Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since writing these words I have been assured by Manx Cat specialists that the animal 's troublesome genetic defects have now been largely eliminated by careful selective breeding without losing its uniquely tailless condition . |
| 2 | I have found the way I have been treated by qualified and unqualified people patronising and presumptuous and deeply offensive . |
| 3 | Like most therapists , I have been inspired by countless different sources — from metaphysics to Buddhism , from object relations theory to Jung , from Gestalt therapy to psychosynthesis , from mysticism to shamanism . |
| 4 | If , deep within me , I have been persuaded by early upbringing that sex is evil — or if traumatic experience evokes that feeling — sexuality can never carry its true attraction or satisfaction . |
| 5 | I have been told by fellow enthusiasts that the original 2.6 litre petrol engine was a very thirsty unit and they suggest that I should install either a diesel unit or a V6 petrol . |
| 6 | I have been told by Social Security would let me er excuse me talking to me . |
| 7 | I have been told by well-meaning friends that I have a touch of fever … well , so be it ! |
| 8 | Mr Kilfoyle said : ‘ I have been told by senior Home Office ministers that we have powerful friends on our side in the form of the Government 's latest round of expenditure cuts . |
| 9 | Mr Kilfoyle said : ‘ I have been told by senior Home Office ministers that we have powerful friends on our side in the form of the Government 's latest round of expenditure cuts . |
| 10 | Brian , you have been troubled by bad health . |
| 11 | Apart from the Bolton Wanderers game , we have been hit by late goals . |
| 12 | On the other hand , we have been reminded by modern research , notably that of Lily Pincus , that to pass over death in silence and offer no explanation of the disappearance of a well-loved member of the family can cause psychological damage that plagues a child when grown up . |
| 13 | Jim Rodgers , who represents the Victoria Ward in east Belfast but works on the Shankill , said : ‘ We have been told by reliable police sources that the assistant Chief Constable for Belfast had a security briefing with his divisional commander to increase patrols in loyalist areas . |
| 14 | After all , people have always wanted to do violence to those who stood in their way when they were attempting to commit robberies ; but they have been bound by certain conventions of which they were unaware . |
| 15 | Though it used to be thought that internationalism was the preserve of the large , private corporation , today they have been joined by small firms and many state enterprises . |
| 16 | Many of these pioneer voluntary bodies still exist , and they have been joined by large numbers of organizations that have arisen in recent years to tackle the needs of particular groups among the disabled , so that voluntary effort continues to play a major part in meeting the needs of the handicapped . |
| 17 | In the meantime , however , many old breeds have already become extinct , largely because they have been absorbed by other breeds . |
| 18 | Bad policies in the past may continue to cause problems , long after they have been replaced by good ones . |
| 19 | Allowances such as the Married Man 's , Single Person 's and Wife 's Earned Income all reflected judgements about different family responsibilities and income requirements , The estimated cost in 1989/90 of these allowances was £26.7 million , but since April 1990 they have been replaced by Independent Taxation ( see below ) . |
| 20 | loss or damage to china , glass , earthenware and other items of a brittle nature unless they have been packaged by professional packers . |
| 21 | They have been fed non-sexist , multi-cultural books and toys along with their strained apricots ; they have been treated by female GPs , they have sat and watched Kaffe Fassett knitting and sewing on TV , but their ideas of male and female roles are as sexist as if we had never made the effort . |
| 22 | The applications can not be processed by the Housing Executive unless they have been assessed by occupational therapists from the Department of Health and unless recommendations are made by the occupational therapy department . |
| 23 | These are a complexity of outcropping veins on which 17th Century miners worked but in places they have been modified by subsequent operators . |
| 24 | These rules still exist ( see pp. 146–8 ) , but they have been supplemented by statutory provisions which enable a trader to acquire by registration at the Patent Office the exclusive right to use a distinctive trade mark in connection with his goods . |
| 25 | A number of dimensions of child rearing emerged from this material , and of these two are worth special mention because they have been found by other investigators too . |
| 26 | There are many people in that position , and they have been found by hon. Members and by social workers and others involved in welfare matters . |
| 27 | Sterling bonds have been traded in London for centuries ; they have been issued by commercial undertakings , by foreign governments and their agencies and above all by the British government . |
| 28 | The success of these names is shown by the fact that they have been admired by Chinese scholars such as Dr Lin Yutang , Dr Cheng Te-K'un , Dr Hollington Tong and others . |
| 29 | For , while these theories pursued distinctive concerns , ideas drawn from each of them have been blended by political theorists to create an identifiable body of ideas with certain distinctive characteristics . |
| 30 | Many of them have been failed by conventional medicine or have rejected it . |