Example sentences of "[adv] been [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even during the All Black tour of South Africa Ant Strachan , the surprise-packet of an All Black halfback this year , realised he was not likely to displace Jason Hewett , the World Cup no.2 halfback who has since been rejected by Mains and his selectors , from the Auckland position . |
| 2 | A Cheltenham man has since been charged with murder and wounding a second student . |
| 3 | I shall not attempt to repeat what I said then , for repetition makes bores of us all in the House ; I am glad , however , that the scepticism that greeted what I had to say about the benefits of a single European currency has since been replaced by understanding and support in several quarters . |
| 4 | If he had really only been looking for shelter and a place to doss down for the night , why look further than this ? |
| 5 | Alternatively he may consider that the transaction has only been agreed in outline and requires the lawyer to negotiate the details . |
| 6 | Carefully he tried again but Cameron took his arm and told him not to hurry unduly , the joists had only been pinned in place and they were still waiting for the long nails from Grandtully . |
| 7 | The vast majority of functional objects and many prestigious artefacts have long been manufactured from copper and its alloys . |
| 8 | Surprisingly , in the last decades is that literary studies , perhaps especially classical studies , which may seem to be at the other extreme of the academic spectrum from the sciences , have shown themselves more self confident in the use of computers than history has done , even though history is closer to the social sciences which have for long been acclimatized to quantification and computerization . |
| 9 | Boscastle itself has long been associated with smuggling and witchcraft , and today has a witchcraft museum . |
| 10 | In India , dowry taking has long been forbidden by law but it persists strongly even in the cities . |
| 11 | Lead has long been used by man and its toxic properties have long been recognised . |
| 12 | For example , the information booklets prepared for parents had obviously been written with care and many of the right sentiments were expressed . |
| 13 | The statements had furthermore been made in confidence and the liquidators claimed public interest immunity . |
| 14 | The 29-year-old has constantly been dogged by controversy and has earned himself something of a rebel tag . |
| 15 | Officially , 550 species have been formally identified as endangered but an additional 3,600 threatened species have not been listed despite evidence that they required protection . |
| 16 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that although an adult patient was entitled to refuse consent to treatment irrespective of the wisdom of his decision , for such a refusal to be effective his doctors had to be satisfied that at the time of his refusal his capacity to decide had not been diminished by illness or medication or by false assumptions or misinformation , that his will had not been overborne by another 's influence and that his decision had been directed to the situation in which it had become relevant ; that where a patient 's refusal was not effective the doctors were free to treat him in accordance with their clinical judgment of his best interests ; that in all the circumstances , including T. 's mental and physical state when she signed the form , the pressure exerted on her by her mother and the misleading response to her inquiry as to alternative treatment , her refusal was not effective and the doctors were justified in treating her on the principle of necessity ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's order had been properly made ( post , pp. 786G–H , 795B–F , 796F–H , 797B–F , 798A–B , E–G , 799B–G , H — 800B , E–G , 803C–D , F — 804B , F–G , H — 805B , F ) . |
| 17 | Check that roots of wallflowers have not been loosened by wind and refirm them if necessary . |
| 18 | He welcomed the fact that VAT had not been extended to food and that there would be no increase in employers ' National Insurance contributions . |
| 19 | But last night other umpires stressed that Oslear had not been sacked as chairman because of his battle to support Lamb . |
| 20 | The course has not been costed at present but this information will be made available as soon as possible . |
| 21 | There is a joy in looking for the kindly and generous action in the daily round ; a kindly smile from some ordinary person whose responses have not been blighted by desire or greed or envy . |
| 22 | Julia Castillo , Vice-President of the Constituent Assembly remarked : " The majority " of Salvadorean women have not been supported by marriage and they must make enormous sacrifices ' ( San Salvador , April 1983 ) . |
| 23 | ‘ Sidacai has not been condemned in order that we may be served , but to satisfy the Yasa , ’ Artai responded , bridling . |
| 24 | The materials which I designed myself as illustrative of a particular approach to teaching ( for example , Widdowson 1978 ; Allen and Widdowson 1973 ) , have been criticized on the grounds that they have not been subjected to evaluation and thereby given the seal of practical effectiveness ( Murphy 1985 ) . |
| 25 | An agreement on flights had been reached by the Israeli and Soviet national airlines in December 1989 but had not been put into practice because of Moscow 's concerns over the settlement of Soviet Jews in the occupied territories [ see also p. 37748 ] . |
| 26 | However , clearly established ground rules have not been put into place and many kitchens rely on open windows and doors , or merely the tolerance of staff . |
| 27 | To put it no more strongly , it has not been proved beyond doubt that self-paced learning is the most effective , and it is odd that a movement claiming to " individualize learning " has paid such scant attention to individual personality and other differences among learners in its practice . |
| 28 | State on your tax return income from which tax has not been deducted at source and will therefore be assessed for tax by the Inland Revenue if it forms part of a more substantial income : |
| 29 | A leading member of the music panel said that they had not been informed in advance that the future of Kent Opera would be discussed in November . |
| 30 | His position could be summed up as saying that so long as it has not been established beyond doubt that God does not exist , we should believe in God . |