Example sentences of "[verb] have been [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A PLAN to draw up registers of land which may be polluted has been abandoned by the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , writes Auslan Cramb . |
| 2 | The desire to diversify has been prompted by a need to boost dwindling profit margins in an increasingly competitive traditional banking sector . |
| 3 | The courtyard thus formed has been adopted by the Manx government who intent to develop it as a garden area . |
| 4 | A very small proportion , my Lord Mayor , of of what affects the City 's financial position , is your own car , Sir , which I am delighted to see has been plugged into the controlling group 's revenue expenditure this year . |
| 5 | None of the museums consulted has been approached as a possible venue for any of the ‘ WONDERS ’ shows . |
| 6 | The out of court settlement made two days before the trial was to be heard has been hailed as a legal milestone by the Spinal Injuries Association . |
| 7 | What happens when a majority voting equilibrium does not exist has been explored in a number of studies . |
| 8 | In this case , Madeline Usher has been buried in the family vault below the house , supposedly dead . |
| 9 | none of the systems to be reported has been tested in a way which would allow evaluation of their linguistic effectiveness . |
| 10 | Jim Harris , new president and CEO of the Santa Cruz Operation , was one of the very earliest in the door at Intel Corp , where he made his fortune : since 1988 , aside from his position on SCO 's board , he has has been occupied as a farmer in Minnesota . |
| 11 | The deterioration to be expected has been analysed by the author , and results for the 80/20 case are given here . |
| 12 | A Brigade statement said : ‘ The decision to disband has been taken by the leadership and will prevent any members reforming under any other name . ’ |
| 13 | And if two actresses can survive having been cast in the same part and still go on to be friends , they can survive anything . |
| 14 | She used to repeat the expression on attend pas mieux , through tight lips , in relation to any misdemeanour reported to have been committed by a Jew . |
| 15 | The first of these was the Greek tanker Filikon L , reported to have been attacked by an Iraqi aircraft . |
| 16 | In June Austrian police had seized weapons-grade uranium reported to have been smuggled from the former Soviet Union [ see p. 38987 ] . |
| 17 | A civilization that never invented the wheel was automatically precluded from inventing the mechanical clock , but in fact neither the sundial nor the water-clock appear to have been developed by the Maya for measuring the passage of time . |
| 18 | The sudden influx of sugar also caused some temporary problems : ‘ Russian storage facilities for Cuba 's raw sugar appear to have been strained to the point that some sugar spoiled . |
| 19 | The principal aim of this study will be to assess the extent to which police conduct and decision making in a number of areas appear to have been influenced by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act ( 1984 ) . |
| 20 | As far as is known , very few people in Islay kept a diary at that time and in those which have survived the entries are short and appear to have been inspired by the prospect of emigration or a return to their native heath by one who had spent many years abroad . |
| 21 | As far as is known , very few people in Islay kept a diary at that time and in those which have survived the entries are short and appear to have been inspired by the prospect of emigration or a return to their native heath by one who had spent many years abroad . |
| 22 | The riots appear to have been precipitated by an apparently casual incident when a Meskhetian angrily tipped over a table of strawberries being sold by an Uzbek girl . |
| 23 | But in the meantime , in a week when Irish singles appear to have been released by the crateload , the ‘ Uncertain ’ EP is the real trophy . |
| 24 | He says that the one they 're working on at the moment has bodies which appear to have been buried in a great hurry . |
| 25 | In Rockingham and Whittlewood they appear to have been discontinued after the time of Charles I , and in 1789 the Rt . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , the number of committed Jacobites in Parliament , although greater than at any other time in Anne 's reign , was still a small minority , and most Tories appear to have been committed to the Hanoverian Succession , though with varying degrees of enthusiasm . |
| 27 | SCIENTISTS have launched an investigation into the fate of partridges which appear to have been harmed by the increasing amount of land being set aside by farmers and allowed to lie fallow . |
| 28 | On the contrary , the first table on p 875 supports the health authority 's statement event though the multiple myeloma data appear to have been included in the column ‘ RES neoplasms ’ as well . |
| 29 | Even quarrelsome members of the leadership , like William Joyce , appear to have been attracted to the movement by such motives . |
| 30 | The army absorbed most of the Scottish gentry who hoped to make their living from the sword , but there were also many Scots in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines , and those who entered the senior service appear to have been attracted by the substantial advantages which the navy had over the army for a gentleman of limited means . |