Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] be [vb pp] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hon. Friend raises a point that has been raised many times before . |
| 2 | One of the many highlights is the view down Loch Shiel from Glenfinnan , a vista that has been reproduced many times on gaudy retouched 60s ' postcards , and on calendars handed out at Christmas by firms who manufacture ball-bearings . |
| 3 | The roof was slightly unusual due to the relative heights of the eaves and the ridge , but to a structural engineer the design was sound and anyway was one that had been used many times before . |
| 4 | Within was a colour photograph of Nicola that had been taken several years before : her face was chubbier and her hair , although still a remarkable blonde , was straight and parted down the middle . |
| 5 | The idea , one that 's been adopted many times since , was to ‘ camouflage ’ the door handle so it did n't interfere with the body lines . |
| 6 | One of the most universal of all designs ; it is found in the artistic and religious expression of cultures as far apart as America , Europe and India , as well as China , and has been ascribed many meanings ; the most popular of these are happiness , the heart of the Buddha and the number 10,000 . |
| 7 | The latter has a chequered history and has been altered several times within its life in Poland . |
| 8 | The village is well known for its flowers , and has been rewarded several times with a place in the Britain in Bloom Competition . |
| 9 | The fact that NTS have deliberately cut publicity about Ben Lawers is not new and has been reported many times . |
| 10 | It was from Camilla Parker-Bowles and had been written several days before the engagement was officially announced . |
| 11 | It had been imposed at the height of serious anti-government rioting and pogroms in February 1990 [ see p. 37256 ] , and had been shortened several times , but only now was the security situation deemed by the city 's military commandant to have stabilized . |
| 12 | As has been said many times ( certainly by me ) , it is the easiest thing in the world to write a review of an unimportant book . |
| 13 | Beveridge 's scheme was not , as has been stressed many times , revolutionary . |