Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [verb] [been] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Printers and typesetting houses have been embracing new methods for the last 15 years or so and now rely entirely upon them . |
| 2 | Platelet structure and its relationship to platelet function has been given tremendous impetus , through the application of electromicroscopy to the study of platelet anatomy and the development of techniques for isolation of physiologically active platelets and their preservation for ultrastructural study . |
| 3 | There is no doubt that GP fund-holding has been proving successful and has been extending quite dramatically . |
| 4 | Welcome back : Today 's budget has confirmed that we will soon have to pay to drive on motorways.But the bulk of the twenty three billion pound road building programme has been left intact . |
| 5 | The UK car component industry has been undergoing severe contraction owing to the rationalisation strategies of UK assemblers and the increasing tendency for foreign-owned assemblers to supply the market through imports . |
| 6 | Coral Marine have been appointed exclusive distributors in the UK and Eire for Seapen books . |
| 7 | Sir — Both the government and the opposition parties have been given one clear ringing message by the voters in the election : that environmental issues are of little or no concern to them . |
| 8 | The two groups on the four- and five-year study programme had been denied any science education at all in pre-independence Namibia . |
| 9 | Of course the distillery distillery had been made bigger it er put up the population a good bit . |
| 10 | Recently , car manufacturers have been offering big discounts in a bid to sell more in a depressed market . |
| 11 | Maintenance crews have been working 18-hour shifts to repair the damage . |
| 12 | Dr Porteous added that gene therapy testing had been made possible by the genetically-engineered mice developed by the MRC team last year . |
| 13 | Hastings Borough Council had been pursuing compulsory purchase of the building but , in the light of surveyors ' reports apparently quoting costs of £2.5 million for repairs alone , made a last-minute decision against this and served a Dangerous Structures Notice instead . |
| 14 | Over the past year so much time and energy has been devoted to considering the implications of the new audit regulatory regime that investment business has been given scant attention by commentators and the profession alike . |
| 15 | More interview rooms have been made available , and a third Cashline machine has been installed in the side entrance . |
| 16 | The maintenance staff has been working 18-hour shifts to bring the hospital into full operation . |
| 17 | Thamesdown Borough Councillors have been told that expenditure to tackle the problem of subsidence is virtually inescapable . |
| 18 | The golfing world has been expecting great things from Norman for years . |
| 19 | But quiz shows have been getting more viewers than Eldorado . |
| 20 | ‘ It has been reported that the completion date has been deferred due to Chelsea appealing to the House of Lords . |
| 21 | At some stage a funding body has assessed the potential worth of a project , and research grants have been made available for it , but the lack of incentive to publish , or the difficulties encountered in preparing work for publication , have resulted in the fact that two-fifths of the work has not been made use of by the scientific community , except possibly through consultations of the original theses , ( which will be discussed in Chapter 4 ) . |
| 22 | At some stage a funding body has assessed the potential worth of a project , and research grants have been made available for it , but the lack of incentive to publish , or the difficulties encountered in preparing work for publication , have resulted in the fact that two-fifths of the work has not been made use of by the scientific community , except possibly through consultations of the original theses , ( which will be discussed in Chapter 4 ) . |
| 23 | The UK Queen 's Awards for Industry system has been extended this year to include an environmental category , with twelve companies being judged worthy of recognition for a " significant advance " offering " major benefits in environmental terms compared to existing products , technology or processes " . |
| 24 | Etna has two summit craters , the Main Crater and the North-East Crater ( both lying along the line of a fissure ) , and the North-East Crater had been showing mild Strombolian activity for many years prior to the 1971 eruption . |
| 25 | His mother Elizabeth said debris lying around the park was more dangerous than if the area under the play equipment had been left grassed . |
| 26 | Several residents have reported that their milk bottles have been torn open by birds . |
| 27 | ‘ If artists have the right to fail , Glasgay ! does not , ’ says D'Angelo , whose modest £65,000 budget projection has been kept that way by trying to involve many indigenous grant-aided bodies in the year one programme . |
| 28 | There is no doubt but that , if Mrs. Steed 's signature had been forged or if the non est factum plea had been made good , the case would have fallen squarely within paragraph ( g ) . |
| 29 | A total of 500 council houses have been declared uninhabitable and it will cost £2m to deal with them . |
| 30 | He is no stranger to the changing work scene having been made redundant twice , finally joining Scottish Amicable ten years ago in 1982 . |