Example sentences of "[vb past] been [verb] about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time the analysts and the client were somewhat concerned that it was not practicable to implement fully either of the FAOR technical solutions , as expectations had been raised about the final outcome before the implications of these solutions were known in any detail . |
| 2 | Even the case from this period that was included in the Black report ( with the year of diagnosis wrongly given as 1983 rather than 1984 ) was diagnosed after concern had been raised about the high incidence in Seascale . |
| 3 | Balmer had been thinking about the spectral lines from hydrogen . |
| 4 | Before the onset of the 1939 — 45 world war little concern had been expressed about the rapid decline in fertility in Britain and the consequent ageing of the population . |
| 5 | The Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , in reply to a Commons question , acknowledged that concerns had been expressed about the advisory committee structure originally proposed . |
| 6 | Little had been said about the other regional aspect represented by unemployment and economic decline in the Special Areas . |
| 7 | The Queen had been briefed about the true state of affairs by her personal staff , including her private secretary Sir Robert Fellowes . |
| 8 | This Act has been used successfully by motorists , who have discovered that they had been deceived about the previous mileage covered by a second-hand car . |