Example sentences of "have been [verb] by [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I think it must 've been hit by a car , ’ he said .
2 They take this view because they are alive to the fact that since 1935 no government has been elected by a majority of the electorate and secured 50 per cent of the popular vote .
3 Those who do not believe in delegation to committees argue that each of them has been elected by the public to watch their interests and therefore they should each have a voice in the decisions of every committee .
4 A first assessment of the non-market benefits of woodlands has been completed by the Forestry Commission .
5 However , its sale plan has been halted by a court action over the trusteeship of the collection and has already provoked the National Art Collections into stripping it of a grant .
6 Construction work on the world 's largest hydroelectric project , in Northern Quebec , Canada , has been halted by a ruling from the National Energy Board that the project must comply with federal guidelines on the environment .
7 An official objection to National Grid Company plans for a high-voltage overhead line from Teesside to Shipton , near York , has been lodged by the department .
8 Tea and spices have played their part in making this unforgotten paradise a priceless jewel which has been snatched by the Portuguese , Dutch , and finally the British .
9 If the company has the right to decide whether or not to award a bonus , you will not be entitled to compensation for its loss , unless the bonus has been declared by the date of your dismissal .
10 Actually Pembo 's yellow card for that tackle has been withdrawn by the ref in question — the first time such a thing has happened .
11 Models nevertheless existed in some parts of Europe and variation has been explained by the use of forms of the lost-wax or -lead process ( Capelle and Vierck 1975 ; Vierck 1976 ; Arrhenius 1973 ; 1975 ; Dickinson 1982 , pp. 21–2 ) .
12 ICAS has been invited by the Bank of England for its considered views on the subject and as a result a report is being sent to the DTI and to other interested bodies .
13 The Festival 's tribute to the work , teaching and writing of Raymond Williams will this year feature Alan Fountain who has been invited by the Festival and the Department of Cultural Studies at the University of Birmingham to give a special talk in his memory .
14 With the original tidal basin completely refurbished and the new locked basin fully operational , its standing among the best has been recognised by the award of 5 Gold Anchors , the only marina on the South East or East Coasts to receive this top rating .
15 That has been recognised by the Government .
16 He added : ‘ It is very encouraging that the specification produced by the consortium has been recognised by the government as the official national specification for council tax systems .
17 This has been recognised by the Panel and for many of the purposes of the Code and SARs , " control " is deemed to be the holding of an aggregate of 30 per cent or more of the voting rights of a company .
18 The success of the initial pilot programme has been recognised by the Ministry of Health and the Institute of Health Education and led to Maurice , Kate and Ana meeting with Government officials and representatives from UNICEF to establish a long-term training programme in five Romanian regions , starting in November of this year .
19 The Faculty 's commitment to excellence is evidenced by the outstanding research record of many of its staff and departments and has been recognised by the receipt of research funding from many external bodies .
20 I only say that it is the route of the Council of Europe that has been recognised by the Community as leading to Community membership itself .
21 Now his success has been recognised by the Football League , which has chosen him to manage a Second Division Select 11 to play an equivalent team from the Italian League — at Caserta on the 4th of March .
22 There is no doubt about the high quality of housing stock that has been built by the Housing Executive in Northern Ireland and every time I see it I am envious and wish that I had some of it in Wigan .
23 Letter signed ’ , as distinct from ‘ Autograph letter signed ’ , means that the letter has been written by a clerk or secretary but that the king has added his signature .
24 Spender ( 1982 ) argues that male teachers are more likely to regard work highly if they think it has been written by a boy , although her research methodology is not made explicit .
25 Perhaps a similar report has been written by a colleague and is retained on a word processing disk .
26 We often visit schools that are involved in testing teaching units to discover that overnight a new program has been written by a teacher to use in his afternoon lesson .
27 This view , he argues , had previously been unheard in the game 's chronicles : ‘ Basically the history of cricket has been written by the establishment and lacks any social context .
28 If the wrong agreed on itself amounts to a tort against the plaintiff perhaps little has been lost by the restriction of conspiracy , for the combination must be carried into effect to cause damage and then the substantive tort is committed .
29 Financial support between relatives has one feature which is not shared by other types of support , namely that it has been regulated by the law .
30 In recent years the stability of the international monetary system has been threatened by the debt problem of ‘ middle-income ’ countries such as Brazil and Argentina .
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