Example sentences of "[vb base] been [verb] by [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | In the twenties , both in England and in America , we have a situation in which the infant and child mortality rates are fast declining , mainly owing to new advances in medical knowledge ; at the same time , the world 's values have been shaken by the First World War , writers and journalists have both more freedom and more inclination than ever before to discuss religion from an agnostic point of view , and the vengeful God of heaven and hell no longer impresses in quite the old way . |
2 | And now these fears have been compounded by a sixth profitability study by accountants Spicer & Oppenheim whose gloomy conclusions may well prolong the sector 's agonies further . |
3 | And the only marks of their passage have been obliterated by the next generation . |
4 | And the only marks of their passage have been obliterated by the next generation . |
5 | ‘ Unit costs have been reduced by a third over the past two years . ’ |
6 | The charities to benefit have been nominated by the first three teams competing for the Clayton Trophy . |