Example sentences of "[adv] been [verb] [prep] by [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The building materials used on the three houses referred to in ( b ) above had cost £18,000 and had all been paid for by December 1990 . |
| 2 | Finally , although arms control and disarmament have generally been dealt with by states in specific agreements , the progress ( or lack of progress ) on the outlawing of weapons has clearly been linked to the progress made in identifying weaponry whose use is illegal . |
| 3 | ‘ It has already been hinted at by oor worthy comrade up the back before he passed oot , we are but six months old as a body … ’ |
| 4 | In truth it does not denote any single right , but rather refers to a disparate group of immunities , which differ in nature , origin , incidence and importance , and also as to the extent to which they have already been encroached upon by statute . |
| 5 | It 's already been dealt with by support staff . |
| 6 | After spending a few weeks there , he flew to Frankfurt on 29 May , where he rejoined Mary-Claude and the children , who had meanwhile been looked after by Mother Teresa 's Sisters of Charity . |
| 7 | ‘ effectiveness ’ and ‘ economy ’ were also used ; the meaning of these terms , especially the first two , has not always been agreed upon by writers in the context of LMS . |
| 8 | we may safely say that nothing so remarkable as the scene of Westminster-Hall during the first three days of this week , had ever been known of by architects . |
| 9 | Columbia 's recent spending spree has partly been paid for by Sony . |
| 10 | Miss Shearer , who was assistant head waitress at the time , said she had earlier been sworn at by Mr Maguire . |
| 11 | In this country there is probably no river or wetland which is ‘ natural ’ in the sense that it has never been interfered with by man ; but river systems have two major characteristics which have enabled their wildlife in all its original complexity to survive interference better than most other systems . |