Example sentences of "[noun pl] have been [verb] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the community charge , the funding for local authorities has been increased by 6.1 per cent . |
| 2 | A part of this is personal : the shadow of Labour 's punitive taxation plans has been lifted from thousands of households . |
| 3 | Labour claims that central government capital spending on schools has been cut by 29 per cent in real terms since 1979 , while LEA spending has been squeezed mercilessly . |
| 4 | In the 1980s the United Kingdom New Issue market in equities has been affected by two major developments . |
| 5 | The number of doctors and dentists has been increased by 17,000 , and the real resources committed to GP services have doubled since 1979 . |
| 6 | Since 1970 the amount of noise allowed from cars has been cut from 82 decibels to 77 , and that has to drop to 74 by 1995 under new European Commission proposals . |
| 7 | Each object shown in these pictures has been scanned at two or three different wavelengths . |
| 8 | In Yeovil , in the constituency of the leader of the Liberal Democratic party , the number of patients waiting for more than 12 months has been reduced by 45 per cent. , and the total waiting list is down by 10 per cent . |
| 9 | In Kingston , for example , the list of those waiting more than 12 months has been reduced by 77 per cent . |
| 10 | The North-East Gateshead annual open junior meet at Felling on Saturday ( 9.30am , 2 and 6pm ) and Sunday ( 9.30am and 2pm ) is again over subscribed with 2,000 entries having been accepted from 21 clubs and over 600 refused . |
| 11 | Health Secretary William Waldegrave told an NHS managers ' conference in London that in January long term waiting lists had been cut by thirty percent . |
| 12 | A set of old , wooden steps had been cut into one side . |
| 13 | Up to 70 white rhinos had been recorded in 1992 . |
| 14 | Rotation was continued until the gall bladder was clear on fluoroscopy and no impacts had been felt for five minutes . |
| 15 | These main-line electric multiple units had been built between 1959 and 1963 for the Kent Coast electrification with a design life of approximately twenty-five years . |
| 16 | The entire Cabinet resigned to facilitate the re-shuffle and Prime Minister Michael Manley announced that the total number of ministers , ministers of state and parliamentary secretaries had been reduced from 39 to 28 . |
| 17 | Consecutive sentences of three months had been passed for two offences of driving while disqualified , with a further six months consecutive for an excess alcohol offence . |
| 18 | 15,000 homes had been built by 1988 , with a projection of 30,000 by 1995 ’ ( Source : LDDC estimates ) |
| 19 | Amaoui had been sentenced to two years ' imprisonment for defamation of the government in an interview published in El País on March 11 in which he had described members of the government as thieves [ see also p. 38888 ] . |
| 20 | Light-scattering measurements showed that the concentration of the micelles had been increased by 60 per cent . |
| 21 | The Department of Health figures show that nationally , two-year lists have been slashed from 51,224 patients at the end of March , 1991 to just 1,640 patients at the end of last month . |
| 22 | Examination results for secondary schools have been published since 1982 , as a result of the 1980 Act . |
| 23 | A paid-up policy is only available if premiums have been paid for three years and the reduced sum is £400 or more . |
| 24 | Although the NRA warned that the programme 's cost will be high , and that there are no " quick fix " remedies , solutions have been identified for 10 of the rivers . |
| 25 | Thousands of refrigerators and air-conditioning units have been fitted with HCFC-123 in sealed units . |
| 26 | Only three pesticides have been approved since 1990 , although legislation was passed in 1985 . |
| 27 | Yesterday 's announcement of 420 job losses came after a meeting between the receivers and union representatives at the yard , where warships have been built for 130 years . |
| 28 | Fish traps have been discovered at two sites in St Helens . |
| 29 | Political parties have been banned since 1957 , but the Moslem Brotherhood has charitable status and is therefore exempt from the ban . |
| 30 | Lesbian history has been re-evaluated , and butch femme images have been reclaimed as one of many possible ways to signify erotic identity . |