Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] been [vb pp] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her income support entitlement ended when she obtained maintenance at £5.00 per week but only one payment has been made this year . |
| 2 | Sir Thomas Wentworth was informed in 1635 that ‘ The Justice seat has been kept this Easter week and all Essex has become forest and so they say will all the counties of England but three — Kent , Surrey and Sussex ’ . |
| 3 | It can co-exist as alternative spellings during transition — indeed , a hundred or so words have been simplified this century when dictionaries have listed alternative spellings and the public has opted for the easier way of arranging the letters . |
| 4 | The very words ‘ modern art ’ still carry by themselves a charge strong enough to disturb , dishearten , or even repel , some before they 've read a line or listened to a note of whatever work has been given this label . |
| 5 | The lad who made a big impact as a 16-year-old has been ignored this season . |
| 6 | ‘ The council has been capped this year and we felt it would have been incredibly insensitive to spend money on road races when some council workers are facing the prospect of losing their jobs . ’ |
| 7 | A further gift of £1000 has been received this year for this purpose . |
| 8 | Mr Crawford added more than 600 illegal nets had been seized this year . |
| 9 | Once the senior clerk in the Chancery , Nigel had been given this assignment as a benefice , a reward for long and faithful service to the Crown . |
| 10 | Webbe 's appearances for Bridgend have been limited this season and he has only five tries so far . |
| 11 | MORE than 600 illegal nets have been confiscated this year from poachers who are stealing thousands of pounds worth of salmon from the River Foyle . |
| 12 | ‘ Hundreds of companies have been duped this way , ’ said a detective with the Northumbria Fraud Squad , which is investigating the Brandmakers ' case . |
| 13 | The small voluntary TRANSAID team has been strengthened this year by the addition of Eric Schumacher , formerly a senior manager with I.C.I. Eric brings with him extensive general management and transport experience , which is already proving to be valuable . |
| 14 | Okay if I could say good evening and welcome to the theatre this evening the reason the meeting has been convened this evening quite clearly is part of the process and art structure for Harlow having undertaken by the Council , the Playhouse is keen as it says quite clearly on the leaflet is to get the publics view on how best to plan this programme and it 's , and facilities for the future . |
| 15 | In 1988 , the Sunday Times Insight team had been sent this dossier , read it and chose not to rely on it . |
| 16 | The IBM announcement had been expected this month , and the delay is thought to have been occasioned by the need to respond to the Hitachi announcement . |
| 17 | At present no other organisations have been given this status . |
| 18 | Another free kick has been given this time against big Mike Whitlow Lively start to the game and a lively start for the referee . |
| 19 | British Rail tell us that the 6.30 Aylesbury to Marylebone train service has been cancelled this evening , while the buses continue to operate a trouble-free service . |
| 20 | Her tone betrayed the fact that she had been keyed up about it ever since the procedure had been done this morning at the obstetrician 's consulting-rooms , and Belinda hoped Faye had been keeping careful tabs on her blood-sugar level in case it was being affected by her mood . |
| 21 | No average for the country is available for comparison , but compared with other areas where similar surveys have been made this figure is regarded as a high one . |
| 22 | Twenty-one red kite chicks have been raised this year , compared to just 10 last year . |
| 23 | In the Northern General hospital NHS trust , six new consultants have been appointed this year and 95 per cent . |
| 24 | Mairead has been elected this year to the Executive Committee as Tralee Area Secretary . |
| 25 | Twenty one years earlier , Franco had been denied this decoration . |
| 26 | He said 90 per cent of the equipment at Al Atheer had been destroyed this week , though the buildings and laboratories , some with three-foot-thick walls , were built to resist attack . |
| 27 | Restrictions on water use have been imposed this month in areas of the south and east of the country , which is experiencing the worst drought this century . |
| 28 | Considerable quantities of Ecstasy and LSD have been seized this year from buses and cars along the Derry-Donegal border . |
| 29 | TWO hundred baby hedgehogs have been saved this year by RSPCA nurses who fed them scrambled eggs at West Hatch , Somerset . |
| 30 | Britain has been denied this freedom because it has never had a truly commercial broadcasting environment . |