Example sentences of "[adj] have been [verb] with a " in BNC.

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1 As this has been achieved with a style of football that owes little to romantic idealism , Charlton is not in trouble-free waters although even his most vigorous detractors are now inclined to take a pragmatic stance , appeased by success and forced to accept his widespread popularity .
2 As this has been combined with a general relaxation of Industrial Development Certificate controls on the location of industry and reduced real spending on regional policy , it is clear that resources are being redirected from rural areas .
3 Meal : This has been mixed with a carrier such as wheatfeed and is easy to mix .
4 In West Germany rain with a pH of 4.0 has been recorded with a 2.8 in some of the ground water and even higher acidity has been recorded in Scandinavia and North America .
5 A total of 43 of the victims had been separated from their families in childhood by state authorities , all but two had left school before completing their secondary education , and 43 had been charged with a criminal offence by the age of 15 .
6 To make it easier still , some have been fitted with a Hubmatic system , which raises and lowers the rear of the vehicle .
7 The 600 has been designed with a Honda engine and Rover body .
8 Whether Leonard shares the old belief that the spice-box also honours Adam , who was supposed to have been bestowed with a ‘ higher soul ’ on the Sabbath , we can not say .
9 And had the latter been the case , Churchill , almost his only substantial political ally of 1936 , would in 1940 have been confronted with a very awkward decision as to whether to intern his sovereign .
10 The Danish international has been linked with a move to Arsenal , but I understand it is the Saints who have made the most serious move to his Italian club , Pisa .
11 Young people approaching the age when they would no longer be the formal responsibility of the local authorities became the primary consumers of residential care for several reasons : first , many had been placed with a family and temporary readmission to residential care was needed when such placements broke down ; second , some did not wish to join a new family and preferred group living amongst other young people and appointed caregivers ; and third , some were admitted to a residential setting for help with specific problems or as part of a strategy to prepare them for independent living .
12 First , where an application for an injunction is made ex parte and the defendant claims , or in the opinion of the court would be likely to claim , that he acted in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute , the court shall not grant the injunction unless satisfied that all steps which in the circumstances were reasonable have been taken with a view to securing that notice of the application and an opportunity of being heard with respect to the application have been given to him .
13 The beech on London 's Barnes Common has been attacked with a chain saw and is in danger of toppling over .
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