Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun pl] [verb] been [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirty-two acres of the old Swanage quarries have been designated the Townsend Nature Reserve by the Dorset Naturalists ' Trust . |
| 2 | Since about mid-June , the Khmers Rouges had been refusing the chief co-ordinator of the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia ( UNTAC ) , Yasushi Akashi , access to areas they controlled around Pailin , reports said , even though the peace agreement , which they had signed together with the three other factions , gave him authority to travel anywhere . |
| 3 | The power of the Hyksos pharaohs has been broken an the upper and Lower kingdoms once again united . |
| 4 | The former England cricketers have been shown the door at Old Trafford just 24 hours after the departure of manager Alan Ormrod . |
| 5 | While Munro baggers have been marking the centenary of Sir Hugh 's tables , a ghost has come to trouble the celebrations — the hovering spectre of Foinavon . |
| 6 | For the past two years , the West Midlands police have been reinvestigating the Birmingham pub bombings , the results are soon to be sent to the crown prosecution service . |
| 7 | Marshall Valvestate combos have been getting a thumbs-up from players for some time now , but does a stereo chorus model add anything to their appeal ? |
| 8 | Two Oxfam workers have been giving a first hand account of conditions in Cambodia , where they claim millions of lives are at risk . |
| 9 | Local journalist Mike Stairs has been following the story closely , but says it was n't until the mid-'80s that it was given national attention . |
| 10 | By the accidents of distance and dates of birth both the Kiwi Keith and the Mackenzie houses had been spared the effects of war and neither knew the pain of loss or the sadness of wounds in young bodies . |
| 11 | A number of US companies have been discussing the possibility of a sale with Piper , which has all but stopped production because of cash flow problems . |
| 12 | Over recent months , the Japanese and Us teams have been increasing the intensity of the forces they apply to building and model , and have been comparing the results . |
| 13 | Two US scientists have been awarded the chemistry prize for a discovery that has changed scientists ’ views about the origin of life . |
| 14 | Ever since filing his first application as British Atlantic , Randolph Fields had been scouring the world looking for aircraft of the right type and price . |
| 15 | Although President Bush has been opposed to any such deal , Miami lawyers acting for Gen Noriega and leading US senators have been exploring the possibility of an agreement that could lead to a ceasefire and freedom for the American hostages . |
| 16 | Oxford schoolchildren have been taking a peek behind the scenes at Sainsburys today as part of the Green Consumer Day . |
| 17 | GIANT-KILLERS Featherstone Rovers have been handed a plum Regal Trophy draw at home to high-flying St Helens . |
| 18 | The North Essex and Suffolk Humanists have been running a year and have about 20 members . |
| 19 | At Tyrone County Hospital in Omagh surgeons have been using an advanced laser — the only one of its kind in Northern Ireland — to perform tonsillectomies and sinus surgery . |
| 20 | TWO young Belfast girls have been given the chance to play one of the most sought after theatre roles of them all . |
| 21 | For several years , BGS hydrogeologists have been studying the occurrence of volatile organochlorine compounds in groundwater in the Chalk . |