Example sentences of "[vb past] been [vb pp] by [adv] the " in BNC.

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1 On Jan. 14 Richard Goldstone , chair of an independent judicial commission of inquiry established in September 1991 under the terms of the national peace accord [ see p. 38422 ] , said that he had been asked by both the government and the ANC to investigate allegations of SADF complicity in killings in black townships .
2 These elections , the first to be called since 1963 , had been opposed by both the PLO and Jordan .
3 The appeal had been lodged by both the prosecution and the defence .
4 There the plaintiff passenger 's damages were reduced by 20 per cent because he had been out drinking with the defendant driver and a lot of beer had been consumed by both the plaintiff and the defendant .
5 The by-election had been billed by both the NP and the CP as a test of white opinion on constitutional change .
6 The distinction had been criticised by both the Law Society and the Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee from its inception .
7 Foremost among these are the Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONBs ) which , along with the parks , had been proposed by both the Dower and the Hobhouse Reports .
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