Example sentences of "[noun pl] have been [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The measures , including the abolition of petroleum revenue tax , on new oil and gas projects has been welcomed by British Petroleum which said that the changes should encourage investment in large fields , such as its recent find west of Shetland . |
| 2 | A dissociation between these two scripts has been observed in Japanese aphasics ( Sasanuma , 1975 ) and in a patient with alexia and agraphia . |
| 3 | That oldest of disciplines has been neglected by 20th-century educationalists . |
| 4 | ‘ On a lighter note , the Battle of the Bands in Fairport , Rhode Island , during which heavy metal groups Deathtongue and the Mothers of Violence played simultaneous sets in the same auditorium for thirty-eight straight hours has been resolved in single combat between the rival lead singers . |
| 5 | The safety statements of relevant Group companies reflect these obligations and the continued successful implementation of the safety statement policies has been maintained through systematic review . |
| 6 | A dose response to oestrogens has been shown with increasing doses having greater effects on bone density . |
| 7 | The need to be extra vigilant at all times has been stressed by terminal operations manager Roy Beardall following a security alert at Sullom Voe in August . |
| 8 | The idea of maximizing the product of individual utilities has been employed by Fair ( 1971 ) and has been criticized by Ng ( 1979 ) . |
| 9 | There is sixteenth-century orthographic evidence , which we shall further discuss in chapter 5 , that suggests some distribution of low vowel realizations for /Ε/; in London English of the period : it seems possible that this pattern of lowering of historic short vowels has been overtaken in recent standard English and Central Scots by a pattern of raising and ( in the latter case ) lengthening . |
| 10 | These fibrotic processes are rare and tend to occur in isolation , although a number of overlap syndromes has been reported with multiple organ involvement . |
| 11 | Instrument zu singen gesetzt ( Königsberg , 1638–50 ) which enjoyed enormous popularity ; by 1652 the first five Teile had reached their third or fourth editions and a number of separate songs had been republished in other people 's miscellanies . |
| 12 | Last night Hampshire police confirmed that two fans had been charged with public order offences . |
| 13 | But Mr Foster said yesterday he knew of situations in other parts of the country where waiting lists had been reduced by unacceptable tactics . |
| 14 | If these ten poorest readers had been selected for remedial teaching during the six-month period a ( probably ) spurious improvement in spelling would be inferred . |
| 15 | I remembered reading about the protests over Club Row just north of Spitalfields ' market , where a street market in animals had been held since Victorian times . |
| 16 | She found that muddy brown eyes had been replaced by alert blue ones . |
| 17 | The eyes had been used to great effect as Queen Gertrude , Imogen , Portia , and Lady Macbeth . |
| 18 | On Sept. 18 it was reported that in the previous week five truck drivers had been killed by armed groups , probably of the Afar clan , on the road from the port of Assab to Addis Ababa . |
| 19 | The United Somali Congress ( USC ) , which drew its support from the Hawiye clan of central Somalia , launched an offensive in late December , while the largest rebel group , the northern-based Somali National Movement ( SNM ) , dismissed as " futile " a government announcement on Dec. 26 that political parties had been legalized with immediate effect . |
| 20 | Now computers had been added to natural incompetence , and Cyril the Systems was on the edge of a nervous breakdown . |
| 21 | Only the Jews were descended from Adam and only the Jews had been contaminated with original sin as a consequence of Eve 's disobedience . |
| 22 | I was no closer to knowing the selection procedure , as my conversations about this with the other recruits had been based on mere speculation and gossip . |
| 23 | Supporters had been split into regional groups throughout the country , and John and Joan Bohanna 's Merseyside Regional Group directly confronted Pilger , telling him that ‘ ultimate NoS editorial control rests not with the editor , or the Board of Directors , but the Founders ’ , and the editor would have to do their bidding at all times . |
| 24 | They alleged widescale vote rigging and claimed that the names of opposition supporters had been excluded from electoral lists . |
| 25 | Last-minute concessions had been made to disaffected groups to win their support . |
| 26 | However , after doubts had been expressed by certain of Nissan 's executives , this proposal was drastically scaled-down . |
| 27 | It was reported on Sept. 6 that three Iranians had been arrested on similar charges in Istanbul . |
| 28 | The 20,000 urns and vases had been lying in deep salt water for 302 years . |
| 29 | He claimed that AFPFL demands had been conceded in full . |
| 30 | It became clear last night that the separation agreement was only reached after her demands had been met in full . |