Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [been] [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ( known as Transjordan until 1949 ) formally attained full independence in 1946 , having hitherto been administered by the United Kingdom under a League of Nations mandate . |
| 2 | And having long been supported by the institution he will be crucially aware that it expects a degree of loyalty verging on deference or acquiescence . |
| 3 | It is now difficult to imagine it wending its way towards the City through open fields , the river itself , like so many of its mills , having long been engulfed by the suburbs . |
| 4 | Having already been struck by the intensity and depth of colour of Aquacryl , I turned this to my advantage . |
| 5 | The items sold to the Buyer under this contract of sale are second-hand , having already been used by the Seller in the Seller 's business . |
| 6 | The bill , attacked by opponents as the most liberal abortion law in any state , was passed by 84 votes to 52 , having already been approved by the State Senate on Feb. 12 by 29 votes to 18 . |
| 7 | Outstanding applications were those from the nine other former Soviet republics ( those from all except Azerbaijan having already been approved by the IMF Board of Governors in April ) , and the applications from Croatia , Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina filed in April . |
| 8 | Once again , the proposal was not original , having twice been considered by the Advisory Council on the Treatment of Offenders in the 1950s , but rejected on both occasions . |