Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dual responsibilities , to the employer and to the profession , remain problematic : the professional response has been to offer on-line access to ethical guidance . |
| 2 | Since President Siad Barre 's brutal 21-year reign ended , armed groups have been killing each other and civilians simply on account of their clan origin , according to the Amnesty report . |
| 3 | While most political prisoners have been involved iii trade union or political work , there are also cases of people who have boon picked up on suspicion and who have had no history of participation in any organization . |
| 4 | The 12 staff employed in European offices have been made redundant . |
| 5 | The twelve staff employed in European offices have been made redundant . |
| 6 | Moreover , British and French cavalry had been stationed close behind the Allied line , with the object of quickly exploiting a breakthrough . |
| 7 | British Rail had been made aware of the danger of drivers going through red lights , a possible cause of the Newton disaster , as far back as 1951 , the inquiry was told . |
| 8 | The extensive literature on the complex issue of social support has been reviewed many times . |
| 9 | In recent years , the English courts have been making greater and more assertive use of their powers ; they retain , however , a proper sensitivity to the position of foreign countries , and exercise their discretion with that in mind . |
| 10 | These anomalous crustal fragments have been given various names-suspect terrane , allochthonous terrane-but we will use the term displaced terrane ( Note that in this book the spelling ‘ terrane ’ is used to refer to structural units whereas ‘ terrain' is applied in a topographic sense . ) |
| 11 | The cumulative effect has been to remove much of the archaeological evidence for settlement from the slopes and uplands , leaving behind only the remnants of flint implements and pottery and the deepest post holes . |
| 12 | The man regarded as the all-time superstar of British Football has been meeting old friends at a special lunch in his honour . |
| 13 | British Telecom has been installing extra lines ‘ in terraced houses all over the capital ’ so that some stockbrokers , bankers and insurance agents can work from home . |
| 14 | Country and suburban stations have been closed wholesale and even those still surviving are often covered in graffiti , wrecked and vandalized beyond recognition . |
| 15 | One of the most important historic tasks of transnational capitalism has been to include various previously excluded groups within its realm of influence . |
| 16 | A German tourist has been shot dead by a lone gunman in an attempted robbery in Scotland , his wife and daughter are seriously injured . |
| 17 | The movement into private care has been accentuated by tight control of local authority expenditure at a time when numbers of people have been ‘ deinstitutionalised ’ from psychiatric and psycho-geriatric units , and when people from an ageing population have been seeking residential care for the first time . |
| 18 | The small voluntary TRANSAID team has been strengthened this year by the addition of Eric Schumacher , formerly a senior manager with I.C.I. Eric brings with him extensive general management and transport experience , which is already proving to be valuable . |
| 19 | Old Eddy had been wiped clean . |
| 20 | As the result of years of breeding and cross-breeding specialised varieties have been attained specific to both size and colour . |
| 21 | Leaders of the Muslim ‘ parliament ’ disclosed the plans exclusively to The People after it was learned that unscrupulous British dealers have been selling ordinary meat as Halal |
| 22 | France 's permitting the USA to use French air space and refuelling facilities , and accepting nominal US leadership of the 10,000 French troops involved was considered significant but France continued to equate the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait with that of the occupied territories by Israel . |
| 23 | British banks have been granted some £2,250 million in tax relief on bad loans to developing countries , according to official figures . |
| 24 | News that the Islands ' social workers had been given professional stress therapy astounded the families and their support organisation . |
| 25 | Social workers have been given new powers to use force to control troublesome youngsters in care . |
| 26 | Hundreds of chartered accountants have been made redundant and with the surfeit of candidates competing for vacancies , employers have been able to reduce salaries in some cases . |
| 27 | Few of the top firms have been left untainted by the thrift industry 's collapse , and huge rulings against firms are becoming increasingly common . |
| 28 | By the end of the period , the professional values of English studies had been rendered synonymous not only with the central moral force of the " national character " but also with the moral worthiness of the scholar-critic ( living or dead ) . |
| 29 | Another free kick has been given this time against big Mike Whitlow Lively start to the game and a lively start for the referee . |
| 30 | ‘ Registrations are running about 300 up on last year ; average prices have been £300 to £500 up on the previous year ; and our commercial customers have been taking top prices for finished Limousin crosses at markets through the UK . |