Example sentences of "that have been [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The try that has been reckoned the try of the World Cup ensures that . |
| 2 | These lethal little amphibians belong to a family that has been given the name of poison-arrow frogs . |
| 3 | If you walk into a medieval parish church , the sight and feel of an old stone floor will immediately tell you that here is a church that has been spared the restorer 's hand . |
| 4 | The US Big Six have been noticeably slow to take action against the ‘ litigation epidemic ’ that has been threatening the stability of their business for a good two years . |
| 5 | With frontier restrictions coming down all over Europe in 1992 , they fear the sort of epidemic that has been sweeping the rest of the continent . |
| 6 | We found a railway bridge that had been named the Chelmsford Bridge painted in drab brown colour . |
| 7 | She switched off the alarm clock , then lit the fire that had been laid the night before . |
| 8 | She did not have sufficient strength to take stance on the gaunt bare branch above her head nor had she touched the remnant of meat that had been left the day before as her food and which now lay on the ground at her side . |
| 9 | She 'd told him she wanted a break from her own very successful career — that had been bending the truth more than a little , but taking over the club , putting her own life on hold for a little while , had seemed a small price to pay for her father 's health . |
| 10 | The logistics of his complicated destiny involved not only Skunk Kilo , anchored by its FBI crew in international waters , but the USS Butte , a Navy ammunitions ship that had been shadowing the yacht by radar , the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga , standing by with a Navy S-3 jet and an escort of two F-14 Phantoms to fly him to Andrews Air Force Base near Washington , D.C. , two KC-10 tanker aircraft to refuel the S-3 on the way , and 15 carloads of FBI agents to meet him on arrival . |
| 11 | Slow pea harvesting may boost prices by using up stocks that have been depressing the market |
| 12 | Eh and perhaps were one of the major funders in the past I say General Portfolio until recently were the major funders er in the in the ninety ninety one but there 's been no company that 's been funding the theatre on a regular basis . |
| 13 | A hotel that 's been flying the Union flag for more than sixty years has been told to get planning permission , or take it down . |
| 14 | ‘ They 're currently assisting with an inquiry that 's been giving the police quite a few headaches for the last few months . ’ |
| 15 | Our budget reflects our commitment to our schools , it aims to improve the level of service to our schools , particularly in the area that 's been identified the schools themselves , by the schools themselves as one of their highe their highest priorities , that was special needs . |