Example sentences of "[conj] have been [verb] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | This draft response indicates which DTAC responses he has taken into account , and any member whose DTAC 's response has arrived late or has been omitted for some other reason can ensure that relevant points are not missed . |
| 2 | ( Common sense reminds us that given the distribution of women in employment in Edinburgh , most of the mothers probably were or had been employed in some form of domestic service or in the clothing industry ; but in what proportions ? ) |
| 3 | Another method that has been tested upon some blind people is the regular use of the hormone melatonin , a product of the pineal gland . |
| 4 | Any precious metal that has been manufactured in some way , including coins used for ornament . |
| 5 | The visually handicapped pupils attending an ordinary school may be greatly helped by a physical and social environment that has been planned with some sensitivity to their special needs while retaining a challenging or ‘ normal ’ character . |
| 6 | I am deeply interested in the row that has been brewing for some time in the heat of the nuclear arms debate , and not only because the key figure is a friend of mine . |
| 7 | One solution that has been proposed for some words is ‘ reclaiming ’ — investing a negative word with a more positive meaning . |
| 8 | If he has no such evidence , does he think that the introduction of Sunday trading in Britain is likely to cause the kind of social and moral breakdown that has been suggested by some advocates of restrictions ? |
| 9 | One European scientist noted the potential military danger of a biological weapon containing vomitoxin , a substance that has been found in some of the samples of yellow rain . |
| 10 | This placed an unfortunate obstacle in the path of the police who might otherwise , simply on the grounds of suspicion , make a ‘ clean sweep ’ of all known criminals — a policy that had been advocated for some years by Matthew Davenport Hill , the Recorder of Birmingham — as a sure means to guarantee the safety of the streets . |
| 11 | The consultative document published in 1987 followed the principle that had been acknowledged for some time , drawing a distinction between essential items which were to remain free , and desirable but not essential items for which charges could be made , a distinction not in practice very easy to make . |
| 12 | It may also have been that the government was unwilling to lend further strength to the clamour for the reform of the Official Secrets Act ( which has now happened ) that had been mounting for some years . |
| 13 | Quite a large sum of money was created partly out of existing funds ( of LEA ) which were to support in-service in schools that had been identified by some kind of functional group in the school … |
| 14 | But this image of autonomy and of the self can be threatening , too , to women who do have a strong allegiance to feminism ; and the threat intersects with assumptions that have been made in some feminist discourse about who is or is not ‘ really ’ a feminist . |
| 15 | Yes but then thinking about those that have been running for some time . |
| 16 | The Act also tries to encourage sentencers to pass fewer custodial sentences by on the one hand extending to adult offenders the kind of statutory criteria that have been used with some success in the past on younger age groups ( see Chapter 9 ) ; and on the other hand by strengthening community penalties in the hope of increasing their appeal to sentencers . |
| 17 | It caps a deal that 's been brewing for some time for the pair to co-develop products this year that let Windows applications run on Unix desktops . |
| 18 | It caps a deal that 's been brewing for some time for the pair to co-develop products this year that enable Windows applications to run under Unix on desktop systems . |
| 19 | But if you 're like me moving to a , a house that 's been established for some years you 'll probably find there 's only a minimum of power points because let's face it over the years the use of electrical apparatus have become more and more has n't it ? |
| 20 | It is invaluable as a record source and has been enhanced with some excellent photographs from the likes of Billy McLeod and Harold Ford who also contribute to the Ulster Cricketer . |
| 21 | It is invaluable as a record source and has been enhanced with some excellent photographs from the likes of Billy McLeod and Harold Ford who also contribute to the Ulster Cricketer . |
| 22 | Spencer coined the term ‘ survival of the fittest ’ and has been seen by some historians as the first of the ‘ social Darwinists ’ . |
| 23 | Admittedly , the politically radical implication of poststructuralist and deconstructive theory is a highly problematic idea , and has been resisted by some on the Left such as Terry Eagleton and Frank Lentricchia , and the contributors to a largely Marxist collection of essays , The Theory of Reading . |
| 24 | Segmentation is not an innovation in woodturning , and has been known for some time . |
| 25 | Here we know that the enclosure of the open fields began in the 1570s , and had been completed by some date in the seventeenth century . |
| 26 | The furniture was clearly old , and had been chosen with some care to fit in with the atmosphere of the hall . |
| 27 | Though it seems reasonable to assume that the ideal candidate for cardiac transplantation is one who has irreversible cardiac failure and severe symptomatic restrictions despite all treatment but with no requirement for intravenous or interventional support and no secondary end organ damage , in practice many of the patients referred for consideration of transplantation require active support in hospital and have been referred in some cases because they have developed secondary end organ damage . |
| 28 | At least the powers are there in the statute and have been used in some cases . |
| 29 | Though since to find an alternative word was n't going to alter matters at all by the look of it , Fabia began to wonder if perhaps Vendelin Gajdusek was coming back from Prague today to keep his appointment but had been delayed for some reason or another . |
| 30 | There has been some doubt about the law with regard to traffic-calming measures other than road humps which has meant that authorities have produced traffic-calming schemes but have been left in some doubt as to whether they could be prosecuted for obstructing the highway . |