Example sentences of "[noun prp] have been [vb pp] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beryl has been recorded in micaceous pegmatites of the Moine schists in north-west Scotland ( Berridge , 1969 ) . |
| 2 | On some days the top of Pea Hill has been bathed in brilliant sunshine , while the valley of the River Wear ahead has been awash in a sea of grey , with tentacles of fog creeping outwards along hedges and gulleys into fields . |
| 3 | Lochranza has been ignored in recent years since the only crossing to Arran is now at Brodick . |
| 4 | While Edward had been preoccupied in northern France , the English position in Aquitaine had deteriorated . |
| 5 | According to Jordanian officials Hafez had been recruited in early 1990 during a training course in Germany when he was approached by a female agent for Mossad ( the Israeli intelligence service ) posing as a US civilian . |
| 6 | It was the first time that 36-year-old Gilbey had been seen in public since being named as the man on the phone in the love-tapes scandal . |
| 7 | England had been swamped in recent years by publications of every sort on birds , and Gould was not the only one to feel the pressure of increasing competition . |
| 8 | ‘ It is clear that Professor Wybran has been assassinated in cold blood because he was a Jew , ’ it said . |
| 9 | it is clear from the statement of claim that the er plaintiffs retained the defendants from about the ninth of September to act in relation to the purchase of this wine bar which was then known as er the plaintiffs were obtaining finance from the National Westminster Bank in order to purchase this business and the plaintiff Mr had been engaged in long standing discussions with his bank from the earlier part of nineteen eighty five with a view to er agreeing financing facilities for the purchase of the various opportunities that preven present themselves and er he will say and that he makes clear in his witness statement erm that he certainly had understood that from these negotiations the National Westminster Bank were prepared to provide the financing that he required to run this business . |
| 10 | A commission headed by B. P. Mandal had been established in late 1978 to investigate the conditions of the socially and educationally backward classes ( SEBCs ) . |
| 11 | There were several red-tipped pins protruding from it and an area of Soho had been ringed in red marker pen . |
| 12 | It is likely that the Minoan sacral horns acquired these and possibly additional symbolic meanings , becoming a layered symbol , in much the same way that the Cross of Christ has been transformed in religious art to take on all sorts of new overtones . |
| 13 | Madden has been used in short bursts during the Bombers ' opening games and the ruckman has complained that he has not been given enough playing time and that this is affecting his play . |
| 14 | Since 11 May , two Stagecoach carriages leased from BR have been included in overnight sleepers between London and Aberdeen . |
| 15 | The development of the CCLGF has been mirrored in other policy fields ( such as housing ) by the creation of similar consultative bodies together with various working parties , specialist groups and so forth . |
| 16 | The UUUC had been formed in early December to bring together Westite Unionists , Vanguard Unionists and Democratic Unionists for electioneering and propaganda purposes . |
| 17 | Both Stoph and Kessler had been arrested in late 1989 in connection with corruption investigations [ see p. 37107 ] , but had been released in January and February 1990 respectively . |
| 18 | So far more than 100 DPN-100s have been installed in private and public companies around the world , including the SITA airline and SWIFT interbank networks . |
| 19 | 1990 — BY February Charles and Diana have been seen in public together only twice in the previous six months . |
| 20 | The agreements on EFR had been signed in early 1989 and in October of the same year outline permission was given for the building of a £300 million ‘ demonstration ’ reprocessing plant at Dounreay to recycle EFR 's spent plutonium fuel . |
| 21 | The importance of the BBFC has been enhanced in recent years by local licensing requirements for sex cinemas , which generally require that all films screened shall have been approved by the BBFC in its " adult " category , and by the rule that cable television companies and video shops shall only carry films which have been granted an appropriate BBFC certificate . |
| 22 | Voice of Ethiopia radio reported on Jan. 9 that the remains of several thousand people massacred during the 17-year regime of former President Mengistu Haile Mariam had been found in mass graves near Debre Zeit , 40 km south of the capital , Addis Ababa . |
| 23 | The hooded sweatshirt and the parka , even the hooray Huskie have been re-interpreted in brilliant silks , satins and cashmeres . |