Example sentences of "[noun] have [adv] been [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this approach the high level of unionisation in Sweden is not the result of any cultural propensity on the part of the Swedish population ( because of its ethnic homogeneity ) to seek objectives by way of interest group organisations — a factor which Adams ( 1975 ) notes has sometimes been suggested by way of explanation . |
| 2 | Opposite The Indian elephant 's ability to manipulate heavy objects has long been exploited by man . |
| 3 | In the 1950s and early 1960s the , then , Ministry of Public Buildings and Works ( now English Heritage ) sponsored the rescue excavation of a considerable number of cemeteries , but the enthusiasm of that support has not been matched by the rate of publication , to the extent that it is very difficult to comment on excavation methods during that period . |
| 4 | My argument is yes the maintenance has been increased , my Income Support has n't been increased by a penny |
| 5 | Champagne has long been used by the city institutions to woo clients . |
| 6 | this decision has now been confirmed by the court of appeal . |
| 7 | Given that the decision has now been taken by Parliament to extend the law to cover recordings , broadcasts and cable programmes , it may be wondered whether the exemption for these should have been automatically carried over into the new law . |
| 8 | Although some progress has since been made by the meticulous work of the late Sir Ian Richmond and Roger Goodburn , it has been on too small a scale to support any attempt at a chronology of the history of the site . |
| 9 | In an effort to raise $40m , a bill to issue a commemorative coin has already been passed by the House of Representatives and will now be heard by the US Senate . |
| 10 | With observation that the primary sufferer has not been helped by the previous well-meaning actions of the family member while at the same time the life of the family member has definitely been harmed by various attempts to help or control the disease of the primary sufferer . |
| 11 | A political storm has also been sparked by the closure , with the threat of legal action between the council 's Recreation Department and Environmental Services . |
| 12 | But that plea has not been accepted by the crown . |
| 13 | The national change has also been marked by a shift in the geography of manufacturing employment . |
| 14 | Work of a manipulative kind has also been done by using classes of learners as subject , but it is not the teacher , in her normal teaching role , who conducts the enquiry in these cases . |
| 15 | No case of this kind has ever been considered by the courts before , and I do not think the dicta in the previous cases should be read as excluding a case of this kind where a landlord seeks , by a course of intimidation , to " annul his own deed " , to contradict his own demise , by ousting the tenant from possession which the landlord has conferred upon her . |
| 16 | Our finding concerning dependency of staining intensity on duration of fixation has also been made by Battersby et al . |
| 17 | Your employer must give you a written statement when making a redundancy payment , showing how the amount is calculated , unless the amount of payment has already been fixed by the decision of an industrial tribunal . |
| 18 | Any other report , erm , such as to request the director of property services fully to explore all options for the disposal of all or any part of the County Farms estate for the maximum financial benefit to the County Council , that sort of report for instance has not been requested by the property sub- committee nor by any other committee with erm , er , as I understand it . |
| 19 | ‘ I seem to remember that excuse has already been used by the man who got the human race thrown out of Eden . ’ |
| 20 | The Yes camp has also been helped by the collapse of the ten-year-old centre-right coalition in January . |
| 21 | 5.2.2 the Tenant 's Certificate has not been issued by the expiry of the period of immediately following the Possession Date then the provisions of clause 5.4 shall have effect immediately upon the expiry of the relevant period ( or upon the expiry of such extended period as the parties may within the relevant period agree in writing ) |
| 22 | This award has also been won by the Fandangos Kennel and Bergsgardens Kennel . |
| 23 | I believe the Gold Award has never been won by the same publication two years running , so after our success last year I thought BNFL news would be out of the frame . |
| 24 | ‘ The legal sovereignty of Parliament has not been affected by the European Communities Act . ’ |
| 25 | The Institute had hoped that the Department of Trade and Industry would replace the existing Companies Act legislation with new provisions based on the Directives , but this route has apparently been dismissed by the DTI in its consultative document on implementation , because it would require primary legislation . |
| 26 | The need for formal assessment has already been conceded by teachers . |
| 27 | The union ban has already been criticised by the United Nations as an infringement of human rights . |
| 28 | The union ban has already been criticised by the United Nations as an infringement of human rights . |
| 29 | Moreover , while the new narrative has undoubtedly been influenced by European and North-American fiction , and by Joyce , Faulkner and the nouveau roman in particular , the new novelists have had the maturity and self-confidence to assimilate influences and to develop their own distinctive literary voice , and thus to make their own original contribution to world literature . |
| 30 | Where the false trade description has not been applied by the retailer , the special defence of " reasonable diligence " in s24(3) of TDA 1968 may be relied upon . |