Example sentences of "[v-ing] been [verb] by the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of the answer is that there is a lot of fiscal juggling in the R&D accounts , with a great deal of large-scale engineering and demonstration work of the federal government — especially on matters related to energy — having been scuttled by the Reagan administration as inappropriate for the government . |
| 2 | Two bilateral United States-Soviet treaties , the Threshold Test Ban Treaty signed in July 1974 [ see pp. 26614-15 ] and the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty signed in May 1976 [ see pp. 27813-14 ; 36060 ] , limiting underground explosions to 150 kilotons or less , were ratified by the USSR Supreme Soviet on Oct. 9 , having been ratified by the US Senate on Sept. 25 . |
| 3 | With the current leases due to expire in September 1991 , talks between the two sides began in May 1990 [ see p. 37458 ] , having been delayed by the December 1989 coup attempt . |
| 4 | If a Bill is passed by the Commons in two successive sessions having been rejected by the Lords , it can be presented for the Royal Assent provided that one year has elapsed between the date of its second reading in the Commons in the first session and the date of its passing by the Commons in the second session . |
| 5 | Under its rights accumulation programme ( this approach having been endorsed by the IMF Interim Committee in May 1990 and first applied to Zambia in April 1991 ) , Peru could accumulate rights up to the equivalent of SDR207,900,000 ( US$282,000,000 ) by December 1991 . |
| 6 | Despite the referendum result , opponents of the change argued that the vote was only an opinion poll and had no legal force ; the original decision to name the city after Lenin having been taken by the USSR Supreme Soviet , they claimed , it could only be rescinded by its modern equivalent — the USSR Congress of People 's Deputies . |
| 7 | exerts a strong indirect influence on the other ten African departments , all of these having been established by the DET or one of its predecessors before being granted ‘ independence ’ . |
| 8 | Widely expected to have won last year 's Turner Prize , which was , in fact , awarded to Grenville Davey , Wilding is , nevertheless , enjoying a high profile , with a museum exhibition of ten sculptures from the last ten years having been organised by the Newlyn Art Gallery , where it was seen in March , and now transferred to IKON in Birmingham ( to 5 June ) . |