Example sentences of "[Wh pn] have been [verb] by a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a vehicle examiner who has been authorised by a chief constable examines the brakes his evidence will show a more detailed inspection and will probably name the ‘ part ’ concerned . |
| 2 | The novel proposes a man who has been swallowed by a theory of suicide . |
| 3 | It is similarly arguable that it should be up to the defence to provide a proper foundation of evidence for an assertion that a woman who has been robbed by a man nonetheless subsequently consented to sexual intercourse with him . |
| 4 | But the ever-smiling Adams , who has been dogged by a catalogue of injuries over the past two years , was in no mood to feel sorry for himself at Party Politics ' home-coming , attended by more than 500 people in Upper Lambourn yesterday . |
| 5 | No action was taken but Warrington general manager Ron Close said : ‘ We have looked closely at the video and it looks as if Jones might have deliberately kicked Bob , who has been told by a specialist that he came within an eighth of an inch of losing the eye . |
| 6 | Returning to the jungle he finds he has to kill Lowery who has been stung by a Varga . |
| 7 | Leavis 's reputation as a crabbed stylist and boldly innovative thinker who had been rejected by a university where he spent his entire life was largely a figment of his own mind , and so much of his post-war life was devoted to mythologising his own career that it is difficult , by now , to recognise what a conventional figure in his place and day he always was . |
| 8 | The Prime Minister of Turkey 's right-wing regime of the 1950s , Adnan Menderes , and two of his Cabinet ministers , Fatin Zustu Zorlu and Hasan Polatkan , who had been overthrown by a military coup in May 1960 and hanged in 1961 [ see pp. 17501-05 ; 18375-77 ] , were given a state funeral on Sept. 17 . |
| 9 | The seat had become vacant as a result of the suicide of a senior offical of the ruling Zanu ( PF ) party who had been condemned by a commission of inquiry for profiting from a racket involving the unlawful resale of officially purchased vehicles . |
| 10 | Rebecque galloped back towards the Dutch battery , shouting at its Colonel to open fire on the concealed columns , but the Colonel was staring at one of his officers who had been killed by a skirmisher 's bullet . |
| 11 | Mr Kim , a former dissident who had been jailed by a military regime , was reluctant to pick a fight with the brass after only a few months in office . |
| 12 | Peter the Great had a particular liking for Scots , probably influenced by his mother who had been reared by a Scotswoman , and by his own guardian after his father 's death having been a General Menzies . |
| 13 | He became not so much a propagandist as a radio ‘ character ’ who had been created by a darker comedy than Tommy Handley 's ITMA . |
| 14 | In Campbell v Tameside Metropolitan BC [ 1982 ] 2 All ER 791 the plaintiff was a teacher who had been assaulted by a pupil . |
| 15 | Earlier that day the newspaper Faks had revealed the names of 32 deputies in the Grand National Assembly ( GNA ) who had been identified by a parliamentary commission as secret police informers under the communist regime ousted in 1989 . |
| 16 | After it , Challe decided to throw in his lot with three other retired generals ( Salan , Jouhaud , and Zeller ) who had been recruited by a group of integrationist colonels to lead a putsch against de Gaulle . |
| 17 | The Senate investigation also included the case of Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato ( Rep. , New York ) who had been accused by a political opponent of using improper influence on behalf of political contributors and friends in federal housing programmes [ see above for HUD scandal ] . |
| 18 | Cardiff was still one of the bastards who had put him away , not someone who had been duped by a fellow officer with false evidence , certainly not someone he had come to respect . |
| 19 | Junqueira later stated that he had been offered a US$50,000,000 bribe to drop the charges , through a colleague who had been approached by a businessman in the capital , Brasilia , on Nov. 17 . |
| 20 | McGregor , who had been approached by a worried neighbour , admitted making use of the computer but claimed it was on legitimate police business . |
| 21 | A man who had been bitten by a snake in Sydney , Australia , refused medical help when paramedics would n't allow his dog in the ambulance . |
| 22 | Noble Lords is whether my Right Honourable Friend i is taking too much er er power to use an unpleasant word and I think actually a wrong word er i in the appointment of those who have been selected by a different and an independent system . |
| 23 | Exporters , who have been aided by a combination of favourable currency exchange rates and the harmonisation of the open European Community market , are able to trade profitably — in spite of record cattle values . |
| 24 | It ensures that the solicitor only sees those clients who have been identified by a volunteer worker as being in need of professional advice ; it provides a free initial interview to encourage those who may be worried about cost ; and it permits the solicitor to take on those clients who may need more extensive legal assistance . |
| 25 | I have several friends and relatives who are in that position , two who have been left by a husband and it 's absolutely not ideal for a child but compensation can be made by a loving relationship with extended family . |
| 26 | And as for the delay in writing , do n't you have any idea how time-consuming it is , looking after someone who 's been paralysed by a stroke ? ’ |