Example sentences of "[conj] have been [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hon. Friend raises a point that has been raised many times before . |
| 2 | As long ago as 1915 Scott published the first research on interviews showing that 6 personnel managers could not agree about a common set of applicants , a finding that has been replicated innumerable times and will be reflected in the personal experience of most interviewers . |
| 3 | It is this basic human right that has been denied deaf persons and their families for hundreds of years . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was also through Bede that the AD system of reckoning the years from the Incarnation of Christ , that had been devised two centuries before by Dionysius Exiguus , was introduced into England . |
| 6 | At three o'clock in the morning of Tuesday 20 May , Frank Foley and Edward Carrington watched a Dornier 217 taxi to a halt between the lines of flares that had been lit ten minutes previously at RAF Lincoln . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , the corporate-finance deals that had been generating big bucks for Wall Street 's investment bankers were starting to dry up . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He favoured less one that had been taken ten years before in which his bowler hat and suit are typical of a provincial businessman . |
| 11 | A favourite a couple of years ago was a letter issued from an American bank that had been issued three years previously . ’ |
| 12 | These became , in fact , the almost exclusive preserve of Hammer Films , a company that had been making skilfully-marketed pictures with an eye on the US B-movie market since the late 1940s . |
| 13 | There 's a stand-pipe that 's been erected two streets over that way , ’ she said , pointing . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The current head of state , President Omar Bongo , succeeded to the Presidency in 1967 on the death of Gabon 's first President , Léon M'Ba , and has been re-elected three times for successive seven-year terms , most recently in November 1986 [ see p. 35047 ] . |
| 17 | The Government needs to find extra money from somewhere and has been considering all sorts of options . |
| 18 | The first of these aid and trade agreements was signed in 1975 and has been renewed four times . |
| 19 | The latter has a chequered history and has been altered several times within its life in Poland . |
| 20 | The village is well known for its flowers , and has been rewarded several times with a place in the Britain in Bloom Competition . |
| 21 | I know that Chris Harris is anxious to discuss the matter , and has been exploring various angles with the Scottish Officer and the Commission . |
| 22 | The fact that NTS have deliberately cut publicity about Ben Lawers is not new and has been reported many times . |
| 23 | Spielberg , accustomed to close encounters in the extra-terrestrial sphere , has offered to be creative consultant on a drama-documentary loosely based upon the book , which has sold over 300,000 hardback copies in the UK and has been reprinted fourteen times . |
| 24 | To be eligible for the study women had to be white , British , married , aged 25–39 years , and to have been taking oral contraceptives for at least five months , or using a diaphragm or intrauterine device for at least five months without previous exposure to oral contraceptives . |
| 25 | ‘ You have to remember they are the current league champions and had been training three nights a week . |
| 26 | ‘ He joined the RAF when he was 17 and had been flying 35 years . |
| 27 | It was from Camilla Parker-Bowles and had been written several days before the engagement was officially announced . |
| 28 | Tony Chivers reported that a number of villagers had volunteered to be footpath representatives and had been allocated two paths each , which they had agreed to walk at least twice a year . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | We are situated on Brighton 's seafront and have been granted 3 Crowns rating by English Tourist Board . |