Example sentences of "[det] [vb -s] be [vb pp] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little has been done on the ecology of deep-sea species apart from observations on certain conspicuous species such as Ophiomusium lymani in the course of more general studies ( Barham et al. |
| 2 | The work of women in both the RFC and RAF ( WAAF ) has of course been fully documented , but little has been written on the subject apart from in propaganda and other official literature . |
| 3 | Little has been written on the subject since then , but one may infer from the few remarks that are made on it that psychologists are no longer so impressed by ‘ the insuperable logical difficulty ’ James believed there to be in the way of saying that the difference between sensations may be one of ‘ place pure and simple ’ . |
| 4 | In contrast , very little has been written on the presence of a risk premium for index futures . |
| 5 | So far , little has been published on the time trends for anal cancer , probably because of the limited access to long term data and those truly representative of populations . |
| 6 | I could not possibly do justice in this speech to all that has been written on the subject , but I hope that I have profited from the many articles which I have read since the hearing . |
| 7 | More than once this has been printed on the programme as ‘ coming to terms with your own immortality ’ . |
| 8 | This has been criticised on the ground that an accidental escape caused by the forces of nature is within the risk that must be accepted by the defendant when he accumulates the substance on his land . |
| 9 | Much has been written on the subject of the quest for enlightenment . |
| 10 | Much has been written on the larger species of mammalian predator and their importance as bone accumulators , but little has been done on predators of small mammals . |
| 11 | Much has been written on the topic of occupational health and hygiene and it is recognised that the provision of an adequate and tolerable physical working environment and the promotion of a general feeling of well being among the workforce , is not only important in preventing occupational disease , but in the prevention of accidents . |
| 12 | Much has been written on the social and environmental costs of opencast coal . |
| 13 | Much has been written on the performance of British business during the period and many attempts have been made to explain , excuse or refute what has been seen as a decline in British innovative ability since the successes of the industrial revolution . |
| 14 | Much has been written on the subject of causative verbs and causativity , and , more particularly , about the semantic and transformational relation between lexical causatives ( such as the verb kill ) and periphrastic forms ( such as cause to die ) . |
| 15 | Erm the housing need figure we 've been working on for Greater York has been nine thousand seven hundred and that 's been based on the parishes within the Greater York study area . |