Example sentences of "[v-ing] been [verb] by the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Banner treated its properties as investment properties in its 1990/91 accounts , auditors Stoy Hayward added to their report : ‘ Without qualifying our opinion above , we draw attention to note 8 which refers to the valuation of investment properties having been conducted by the directors at open market value assuming vacant possession ’ ( see ACCOUNTANCY , September 1991 , p 33 ) . |
| 2 | The interim legislative body was condemned as phoney , membership having been determined by the Americans ; it contained no representatives of workers or peasants but instead represented the sordid interests of Korean capitalism . |
| 3 | She is an orphan , both her parents having been shot by the Germans . |
| 4 | Martial law was lifted in Beijing on Jan. 11 , having been imposed by the authorities in May 1989 in an attempt to quell growing pro-democracy demonstrations centred in the city 's Tiananmen Square [ see p. 36641 ; see pp. 36720-22 for crushing of pro-democracy movement in early June ] . |
| 5 | The Greek Government considered that that view was borne out by the fact that the Community legislation on the fishing industry referred to vessels ‘ flying the flag of a member state ’ or ‘ registered in a member state ’ and regarded those concepts as having been defined by the laws of the member states . |
| 6 | Burmans , having been deceived by the promises of the Japanese about independence , would be very careful not to be deceived again . |
| 7 | Is this just the state having been convinced by the academics ' own rhetoric about themselves , or hoping that the academics will actually be prepared to keep their own house in order ( for instance , by closing down a course of their own volition ) ? |
| 8 | The drawing and new evidence about cars suspected of having been used by the bombers , has prompted police to call 1,500 Deal residents for further interviews later this week with 50 officers at a church hall . |
| 9 | Having been captured by the Cavaliers , Faringdon Castle was virtually destroyed in a siege by Pye 's own party . |