Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [adv] been [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this approach the high level of unionisation in Sweden is not the result of any cultural propensity on the part of the Swedish population ( because of its ethnic homogeneity ) to seek objectives by way of interest group organisations — a factor which Adams ( 1975 ) notes has sometimes been suggested by way of explanation . |
| 2 | Opposite The Indian elephant 's ability to manipulate heavy objects has long been exploited by man . |
| 3 | signals has recently been announced by Ampsys Ltd. , a small spin off company of Paisley College . |
| 4 | The price of BZW 's ill-considered worldwide expansion in equities has already been paid by Howard Coates : in February he was sacked as head of the firm 's equities division , though he remains with BZW . |
| 5 | The attraction of shells has often been enhanced by attributing to them symbolic meanings suggested by more or less fanciful resemblances . |
| 6 | The observation of solar neutrons has not been accompanied by observation of antineutrons . |
| 7 | The rise in student numbers in polytechnics has not been matched by an increase in teaching staff . |
| 8 | So the Imperial Fists scrutinised transcripts of trials and criminal records involving youngsters , hunting for a special blend of ingenuity , daring , will power — quite often suitable candidates had already been executed by the time the Fists learned of their existence , now cut short by poison gas or explosive bullet . |
| 9 | Yesterday , Pavarotti insisted : ‘ His words have probably been distorted by the Press . ’ |
| 10 | Guidelines have also been produced by the Royal Academy of Engineering ( formerly the Fellowship of Engineering , see Appendix 4 , Bibliography . |
| 11 | Mercedes 's offices have recently been searched by state prosecutors , acting on anonymous tips that Daimler illegally exported weapons-carriers to Iraq and that a senior manager had evaded tax . |
| 12 | Various classes of solutions have already been obtained by separating the variables of this equation in a number of different ways . |
| 13 | " Lavender-Green " parties have already been established by homosexuals in Berkeley and San Francisco . |
| 14 | These methods have also been used by PROPE in the memoranda of evidence prepared for the enquiries of the House of Commons Select Committee on the Treasury and Civil Service . |
| 15 | Weights have also been derived by using self reported chronic sickness as a measure of morbidity and a proxy for health care need . |
| 16 | The following sectors have also been identified by the British Embassy 's Commercial Sections in Ankara and Istanbul as holding the greatest potential for UK exporters : hospital and medical equipment and pharmaceuticals ; tourism/hotel equipment and leisure ; shipbuilding and marine equipment ; telecommunications ; natural gas distribution equipment ; water and sewerage treatment , and pollution control equipment . |
| 17 | Such risks have rarely been emphasised by telephone salesmen at Harvard and elsewhere , except through the compulsory wealth warnings stamped on all Harvard 's contract notes . |
| 18 | The speed and cost effectiveness of computer models has also been recognised by pharmaceutical companies . |
| 19 | For example , the idea of functional dispersal among a group of villages has been adopted in the structure plans for North Yorkshire , Gloucestershire and Cumbria , and a more flexible approach to allowing housing development outside key settlements has also been adopted by many counties ( Derounian 1980 ; J. M. Shaw 1982 ) . |
| 20 | The point about the duopoly policy in telecommunications has already been made by the statistics . |
| 21 | The ‘ blurb ’ before the main articles has consistently been thought by the British to be too ‘ general ’ and without sufficient specific meaning to merit much attention . |
| 22 | The effects of deforestation and management on tropical soils has also been discussed by Lal ( 1986 ) , who cites examples in the humid tropics where deforestation has resulted in accelerated soil erosion . |
| 23 | A Statement of Practice on the question of tax advisers and confidentiality in VAT matters has recently been agreed by Customs and Excise , ICAEW , IOT and the VAT Practitioners Group . |
| 24 | Matters had not been helped by the murder of the Earl of Moray at Linlithgow by a member of the rival Hamilton family , who aimed his musket from an upper window behind a line of washing . |
| 25 | hinted that the Council were too late to object , as span wires had already been approved by the Board of Trade , who objected to bracket arms over 16 feet in length , which might be necessary if the roads were widened . |
| 26 | Only 18 ( 31.6% ) of the 57 subjects with communication disorders had ever been assessed by a speech therapist . |
| 27 | There is a joy in looking for the kindly and generous action in the daily round ; a kindly smile from some ordinary person whose responses have not been blighted by desire or greed or envy . |
| 28 | The words in square brackets have now been repealed by the Local Government ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1982 , removing the anomaly which prevented local authorities from taking legal action under this section , in respect of odours affecting employees and others who were not inhabitants of the neighbourhood , despite being of the opinion that the odour was sufficiently obnoxious to amount to a nuisance . |
| 29 | When I add that youngsters have reportedly been paid by film crews to put on displays in stolen cars and that a recent Channel 4 programme tried — ludicrously and dangerously — to suggest that the real problem was police brutality , hon. Members will have some idea of the anger felt by my constituents about the gross irresponsibility shown by some of the media . |
| 30 | From Elvis to The Stones to Iron Maiden parents have long been unnerved by the latest outrage on Top Of The Pops . |