Example sentences of "[vb -s] [been] [verb] by some [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , fortunately , new ground has been broken by some of our novelists , ground which can be husbanded by new writers . |
| 2 | The Second World War has been seen by some as a kind of watershed , with the post-war period being morally inferior to the ‘ full rich back street life and culture of pre-war England ’ . |
| 3 | A kind of ‘ halfway house ’ between the area system and the reference departments/area system has been reached by some of the authorities which do not have a large city collection within their boundaries , but feel that the needs of the ‘ serious ’ reader should nevertheless be given special attention . |
| 4 | The existence of a stable political culture in Britain has been ascribed by some to the effectiveness of government . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | So ‘ bureaucratic ’ pluralism has been used by some in recognizing the more important role of Japanese civil servants ; this has been further qualified as ‘ bureaucratic-inclusionary ’ pluralism to suggest that the widest possible range of citizen consultation is used to assess the national interest . |
| 7 | This intake of children from ethnic minority groups has been associated by some with difficulties within the school , such as ‘ declining standards ’ and ‘ discipline problems ’ . |
| 8 | In recent weeks the force has been accused by some in the Protestant community of being ineffective in the fight against the IRA , and by some Catholics of being less vigorous in tackling loyalist violence . |
| 9 | Quinn has been interpreted by some as suggesting that his form of incrementalism leads to a steady emergence of change . |