Example sentences of "[pron] has been [verb] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then when you stop dieting , the body , which has been acting in a kind of starvation mode , finds that it has become used to its new BMR and requires less calories to function . |
| 2 | Such an example is the alternation between [ in ] and [ i ? ] on the ing form of verbs , which has been studied in a number of places . |
| 3 | If , for example , I am engaged in reading a text on a subject in which I am well versed ( where the ideational or content schema is familiar ) , which has been written in a manner conventionally associated with writing on this subject ( where the interpersonal or formal schema is familiar ) , then I shall only need to pay attention to the linguistic signs to the extent that they key in this schematic knowledge and indicate how it is to be extended . |
| 4 | Team Pension News , which has been written in a bright , punchy style , carries an in-depth analysis of how money from the Mirror pension fund was misappropriated by Maxwell and an explanation of how a repeat can be avoided . |
| 5 | However , there is one kind of measure which , though still affected by many of the variables mentioned above , may help us to conceptualize the undergraduate curriculum in relation to employment ; namely the occupational distribution of graduates in any one subject , which has been analysed in a recent paper by Tarsh ( 1988 ) in terms of the relative importance of direct , subject skills , and indirect , general skills . |
| 6 | This is not to rule out the possibility of language convergence in terms of grammar , lexis and phonology , which has been reported in a number of cases . |
| 7 | One of these is the tiny Fender 's Blue butterfly , Icaricia icarioides fenderi , a colony of which has been spotted in a remote area of Oregon 's Willamette Valley after not having been seen since 1937 . |
| 8 | It is accepted that a list MdB who has been defeated in a constituency may make his services available there , and he is as likely as the constituency 's own MdB to receive requests for assistance . |
| 9 | RIGHT The evidence from the site and the excavation itself has been reconstructed in a very vivid way at the Jorvik Viking centre , and is a very popular attraction for visitors from all over the world . |
| 10 | But it could be argued that she has been placed in a high turn-over establishment because she possesses an authoritarian style of leadership . |
| 11 | But local mum Carol Lambird says she has been locked in a wrangle with Durham County Council for the last two years after her son Christopher was diagnosed as dyslexic . |
| 12 | He has been living in a succession of ANC havens . |
| 13 | Beware if a potential leader comes in with dissatisfaction at how he has been treated in a previous group . |
| 14 | Misery And there is no sign that the Scottish star 's misery will ease , as he has been named in a third-team line-up to face Manchester City this weekend . |
| 15 | He has been swimming in a pool somewhere , I said to myself . |
| 16 | He has been pictured in a Tarzan suit with a helicopter hovering over his head . |
| 17 | He has been caught in a machine , or some part of a machine has suddenly broken , with fatal results . |
| 18 | The whizzkid winger missed all the build-up games while he recovered from a summer knee operation , but he has been included in a 15-man squad . |
| 19 | DEC , which admits it has been locked in a ‘ defensive position ’ over Unix , will sell version 1 of the personality as a layered add-on product to the 64-bit OSF/1 1.2 . |
| 20 | The interior has been excellently restored after damage caused in the Second World War , though it has been done in a modern , simplified manner . |
| 21 | It has been detected in a dozen systems in the US and yesterday the Swiss government announced that 75 of its computers were infected . |
| 22 | For such cream cheeses moulds are not strictly necessary , although the cheese looks more presentable if it has been pressed in a muslin-lined basket , a heart-shaped mould , a cake tin pierced with holes , even an expendable carton or a flower pot — always provided that the essential lining is not forgotten . |
| 23 | Nothing looks worse , and does a poorer job , than a worm which has been stuck on the hook several times and looks as though it has been tied in a knot . |
| 24 | For most of the time since 1965 it has been contained in a separate channel isolated from the rest of criminal justice policy-making . |
| 25 | Despite the criticism levelled at the public conscience test it has been used in a number of cases . |
| 26 | To these pieces she applies flourishes of paint in mad swoops of colour — a chair looks as though it has been wrapped in a Mexican Indian blanket , a small table is covered in a riot of pattern , full of references to Memphis — the Milan school and Tennessee . |
| 27 | It is thanks to the emigres that in America and Europe ballet has been on the move all century ; in Russia itself , it has been left in a museum . |
| 28 | It has been held in a number of cases that if a person claims to have a legitimate expectation , this will give that person standing to make an application for judicial review unless the claim is totally frivolous . |
| 29 | The horse may suffer anxiety in relation to one specific part of its life : shoeing , trailering , saddling , mounting , and so oh , but if it has been hurt in a number of situations , it is likely to learn to be anxious in relation to anything to do with people . |
| 30 | It has been shown in a voluntary compliance with basic political laws . |