Example sentences of "[v-ing] been [verb] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've served on that one , and the whole business of the organisation has generally speaking been run by the executive and not by a full council . |
| 2 | That the Bill shall be laid upon the Table of the House by one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office on the next meeting of the House after the day on which the Bill has been presented and , when so laid , shall be read the first and second time ( and shall be recorded in the Journal of this House as having been so read ) and , having been amended by the Committee in the last Session , shall be ordered to lie upon the Table . |
| 3 | The path was in fact too wide , the width having been determined by the machinery . |
| 4 | For some years the family had lived on the island of Rousay , where both the Social Work and Education Departments were actively involved with them , having been alerted by the school to concerns over the welfare of the children . |
| 5 | At least ten pit bull terriers have been destroyed after having been collected by the dog wardens . |
| 6 | Gatherum Castle is of immense size and quite new , having been built by the Duke for a quarter of a million pounds . |
| 7 | Meanwhile the southern groups of Samoeds and Kets in the upper Yenisei and Sayan regions disappeared , having been assimilated by the Russian , Tungus , Buryat or Turkic peoples . |
| 8 | Provided that the board may refuse such an application if the applicant , having been cited by the board to attend the meeting at which his application is to be considered , fails to attend such a meeting . |
| 9 | Apparently following a plea by the newly returned Uniate Cardinal Miroslav Lubachivsky [ see p. 38104-05 ] , Khmara had finally been released pending trial on April 5 after almost five months in investigative custody ( the delay in bringing him to trial resulted from the original indictment having been withdrawn by the prosecution in early March for further investigations ) . |
| 10 | The tigress was undoubtedly familiar with every foot of the ground , and not having had an opportunity of killing me at the rocks — and her chance of bagging me at the first hairpin bend having been spoilt by the kakar — she was probably now making her way through the dense undergrowth to try to intercept me at the second bend . |
| 11 | The other is that it actually fosters in you in-built critical faculties , so you can actually edit and shape your work as you go along , having been taught by the master — the masters of literature — not just the professors , the great writers . ’ |
| 12 | The new Scheme , having been sanctioned by the Charity Commissioners , was finally approved by the Queen on 15th July 1881 . |
| 13 | On March 15 the King formally appointed a 292-member National Legislative Assembly ( NLA ) , the membership having been named by the NPKA . |
| 14 | And at 21.00 on 22 August , the day of his appointment , having been received by the Kaiser and awarded the order Pour le Mérite , he left German headquarters at Coblenz for East Prussia . |
| 15 | P&O Group Head Office and Central Services staff who have completed one years service at 1 April following the year to which the incentive relates and who are in company service on the payment date , will be eligible for a bonus subject to a set target of profitability having been achieved by the Group . |
| 16 | The eighteenth edition , published in 1971 , is significant in having been adopted by the Library of Congress and BNB for their MARC records . |
| 17 | Some of the cases to which I have referred suggest that the answer to the problem depends on whether or not the debtor can be regarded as having been appointed by the creditor to act as agent of the creditor in procuring the consent of the third party to the proposed security transaction . |
| 18 | This justifiable attitude was not exactly vindicated by their young local doctor who , having been rejected by the army and brimming with psychological theories , explained to Harriet , dogmatically and at length , that Liza was unable to help her condition — no one in those days referred to post-natal depression — and every allowance must be made because of the tragic death of her husband . |
| 19 | Drinks were served to members of the club by Taffe until the early hours of the morning , without any extension having been granted by the licensing magistrates . |
| 20 | ( In Siegfried Wagner achieved a comparable brilliance in that Siegfried , having been splashed by the blood of the dragon he has killed , wins the ability to penetrate the hypocrisy of Mime , who is made to profess good while simultaneously revealing the real evil he intends . ) |
| 21 | Instantly switching targets , Angel One drove a quick punch at Satan 's flank as the dog fell back , his attack having been deflected by the forearm block . |
| 22 | In Burmah Oil Co. v Lord Advocate [ 1965 ] AC 75 , HL , the company was successful in its claim for compensation against the Crown for the destruction of its installations in Burma during the Second World War , the destruction having been ordered by the commander of British forces to prevent the installations falling into the hands of the advancing Japanese forces . |
| 23 | Transportation had been virtually abandoned in 1853 and then abolished in 1857 , although with a great show of reluctance , the government 's hand having been forced by the refusal of the Australian colonies to accept any more convicts . |
| 24 | The mayor of Buenos Aires , Carlos Grosso , was forced to resign on Oct. 26 , having been accused by the opposition and members of his own party , the ruling Justicialist Party ( PJ — the Peronists ) , of mismanaging the city 's US$2,500 million budget . |
| 25 | Having been told by the gentleman at passenger enquiries that the Lowestoft train is one of the few in Britain to retain six-seater compartments , I am fully prepared to adopt my usual routine for such occasions ; I intend to rush on , secure an empty compartment , slide the door behind me , adopt the brazen-hussy-like pose of an Amsterdam whore in her front window ( tongue rolling out and knees wide apart , as I slouch across the upholstery ) , crook my index finger and beckon slowly at any commuters passing along the corridor outside who are considering invading my territory . |
| 26 | Perkin , on her other side , murmured something to get her attention and for a while I watched Tremayne make the best of our table having been graced by the sponsor 's wife , a gushing froth of a lady in unbecoming lemon . |
| 27 | The only relaxation in such cases must be that the Admissions Committee will not insist on the passes having been attained by the date the applicant left school . |
| 28 | Lee Teng-hui , chairman of the ruling Kuomintang party ( KMT ) , was sworn in as President of Taiwan at a ceremony in Taipei , the capital , on May 20 , having been chosen by the country 's electoral college in March [ see pp. 37318-19 ] . |
| 29 | * Southern Japanese fishermen drove about 1,000 dolphins back into the sea after having been informed by the government that they were rare Fraser 's dolphins . |
| 30 | In the larger craters there will be some upward movement of the crater floor towards isostatic equilibrium , material having been removed by the impact over a wide region . |