Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recent comment has been disfigured by a good deal of misinformation . |
| 2 | This has been explained by an increased number of transient sphincter relaxations after a meal . |
| 3 | The beautiful Alessandra ( above ) , a Euro MP and neo-Fascist , has been invited by a right-wing Tory pressure group . |
| 4 | Its renaissance with the new wave of unemployment has been echoed by a new contest of concepts . |
| 5 | That encouraging development has been assisted by a wide range of measures undertaken by the Government . |
| 6 | The new artificial pancreas has been developed by an American company called Biohybrid Technologies , and the Harvard University Medical School . |
| 7 | That preference has been strengthened by an alarming rise in unemployment since last autumn . |
| 8 | expert has been appointed by an appointing authority . |
| 9 | Into the slope a valley has been cut by a little brook called the Selletbeck , which runs past the churchyard and on down to the River Lune . |
| 10 | Once a positive vote has been recorded by a designated estate , the Secretary of State appoints a board of between seven and thirteen members to manage its affairs . |
| 11 | Is not my hon. Friend a little surprised that the Opposition seek to raise that point , given that the 1990 Act and other measures demonstrate that every major environmental initiative this century has been implemented by a Conservative Government ? |
| 12 | The life expectancy of the Pegasus , for example , has been extended by an estimated five to ten years . |
| 13 | For this reason the history of discussion between theists and atheists about the existence of God has been characterised by a great deal of mutual misunderstanding . |
| 14 | Some say diffidently that the ERM has been assaulted by an extraordinary and unrepeatable event ( German unification ) ; or that the underlying imbalances which caused last September 's breakdown ( the pound and some other currencies were over-valued against the D-mark ) have now been sorted out . |
| 15 | Its replacement fibreglass torso has been manufactured by a German robotics company . |
| 16 | This loss of full participation as a consumer has been reinforced by a whole series of changes limiting eligibility to the national insurance unemployment benefit . |
| 17 | A point has been made by a sudden ( if barely perceptible ) breaking of pattern , an absence of echoes . |
| 18 | The exposure of his hypocrisy has been made by an innate moral principle in the universe . |
| 19 | It is therefore interesting to discover that something as basic as fashion in furniture has been altered by a single cold winter . |
| 20 | AN art exhibition on lesbians , due to open at Darlington 's Arts Centre has been condemned by an outraged Tory councillor . |
| 21 | Appeal lost AN APPEAL against a decision by Ynys Mn Borough Council to refuse planning permission for the change of use of a building at Brackendene , Llanfair NB , to a riding school has been dismissed by a Welsh Office inspector . |
| 22 | AN APPEAL against a decision by Ynys Mn Borough Council to refuse planning permission for the change of use of a building at Brackendene , Llanfair NB to a riding school has been dismissed by a Welsh Office inspector . |
| 23 | Er , the the the er er the fax in the first instance has been sent by a back bench member of this house who is not a minister , but I may tell the honourable gentleman that I get all sorts of things from mail shots inviting me to all er manner of functions , all of which find their way into the waste paper basket . |
| 24 | The other site has showed a commendably restrained policy in its charge levels for many years , and has been rewarded by a regular and large climbing clientele . |
| 25 | However , since it has been obtained by a real transformation followed by an Ehlers transformation , as described at the end of Section 12.2 it is essentially simply a rotation and rescaling of the Szekeres solutions . |
| 26 | ‘ When theft is alleged and that which is alleged to be stolen passes to the defendant with the consent of the owner , but that has been obtained by a false representation , has ( a ) an appropriation within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 taken place , or ( b ) must such a passing of property necessarily involve an element of adverse inference with or usurpation of some right of the owner ? |
| 27 | ‘ When theft is alleged and that which is alleged to be stolen passes to the defendant with the consent of the owner , but that has been obtained by a false representation , has ( a ) an appropriation within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 taken place , or ( b ) must such a passing of property necessarily involve an element of adverse inference with or usurpation of some right of the owner ? |
| 28 | ‘ When theft is alleged and that which is alleged to be stolen passes to the defendant with the consent of the owner , but that consent has been obtained by a false representation , has , ( a ) an appropriation within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 taken place , or , ( b ) must such a passing of property necessarily involve an element of adverse interference with or usurpation of some right of the owner ? |
| 29 | The woman has turned down the offer of a caravan , and an attempt to buy her a seventy thousand pound house has been stopped by a public outcry . |
| 30 | The all important contribution of our people has been underpinned by a continuing focus on development and training . |