Example sentences of "have been [verb] [prep] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A very similar sort of enterprise has been engaged in by philosophers interested in the notion of speech act ( addressed in Chapter 5 ) : either by examining a special set of verbs called performative verbs , or by more abstract conceptual analysis , they arrive at classifications of the basic purposes for which language can be used ( see e.g. Searle , 1976 ) . |
| 2 | It is not , so far as the author is aware , a breach of privilege of the House to assure oneself that a Clerk of the Parliaments , stating that a Bill has been consented to by Lords and Commons , actually is a Clerk of the Parliaments duly authorised so to state . |
| 3 | This broader definition of community empowerment has been referred to as communities having equity and capacity to solve problems ( Naparstek et al , 1982 ) ; having abilities to identify their own problems and solutions ( Braithwaite and Lythcott , 1989 ) ; having increased participation in community activities ( Chavis and Wandersman , 1990 ) ; and enabling individuals and communities to increase control over the determinants of health ( Health Promotion , 1986 ) . |
| 4 | More than 250 ideas emerged from the presentation , and each one has been looked at for possibilities . |
| 5 | However , the majority of this new investment ( 60% ) has been paid for by consumers and not shareholders |
| 6 | Moreover , in terms of formal managerial rules , the incident could be shown to have been dealt with in terms of the letter of the law . |
| 7 | With its assertion of militarism , voluntarism and adventurism , it stands for everything that orthodox Marxists in Latin America had been arguing against for years . |
| 8 | The dentist I had been going to for years no longer took NHS patients . |
| 9 | The one you 've been looking for for ages ? |
| 10 | Something that we 've been looking for for months and months ! |
| 11 | He says , here 's something , he says , we , we 've been looking for for years and here 's me stumbling on it accidentally . |
| 12 | Let me tell you the sort of guys I 've been dealing with for years . ’ |
| 13 | It need n't be so : first thoughts are often best , cheeringly rehabilitated by third thoughts after they 've been loured at by seconds . |
| 14 | What I want to cover now is a type of network that we study a lot in the computer architecture group and I 've been working with for years and years and years erm called the N tuple network . |
| 15 | For the last six months the momentum has grown we 've been lectured to by ex-leaders of the Party by ex-parliamentary stars by Give-us-a-Meal Roy by budding prima donnas by the wagon-load , telling us how we should be gagged ! |
| 16 | The chairs were designed to complement the table and represent one set of variations on a chair design that I have been experimenting with for years . |
| 17 | His book offers a wealth of pleasurable activities which have been seized upon by teachers as the ‘ five finger exercises ’ of creative drama . |
| 18 | Since 1954 , fourteen of such courts have been presided over by judges , normally with two experienced non-lawyers . |
| 19 | In Darlington sports injuries have been dealt with by doctors or general physiotherapists . |
| 20 | That we have no inventory of the former is inevitable ( we have neither seen them all , nor estimated with certainly how many millions there are ) , whereas the more surprising omission is that there is no master inventory even of those species that have been dealt with by taxonomists . |
| 21 | What we have been talking about in economies and logistics support is reducing the amount of second line base facilities for this aeroplane . |
| 22 | W that has all been quantified as as best it can through all the various reports and very detailed information that 's been provided for for members . |