Example sentences of "have [be] [adv] [vb pp] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , the argument is highly teleological and incapable of scientific proof , but it has been rigorously defended by brilliant minds and can not be lightly dismissed . |
| 2 | Because of the variety and confusion of possibilities and responsibilities after the compulsory school period the need for a guide has been widely recognised by young people and their families . |
| 3 | For this reason , the footnote-reference system has been widely displaced by other accepted techniques , such as the system which we now describe , and which we would recommend . |
| 4 | Torture has been widely used by both security forces and death squads . |
| 5 | Declining heavy industry has been partly replaced by small engineering firms and some light industry . |
| 6 | ‘ This profit has been partly achieved by increasing output and meeting tight expenditure budgets , ’ said Mr Hann . |
| 7 | Since the collapse of Leyland-Daff the only entrance to its sales headquarters has been partly blocked by heavy trucks . |
| 8 | The scheme — intended to let the public draw directly on scientific knowledge — has been partly prompted by recent panic over the contamination of food by listeria and salmonella , public concern about how to store and cook food , and issues such as food preservation through irradiation . |
| 9 | Tom McCormack , senior depute director of the Highways Department , has taken part and the initiative has been well supported by all our staff . |
| 10 | That prison has been well governed by both governors while I have been Member of Parliament for Portsmouth , South . |
| 11 | The range of general categories of need has been well covered by existing literature . |
| 12 | The speech has been well received by Muslim leaders throughout Britain … in Oxford its being hailed as milestone in race relations . |
| 13 | AI 's documentation has been well received by non-governmental organisations and the press inside Peru . |
| 14 | Although the intensive system of subject assessment takes up a good deal of time , it has been well received by these two centres . |
| 15 | So in turning to social processes outside employment , we are shifting to a sphere of study which has been well trodden by urban sociology . |
| 16 | We all know about the crisis in agriculture which has been well described by many hon. Members . |
| 17 | A sports pavilion in Pallister Park has been badly damaged by two fires , one last Thursday and one late on Monday night . |
| 18 | Staff morale has been badly affected by past reorganisation and by the poor ‘ leaves on the line ’ and ‘ wrong-kind-of-snow ’ publicity . |
| 19 | The unravelling of communism in Eastern Europe and the USSR has shown that if anything the notion of total control exercised by an all-knowing state has been badly overplayed by Cold Warriors . |
| 20 | This dramatic reduction has been accompanied by a major change in course provision ; during recent years , the three-year Certificate of Education course , followed for a minority of students by a fourth year leading to a Bachelor of Education degree , has been completely replaced by integrated three- and four-year courses leading to ordinary and honours BEd degrees respectively . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ It is significant that this astonishing statement is released on the day the Princess of Wales returns from an important official visit to South Korea which has been completely overshadowed by renewed speculation over the couple 's marriage . |
| 22 | The modern history of the Catholic Church has been immensely affected by that chain of events . |
| 23 | I do n't think this point has been properly understood by many people who have been given the impression that the films are a kind of expensive toy , when in fact you are the first conductor in history to use film as an integral extension of your work as an interpretative artist . |
| 24 | Is it not a fact that everyone in the Home Office associated with this case has been properly advised by qualified lawyers , that the facts that my right hon. Friend had produced to the House today are not in dispute and that the issue is one of constitutional importance only ? |
| 25 | His sonorous voice and deliberate utterance may to a great extent account for this but it should also be remarked that as Highbury Quadrant was the first church to introduce the Electrophone , perfection has been probably acquired by long practice in the details requisite to success . ’ |
| 26 | Completion of the plant has been bitterly opposed by environmental campaigners , who criticise the government for favouring nuclear power at a time when other European nations are phasing it out . |
| 27 | It is debatable whether a shareholder could proceed under ss.459–461 of the Companies Act 1985 , as amended by CA 1989 , alleging that a minority ( including himself ) has been unfairly prejudiced by those in control of the company , for their failure to call the insider to account to the company . |
| 28 | Not too surprisingly , this kind of perspective on Britain 's economic and political troubles has been best expressed by third parties outside of the established adversarial two-party system . |
| 29 | Our latest schools booklet has been enthusiastically received by many pupils and teachers . |
| 30 | The only other black head coach in NFL history was ‘ Fritz ’ Pollard more than 60 years ago and for years the NFL has been repeatedly criticised by American civil-rights groups for its failure to name a black head coach from its ranks of qualified assistants . |