchorage ) . |
| 13 | By two minutes to three the match had already been condemned to a dull spectacle , ruined by zealous over-officiousness and amazing decisions . |
| 14 | The game had already been enlivened by a sumptuous Derrick Lee break-off scrum ball ( and a neat assist by Andrew Garry ) , therefore it was little co-incidence that the stand-off , who had enjoyed an adventurous afternoon , was instrumental in the first try . |
| 15 | A second new steam engine being built by the Ravenglass and Eskdale for export to Japan , has already been supplied with a new Llanberis multi-tone . |
| 16 | Euro-hopefuls argue that if Europe had already been committed to a common foreign and security policy , its military contribution in the Gulf would have been swifter and more effective . |
| 17 | Driver Number : You will only have a Driver Number if you have already been issued with a New Style ( 10 Year type ) licence . |
| 18 | Moving right up to date , Johnny is now signed to Virgin 's Point Blank label , and his first release — titled ‘ Let Me In ’ — has already been nominated for a Grammy award . |
| 19 | David Campese has already been signed on a full-time marketing role and a Farr-Jones will also have a strong role in Channel Ten 's rugby presentations . |
| 20 | Amateur experimental breeding of Cleaner Shrimps has already been mentioned as a good example of a mobile invertebrate which could be chosen . |
| 21 | As in the case of Cubism , Apollinaire tried to give the word as much of an all-inclusive meaning as possible : ‘ Orphism has already been talked about a great deal . |
| 22 | The RET has already been introduced in a limited way for students who have undertaken units and courses under the new advanced level arrangements . |
| 23 | This is , in effect , what had already been known for a considerable time as a ‘ cantata ’ for six voices , four viole , two violini , and string and keyboard continuo , in four strongly contrasted sections ( solo and tutti ) preceded by a sinfonia . |
| 24 | I have it on good authority from a cousin in Stockport , who has a drinking buddy who knows the car park attendant at Altrincham , that my name has already been linked with a managerial post at both Rotherham and Manchester United . |
| 25 | A possible relation between platelet activating factor and gastric acid secretion and platelet activating factor and gastric motility has already been suggested as a physiological phenomenon in the gastrointestinal tract . |
| 26 | To enable larger amounts of data to be handled , some hyper-text systems have already been augmented by a conventional relational data-base system as for example with the commercial system OWL [ 9 ] . |
| 27 | Considerable press attention had already been devoted to a recent report prepared by the Escola Superior de Guerra , a senior military academy , which contained references to the systematic killing of street children by " death squads " [ see p. 38285 ] which were known often to be composed of off-duty or on-duty police and armed force members . |