Example sentences of "have [be] [vb pp] by [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Foxhall Stadium-based club have been hit by injuries to Shane Parker and Mitch Shirra , and the refusal of the Department of Employment to issue a work permit for foreigners from outside the European Community . |
| 2 | The desire to avoid appeal may partly be a reflection of the fact that standards have been selected by resort to the convention of established — but largely unexamined — practice which may be difficult to defend in a formal arena . |
| 3 | Waller 's wife , Susan , and their two small children have been moved by police to a secret address , away from Tyneside , for their own safety . |
| 4 | And because many foolish things have been wrote by pretenders to astrology , relating to love and speedy marriage , I shall mention one sign only , which is infallible . |
| 5 | The Early Jurassic Karoo basalts of southern Africa have been reduced by erosion to an area of 50 000 km 2 , but originally they were probably ten times as extensive . |
| 6 | Common cavity episodes have been described and evaluated in detail elsewhere , and have been shown by fluoroscopy to be due to oesophageal body distention with gas . |
| 7 | The concrete blocks , used for security at the nearby Nato Air Force base at Sigonella , have been transported by lorry to the mountain . |
| 8 | The main emphasis is directed at owl pellet assemblages , because these have been found by experience to be the most relevant to the Westbury faunas , and all ten of the owl species listed in Tables 2.1 and 2.3 are considered in detail here . |