Example sentences of "[adj] has been [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The practice of underwriting before the reforms of October 1986 has been described as a method of compensation for the high transactions costs of fixed commissions for large institutional clients . |
| 2 | The allocation for London in the current financial year 1991-92 has been cut by a further 8 per cent . |
| 3 | When Queenie talks about the increased expenditure on recreation from nineteen eighty to now , that 's quite right , there has been a huge increase in spending , and that 's because the Labour Council was committed to improving recreation facilities in the City , and it did n't continue the appalling record that the Conservative administration had had before of virtually no recreational facilities , it invested in recreation facilities — you listed them yourself — and of course those facilities have to be paid for and on when we have stood for election we 've always made it clear that we want to provide quality services , but of course that they have to be paid for , and so the second point that you then made was that , you know , our budget 's gone up beyond belief , well I mean this year it 's being cut by two million pounds , last year it was a standstill budget , and erm that has been done at a time when in fact Central Government has been transferring responsibilities from Central Government onto Local Government without increasing , indeed at the same time decreasing the amount of Central Government grant that 's gone to local councils . |
| 4 | and that has been done by a marketing exec who goes round the country contracting with those clients . |
| 5 | and , and that has been integrated across a county into the establishment which is why I 'm sort of saying |
| 6 | ‘ When theft is alleged and that which is alleged to be stolen passes to the defendant with the consent of the owner , but that has been obtained by a false representation , has ( a ) an appropriation within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 taken place , or ( b ) must such a passing of property necessarily involve an element of adverse inference with or usurpation of some right of the owner ? |
| 7 | ‘ When theft is alleged and that which is alleged to be stolen passes to the defendant with the consent of the owner , but that has been obtained by a false representation , has ( a ) an appropriation within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 taken place , or ( b ) must such a passing of property necessarily involve an element of adverse inference with or usurpation of some right of the owner ? |
| 8 | This has been recognized for a long time . |
| 9 | This has been emphasised by a series of British chiefs of the defence staffs , by the chairman of NATO 's military committee , by former US Defence Secretary Robert McNamara , and by Lord Zuckerman , formerly chief scientific adviser to the minister of defence and to the prime minister . |
| 10 | When particular ethnic groups have campaigned to preserve single sex schools , because of compatibility with cultural norms , this has been perceived as a form of cultural imposition and indoctrination and even sexism . |
| 11 | This has been followed by a ‘ Special Edition ’ featuring one locomotive only , 71000 , ‘ Duke of Gloucester ’ . |
| 12 | This has been exacerbated by a continuing tendency for clients to reduce the size of their marketing departments . |
| 13 | This has been revealed following a meeting of the Education Board where members tried a specimen paper submitted by the Department of Education to show the types of questions which would be asked in next year 's 11-plus . |
| 14 | Critics also argue that this has been compounded by a policy which has unfairly favoured the private sector in preference to the public sector . |
| 15 | This has been cleared over a width sufficient for the new track , but leaving those bushes and trees which were to be retained to form part of the landscape of the line . |
| 16 | This has been cleared over a width sufficient for the new track , but leaving those bushes and trees which were to be retained to form part of the landscape of the line . |
| 17 | This has been observed in a large number of deep sea cores from both high and low latitudes , though one is tempted to ask how many other species did not become extinct during this period . |
| 18 | Dismissal can not usually be justified merely because the employee 's private life is scandalous or involves immoral conduct , and this has been reconfirmed by a recent Higher Labour Court decision ( LAG Hamm , 17 Sa 1326/89 ) . |
| 19 | This has been painted in a strong colour to make it look more aggressive . |
| 20 | This has been achieved through a number of key actions including : |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | This has been achieved in a CO2 laser { 5 } . |
| 23 | This has been achieved by a rhetoric which unfavourably contrasts present-day France and its sizeable population of North African immigrants with the myth of a former , well-ordered France , devoid of Arabs . |
| 24 | Preliminary reports suggest that cyclosporin is effective treatment for Crohn 's disease and this has been confirmed in a controlled trial . |
| 25 | I am satisfied , and this has been confirmed by a recent independent review , that that support is effective in generating investment and jobs . |
| 26 | ‘ This has been done in a very formal and proper way . ’ |
| 27 | This has been done in a similar fashion to Martin 's approach , where the fret ends are chopped off square and then individually rounded , rather than by running a fret file down the sides of the neck and lopping all the ends off at a 45 degree angle . |
| 28 | This has been done in a number of papers and in this sections we outline the results of a study by Attfield and Duck ( 1983 ) ( henceforth AD ) . |
| 29 | This has been replaced by a move which is variously described as a return ‘ back to basics ’ , an attempt to ‘ focus on the core ’ or ‘ unbundling ’ . |
| 30 | This has been realized for a long time , and it is on record that John Dalton analysed the water supply for the firm of Sykes & Co. at Stockport and declared it suitable for the purpose . |