Example sentences of "which have been [verb] by a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This random sample will cover more than 10pc of the population of the inner city area which has been hit by a number of social and economic problems . |
| 2 | A village which has been hit by a big increase in crime has become the first in Britain to install video cameras on its roads . |
| 3 | For my purposes , it suffices if I say that one of the questions was whether an original lessee is liable to pay a rent which has been increased by a variation in the terms of the lease reached between the assignee and the landlord . |
| 4 | The group was formed by the concerted actions of a few individuals in the area of the Yellow Creek , near Middlesboro , Kentucky in an attempt to clean up and prevent further pollution in their local stream which has been contaminated by a local tannery sending the untreated waste from its chemical processing into the sewage treatment plant of the city of Middlesboro . |
| 5 | For a country which has been disabled by a generation of violence , forgetting may be impossible . |
| 6 | As the 3,200 workers leave the works for an uncertain future , British Steel will begin cooling down its three blast furnaces in a risky operation which has been attacked by a cross-party alliance , including the Scottish Secretary , Mr Malcolm Rifkind . |
| 7 | That scheme rests upon an interpretation of liberal ideals and the justice of the market order for the distribution of wealth and power which has been overshadowed by a rival interpretation of liberalism and a redefinition of legitimate market relations . |
| 8 | As a matter of principle , the bank in such circumstances should not be entitled to rely on the transaction and this is the view which has been taken by a series of authorities going back to the beginning of this century . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , this year 's rally looks set to gain from the St Lucia connection , which has been cemented by a three-year contract . |
| 10 | Yves Rocher 's Massage Glove , £9.95 a desc with rounded spokes and a handle which has been designed by a physiotherapist and promises an effective massage . |
| 11 | They have been replaced in many areas by an urban , overwhelmingly middle-class population which has been attracted by a combination of cheap housing ( until the late 1960s ) and by an idealized view of rural life which their ownership of a car has at last allowed them to indulge . |
| 12 | The distinction between implicit and explicit aspects is not a clear-cut one , which has been established by a sharp definition . |
| 13 | Despite — some would say because of — the cosy consensus which had been created by a powerful nuclear lobby with tacit political support , the development of nuclear power in Britain has not followed a smooth path . |
| 14 | Rod Richards , the Tory MP for Clwyd North West , was speaking at an impromptu Press conference called during a constituency surgery at Rhyl which had been picketed by a small group of demonstrators objecting to his stance over the issue of pit closures . |
| 15 | Rod Richards , the Tory Member for Clwyd North West , was speaking at an impromptu Press conference called during a constituency surgery at Rhyl which had been picketed by a small group of demonstrators objecting to his stance over the issue of pit closures . |
| 16 | Waksman is said to have been shown a culture of tubercle bacilli which had been killed by a fungus in 1932 , but he was not tempted to pursue the implications of this observation . |
| 17 | Some of her friends had fairly eccentric ideas of bed-sitter decoration , and had done far better than the Chianti-bottle , British Railway-poster effort , but none of them had ever conceived of anything like this : and the nicest room she had ever seen had been the drawing room of a friend 's mother in Sevenoaks , which had been distinguished by a bare and gentle colour scheme , and some pretty Georgian furniture . |
| 18 | The Tramway Engineer , Mr. Freddie Field , was responsible for the display , and his centre-piece was the creation of an illuminated Venetian Gondola from the remains of car 28 , which had been replaced by a new Standard car of the same number . |
| 19 | The People 's Democratic Republic of Yemen became independent in 1967 as the People 's Republic of Southern Yemen , comprising Aden , which had been under British rule since 1839 , and the former Protectorate of South Arabia , which had been developed by a series of treaties between the United Kingdom and local leaders . |
| 20 | This historic search of 1959 was an assignment to find a Chief Executive for ITT , the powerful but then rather dormant telephone equipment corporation , which had been run by a dynasty of ex-service leaders . |
| 21 | The alleged swindle took the form of charging Wessex for computer services which had not been rendered and double charging for services which had been rendered by a multiplication of invoices and false entries . |
| 22 | 32 people were arrested at the party site , which had been occupied by a group of travellers . |
| 23 | Opening the session , which had been preceded by a standing committee meeting , the Prime Minister of Pakistan and current chair of the organization , Benazir Bhutto , called on the seven member countries to work out a partnership to meet their security concerns , as well as the social and economic means to realize the potential of the region as an economic power . |
| 24 | Along the corridor , the so-called ‘ central belt activists ’ and loyal guards of the legacy of the former Govan MP , Jim Sillars , were angrily reviewing the outcome of the 3-hour meeting , which had been prompted by a motion expressing full confidence in the SNP MPs being passed by 13 to 11 votes with two abstentions . |
| 25 | They were : broadcasting policy ; safety at sports grounds ; the issues of press freedom and privacy which had been considered by a committee under the chairmanship of ( Sir ) David Calcutt QC in 1989–90 , leading to a further review of the effectiveness of newspaper self-regulation ; and the proposed National Lottery . |
| 26 | Having finished loading , Ram stopped to scratch the back of his head , which was rather itchy , and then his elbow , which had been bitten by a mosquito some days earlier but which still itched occasionally . |
| 27 | Alan Hobart of Pyms Gallery purchased a fine historical composition by John Hamilton Mortimer ( lot 36 , est. £8,000–12,000 ) for £40,000 , but there were no bids for Constable 's unconvincing portrait group of the three Lambert Children ( lot 34 , est. £150,000–200,000 ) which had been purchased by a private collector at Sotheby 's in 1985 for the excessive price of £220,000 . |
| 28 | An application by the Uttar Pradesh government in October 1991 to acquire 2.77 acres of land adjoining the mosque , which had been allowed by a court in Lucknow [ see p. 38532 ] was rejected by the Supreme Court on Dec. 11 . |
| 29 | Waiting in the wings , as he knew , was just such a scheme , which had been produced by a young architect called John Simpson . |
| 30 | In 1987 there was a complete breakdown of a computerised distribution system in Mothercare , which had been installed by a leading group of experts . |