Example sentences of "[Wh det] have been [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.

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31 To a geologist , for instance , the Pacific Ocean is a very sharply defined depression of the earth 's surface which has been formed as a result of the complicated processes of plate tectonics .
32 The group was formed by the concerted actions of a few individuals in the area of the Yellow Creek , near Middlesboro , Kentucky in an attempt to clean up and prevent further pollution in their local stream which has been contaminated by a local tannery sending the untreated waste from its chemical processing into the sewage treatment plant of the city of Middlesboro .
33 There have been hiccups — the UK government decision to introduce eye tests , for example , brought a bulge in demand which has been followed with a corresponding flat patch — but the group reckons the long term is promising as ageing populations and greater access to markets such as India and China boost demand .
34 There have been hiccups — the UK government decision to introduce eye tests , for example , brought a bulge in demand which has been followed with a corresponding flat patch — but the group reckons the long term is promising as ageing populations and greater access to markets such as India and China boost demand .
35 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 .
36 This inhibition can be reversed by IL-6 , a cytokine which has been implicated as a positive factor for mucosal IgA production .
37 For a country which has been disabled by a generation of violence , forgetting may be impossible .
38 As the 3,200 workers leave the works for an uncertain future , British Steel will begin cooling down its three blast furnaces in a risky operation which has been attacked by a cross-party alliance , including the Scottish Secretary , Mr Malcolm Rifkind .
39 That scheme rests upon an interpretation of liberal ideals and the justice of the market order for the distribution of wealth and power which has been overshadowed by a rival interpretation of liberalism and a redefinition of legitimate market relations .
40 ii ) Laid paper made by Fourdrinier machine is wove paper which has been embossed with a laid pattern whilst wet , this displaces the fibres and produces denser lines of pulp .
41 The move marks a first step into Europe by Tesco , which has been tipped for a Euro deal for some time .
42 Pakistan 's economy has suffered from losing cheap Kuwaiti oil and American aid , which has been suspended as a result of America 's suspicion of Pakistan 's nuclear-weapons programme .
43 One of the Cuevas Verdes natural caverns which has been transformed into a restaurant and stunning underground nightclub .
44 As a matter of principle , the bank in such circumstances should not be entitled to rely on the transaction and this is the view which has been taken by a series of authorities going back to the beginning of this century .
45 model which has been taken from a camping environment and marketed direct to the angler .
46 One measure which has been proposed as a quality of care indicator is readmission to hospital .
47 One such theory is the ‘ Now Print ! ’ mechanism ( Brown & Kulik , 1977 ; Livingston , 1967a , 1967b ) which has been proposed as a special memory mechanism which operates only at times of great arousal to encode specific details of the situation , this will be briefly considered when evidence about flashbulb and vivid memories is discussed below .
48 As an apparently domestic residence it seems strange that it replaced a timber structure which has been interpreted as a temple , although time elapsed between the latter 's destruction and the building of the house ; it is unusual to find so deliberate a secularization of a religious site in the Roman world .
49 Nevertheless , this year 's rally looks set to gain from the St Lucia connection , which has been cemented by a three-year contract .
50 Yves Rocher 's Massage Glove , £9.95 a desc with rounded spokes and a handle which has been designed by a physiotherapist and promises an effective massage .
51 The panel 's report , which has been submitted to a parliamentary committee , set out two lines of argument .
52 The new rules limit protection to wetlands that provide environmental benefit — a contentious definition which has been denounced as a politically-motivated attempt to free large areas from protection .
53 It would be more advantageous to study an action picture which has been captured at a lower camera speed .
54 Maybe when the river runs blue again , shrimp boats will return to Paul , which has been described as a village unique in Holderness .
55 IT WAS BNFL which drew the applause at Buxton at the end of the Company-sponsored Quest for New Musicals , which has been described as a ‘ resounding success . ’
56 Formed in as a three-piece , they now have four members in their ranks and play music which has been described as a cross between Sonic Youth and Stiff Little Fingers .
57 Puck Fair is a trio of accomplished Irish musical emigrants who came together in the United States to perform music which has been described as a unique fusion between the spontaneity of jazz and the driving rhythms of traditional Irish jigs , reels and hornpipes .
58 Gloucester does not feature at all , something which has been read as a sign of Woodville control of the council .
59 Gloucester does not feature at all , something which has been read as a sign of Woodville control of the council .
60 Code- switching behaviour , which has been reported as a regular feature of stable bilingual communities … is certainly a common feature of much in-group speech ( p. 49 ) .
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