Example sentences of "have been [verb] for [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 However , recently , new techniques have been devised for studying the behaviour of embryonic cells in their normal environment in the conceptus during these stages of development .
2 Fortunately , various purely psychological methods have been devised for studying the organisation of the mental lexicon in normal subjects , and some of these will be discussed in this chapter .
3 In the late 1980s we now see town planning and architecture — shapers of the housing environment — charged with professional disrepute : once the great hope of being effective providers of an environment of social purpose , the two professions have been derided for giving the public the wrong thing , and in the wrong manner .
4 Even now , the only substantial reason I have been given for stopping the work , is that BW themselves propose to upgrade the towpath along the whole length .
5 The flights have been blamed for disturbing the game on which the Innu depend , and there are reports that pregnant women have miscarried as a result of the noise .
6 Local farmers have been paid for giving the developers the right to buy their land if the plan is approved .
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