Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] been [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a Bill is passed by the Commons in two successive sessions having been rejected by the Lords , it can be presented for the Royal Assent provided that one year has elapsed between the date of its second reading in the Commons in the first session and the date of its passing by the Commons in the second session . |
| 2 | The only relaxation in such cases must be that the Admissions Committee will not insist on the passes having been attained by the date the applicant left school . |
| 3 | She is an orphan , both her parents having been shot by the Germans . |
| 4 | Widely expected to have won last year 's Turner Prize , which was , in fact , awarded to Grenville Davey , Wilding is , nevertheless , enjoying a high profile , with a museum exhibition of ten sculptures from the last ten years having been organised by the Newlyn Art Gallery , where it was seen in March , and now transferred to IKON in Birmingham ( to 5 June ) . |
| 5 | When Banner treated its properties as investment properties in its 1990/91 accounts , auditors Stoy Hayward added to their report : ‘ Without qualifying our opinion above , we draw attention to note 8 which refers to the valuation of investment properties having been conducted by the directors at open market value assuming vacant possession ’ ( see ACCOUNTANCY , September 1991 , p 33 ) . |
| 6 | However , the origins of the practice are thought to pre-date Christianity in Britain , with earlier pagan fertility rites having been adapted by the Church in the fifth century . |