Example sentences of "of [noun sg] have [been] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The close of play has been extended from 7.30pm to 8pm to accommodate delayed or interrupted matches and over-rate fines have also been increased . |
| 2 | Robert had seen the development in varying stages , and had assisted in shipping out tons of building materials , but it was four months since he had been to Barbados and a lot of progress had been made since then . |
| 3 | A great deal of progress has been made on equal rights . |
| 4 | Since that date there has been no demonstrable genetic progress in the British Friesian , maintains Prof King , whereas a lot of progress has been made in Norway . |
| 5 | Government backing for the railways has halved to around £550 million in the 1980s and the new calculations of support have been struck before taking into account the estimated cost of safety measures demanded after the Clapham Junction disaster . |
| 6 | ‘ Staff numbers had doubled over the previous five to six years and a programme of change had been thrust upon us by the market , ’ explained . |
| 7 | However , as with education , the impact of change has been limited by a lack of a corresponding expansion of the job market . |
| 8 | A great deal of change has been seen in the power drill market over recent years : cordless models have become more popular , and there has also been a gradual move towards variable-speed percussion models , even by the occasional home improver . |
| 9 | Regrettably but perhaps inevitably , the ambivalence of feeling and thought which is bound to exist at any time of change has been seized upon by those who can profit from it . |
| 10 | A wind of change has been blowing around Windsor Park |
| 11 | A wind of change has been blowing around Windsor Park over the past 12 months and Campbell is now regarded as just another new player who will breeze in . |
| 12 | A large exchange of acreage has been agreed with BP which gives LASMO acreage containing gas discoveries adjacent to the Caister and Markham fields . |
| 13 | Experiments to find vine clones best suited to the solumological and climatical conditions of Champagne have been continuing for more than twenty years . |
| 14 | Previous studies examining the in vivo effects of cimetidine have been performed on syngeneic tumour models with immunocompetent animals . |
| 15 | Slovo 's publication of a draft policy programme Has socialism failed ? , revising the former hardline SACP stance to espouse multiparty democracy , received considerable attention , particularly in view of the close alliance between the SACP and the ANC , and the extent to which the threat of communism had been accentuated by the South African regime in its attitude to the ANC in the past . |
| 16 | ‘ but invariably , even when we have needed to correct or update details in our reports , the sad fact remains that the overall portrait of horror has been shown to be true and if anything , understated . ’ |
| 17 | The power of Chaos had been growing for some years . |
| 18 | Pieces of shirt had been wrapped round their heads . |
| 19 | But I do not believe the demonstrations were in vain , because the spirit of freedom has been rekindled among the Chinese people , ’ he said . |
| 20 | High levels of mercury have been detected in the Pantanal wetlands of southwestern Brazil . |
| 21 | High levels of mercury have been reported from Faroese for some years , and the Health Department there has advised islanders to cut down on the amount of whalemeat they eat . |
| 22 | O7 ppm although naturally high concentrations of mercury have been found in a number of locations , including Lake Windermere where mud dating back to the last century contains 0.7 ppm . ’ |
| 23 | Over the past two hundred years a degree of protection has been accorded to the tenant against the distraining landlord . |
| 24 | A vigorous critique of utilitarianism has been offered by Bernard Williams who refers to it as ‘ distinctive way of looking at human action and morality . ’ |
| 25 | The monarchy has been rocked to its foundations and a Government still basking in the glow of re-election has been brought to its knees by a series of disasters . |
| 26 | Turning to the use of fuels for IC vehicles which do not use up vital oil reserves or which may be used when oil is no longer available , the use of hydrogen has been suggested as one of the answers to future transport fuel needs . |
| 27 | The wider field of responsibility has been rewarded by a variety of means . |
| 28 | Olszewski said that he had approved the retirement because once a civilian Minister of Defence had been appointed in December 1991 — see pp. 38685-86 ] , there was no post suitable for such a high-ranking officer . |
| 29 | In a separate development , the Ministry of Defence has been negotiating with the receivers at Leyland-DAF 's Lancashire truck plant over the completion of a £400 million transporter contract . |
| 30 | The results are of doubtful relevance to clinical settings in which an uncertain — but usually larger — amount of drug has been taken after food and often in association with alcohol and other drugs . |