Example sentences of "[num] has been [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a tradition , and since 1911 the Indianapolis 500 has been rooted in American patriotism . |
| 2 | A reduced gall bladder emptying in response to a meal and to infusion of CCK-33 has been reported in such patients . |
| 3 | What sporting challenge first conquered in 1875 has been attempted by four thousand two hundred people and achieved by just 423 ? |
| 4 | The campaign to bring Blair Peach 's murderer to justice and the demand for a full public inquiry into the events of ‘ 79 has been mounted for nine and a half years by the Friends of Blair Peach Committee . |
| 5 | Illegitimacy started to increase again in the 1960s ; later marriage since 1972 has been accompanied by higher , not lower , levels of illegitimacy . |
| 6 | A new series of tide tables and harbour guides for 1991 has been published by Boatswain Press to be sold in aid of the RNLI . |
| 7 | Their black pyjama uniform of the Seventies has been exchanged for grey-green jackets and trousers , but they still wear the krama , the chequered cotton scarves common to all Cambodian peasants . |
| 8 | Channel 5 Everyone wants more choice , and Channel 5 has been driven by technological developments . |
| 9 | The crash of a Fanjet Falcon ( Registration N888AR ) north of Acapulco , Mexico , on 7 Aug 76 has been attributed by Mexican authorities to " erroneous report of position and failure to follow the authorised Llegada Norte ( north arrival ) procedure " . |
| 10 | The Skybolt crisis of December 1962 has been described by some as perhaps potentially more serious even than Suez , with the start of the meeting in Nassau proving the " angriest " of any Anglo-American postwar summit . |
| 11 | Academics have been writing books and articles ; Charter 88 has been campaigning for constitutional reform ; citizenship is to be incorporated in the National Curriculum in the schools ; and a commission under the august patronage of the Speaker of the House of Commons published a report entitled Encouraging Citizenship in October 1990 . |
| 12 | It is significant that MicroGeneSys gp 160 has been excluded from recent trials of prophylactic vaccines . |
| 13 | Research into the history of corporate finance during the period before 1914 has been limited by two major difficulties . |
| 14 | Well over £2 billion has been invested in such assets since the stock market collapse in October 1987 . |
| 15 | Since the 1950s , £16 billion has been spent on nuclear research and development , which is equivalent to a one and a quarter pence tax on each unit of nuclear electricity produced over the years . |
| 16 | A Nottingham car salesman who went with two prostitutes aged fourteen and fifteen has been jailed for three years . |
| 17 | A Nottingham car salesman who went with two prostitutes aged fourteen and fifteen has been jailed for three years . |
| 18 | The incomplete tablet V52 + 52b + 8285 has been reassembled from three fragments and gives a list of dedications , including offerings to the gods Poseidon and Paiawon , who was an early forerunner of Apollo . |
| 19 | The data in Table 8.1 has been organized into bit-pattern format in Table 8.2 . |
| 20 | The SIB 's new Conduct of Business Core Rule 28 has been adopted for this purpose . |
| 21 | ‘ In one borough the care management role working with clients between 16 and 60 has been given to occupational therapists , while in another you are eligible if you are a community nurse , occupational therapist , or a social worker . ’ |
| 22 | The 6 March letter attached great importance to the boundaries of the USSR on 1 September 1939 , but here it appears that the date 1938 has been selected by 5 Corps on a rough-and-ready basis , simply to indicate " pre-war " and without reference to any known precedent . |
| 23 | Patricia Burns ( Mrs Sellers ) since July 1989 has been working as Assistant Secretary , Dept. of Energy , with responsibility for safety , health and environmental issues in the nuclear industry and for accident and emergency planning at civil nuclear sites . |
| 24 | The estimated cost of the cathedral is FFr60 million , of which FFr35 million has been raised by public donation . |
| 25 | A total of £1.5 million has been invested in new premises , plant and equipment both in Abu Dhabi and Dubai to service valves , wellheads , high speed rotating equipment and heavy frame turbine components . |
| 26 | In the past year , more than £6 million has been invested in new Edinburgh premises for HMSO . |
| 27 | To date , $84 million has been designated for anti-pollution work , but another $99 million is still needed . |
| 28 | To date £6.7 million has been spent on two incomplete ferry terminals at Gills Bay and Burwick . |
| 29 | In the last five years , £9 million has been spent on improving school buildings in the area . |
| 30 | A value of £3 million has been used for that purpose . |