Example sentences of "have [been] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our tool kit has been built up over many years and we did n't have to buy much : a long tape measure , a new pickaxe handle , some new screwdriver bits ( we lost one down the cavity ) . |
| 2 | ‘ The region has got to come out in the open and to do more than what they have been doing before to make a real commitment to get rid of racism , particularly institutional racism which has been built up over many , many years . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The region has got to come out in the open and to do more than what they have been doing before to make a real commitment to get rid of racism , particularly institutional racism which has been built up over many , many years . ’ |
| 4 | British infancy research has a well-established National , European and International reputation , and this has been built up by many eminent researchers working separately at their different institutions . |
| 5 | A great deal of confidence has been built up in this system and NASA regularly publish reports of incidents notified to them , though of course without any reference to the individuals involved . |
| 6 | 10–17 Jesus violates the taboo against healing on the sabbath by healing a woman who has been bent over for many years , justifying this on the grounds that it is even more urgent to help a fellow human being , a woman , than to rescue an animal that has fallen into a ditch ( an exception allowed under the law ) . |
| 7 | Er for example erm any service that has been transferred in from another scheme . |
| 8 | Coun David Lyonette ( Lab ) said : ‘ An awful lot of money has been made out of this area . |
| 9 | The old , inimical Adam has been beaten back to such seedy redoubts . |
| 10 | A fisheries protection vessel has been sent out after more clashes between French and British trawlers off the Scilly Isles . |
| 11 | Commentator Tom Tyrell said : ‘ This is the first time in 22 years that this station has been shut out in this way . |
| 12 | The letter from earlier in the year to the Chief Executive of the Council has been followed up by this department investigating its own use of peat — which is fairly limited . |
| 13 | The styling has been rounded off at each end and VW house-style rectangular headlights have been fitted . |
| 14 | The recessionary scenario has been played out in several U.S. institutions in the past two years . |
| 15 | At least as much interest has been stirred up by another special ability of the acoustic microscope ; to see beneath the surface , look into things , whether or not they are transparent to light and other forms of radiation . |
| 16 | However , it is not necessary for the user to prove conclusively that the right has been exercised back to this date . |
| 17 | And an education official believes the case has been blown out of all proportion . |
| 18 | The strongest argument we 've got is that has got a driving record worse than yours and he has been taken on despite that record . |
| 19 | Yes , er er I mean I agree with you Chairman entirely , I mean the arguments have been made before and I will just say them again , that I think the District Council are quite remiss er in asking for this sum of money , particularly in view of the reason that the , the , the field is there , which is for the recreation of the people who live in the estate , and the back end of Southwell , and it always has been , er and that is a responsibility that has been taken on by this Parish Council , and if , if , if they feel that they , they wish to persist in asking an unreasonable price , and let's face it , the District Council is in a position to look at this situation and say , the Parish Council is doing an excellent job , we will sell them this land for a figure that they can afford . |
| 20 | The system has been taken up in many countries , including the USA , UK and Australia , but effective evaluation has still to be done . |
| 21 | The ‘ social divisions ’ theme has been taken up in another way by some recent feminist writers who have been concerned to show not merely that many welfare provisions discriminate against women , but also that female services within the family and neighbourhood form crucial separate welfare systems , enhanced in importance when other systems fail or are withdrawn . |
| 22 | Again , this has been taken up in this country with workshops on ‘ PASS ’ and ‘ PASSING ’ being widely networked largely through the energies of CMHERA . |
| 23 | ‘ In other words he has been taken in by all this ‘ financial advice ’ and guidance . |
| 24 | 3 A piece of string 36cm long has been pulled out to this shape . |
| 25 | The road between Scourie and Kylesku has been changed out of all recognition . |
| 26 | They would fill the tanker from there and we go round the quarry filling the front machines , but erm they say at five or six thousand gallons has been emptied out of that er dump . |
| 27 | At Cosmeston a well manured area of land adjoining the farmstead has been interpreted as a garden and has been planted out as such . |
| 28 | His Disco Roadshow business , called Darlington Number One , has been hired out for several parties and functions in the Darlington area . |
| 29 | The story of the blacksmith 's involvement in the Battle of Drumclog can not be substantiated by any written record of the battle but it has been handed down through many generations of people in the Irvine Valley and spoken of with pride . |
| 30 | The smaller Amazonian manatee ( or cow fish ) has been wiped out in many of its traditional homes in the inland river network by a combination of deliberate hunting and accidental death through being caught in fishing nets . |