Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These directives could have been intended for the landscape gardeners , whose services were much in demand at this time and who used roses in their extensive planting schemes to provide unanticipated colour and fragrance for those taking a walk in wilderness greenery . |
| 2 | Mr Ajello stressed that the election campaign would not begin until all army and Renamo troops had been gathered in the assembly points and disarmed , and a new national army put together from both sides . |
| 3 | Like your chairman , I am a newcomer to the fund and my induction experience has not been limited to the division offices in the United Kingdom or visiting projects in the United Kingdom . |
| 4 | At the time , Eurotunnel said the contracts had been placed on the assumption passengers would stay with cars , but that the rolling stock could be altered , if required , by the Safety Authority . |
| 5 | The story of the RC — which will be given in more detail in another chapter — has still not been fully told , mainly because the documentation on it has been treated like the Crown Jewels . |
| 6 | The skull 's been crushed beneath the coffin nails and the ribs are jumbled . |
| 7 | ‘ Hitler 's power to bewitch an audience has been likened to the occult arts of the African medicine-man or the Asiatic Shaman . |
| 8 | I wondered , when I set off to get it , if my notoriety had been communicated on the jungle drums and if the promised purchase might still elude me , so I was especially glad to have it safely at home . |
| 9 | The plans have been criticized by the vehicle owners ' organization , Stichting Weg , which has termed them " impractical , unreasonable and inequitable " . |
| 10 | Whatever showmanship may have been developed in the CHAB productions was now to be used originating talks programmes and other current affairs features , including discussion groups , from the Vancouver studios of CBC to the forty-odd stations of the national network . |
| 11 | At this stage the actual response categories may not have been considered in detail , but if the questions themselves justify inclusion some thought should have been given to the response categories envisaged for analysis since it is the answers which will be analysed . |
| 12 | I suggest that the Hon. Gentleman goes to Holyhead and explains that in his view the priority should have been given to the television studios and not to Holyhead . |
| 13 | Detailed guidance has been given by the Curriculum Councils for history which will not be repeated here . |
| 14 | The issue has been referred to the Labour Relations Commission . |
| 15 | The language used to describe this is reminiscent of Harrison , as well as clearly relating to the technique of Charlie Mears , Tiresias , and the dromenon- like patterning with which Eliot had been experimenting in the quatrain poems . |
| 16 | Two of its leaders were arrested in 1989 and Qibla has now been broken by the security police . |
| 17 | However , the exciting days of last February and March when the Stars were challenging with Chelmsford for promotion have long been forgotten by the home fans . |
| 18 | Finally , the American Peke-faced cat is a long-haired breed that has been bred for a flatter and flatter face , rather as the Pekinese has been exaggerated among the dog breeds . |
| 19 | Three production co-operatives have been established for Salvadorean families although , sadly , women have not been included in the work rotas . |
| 20 | They must have been attracted by the fringe benefits . ’ |
| 21 | Tree trunks , too , have been blamed for the monster legends ( see New Scientist , vol 95 , p 354 ) . |
| 22 | Fax machines have now been installed in the specialist gardens , as they represent a very cost-effective and efficient means of communicating . |
| 23 | Dr Kavanagh 's views are not shared by many villagers of Inniskeen , whose placid good manners have been affronted by the churchyard barnies and people trundling grave-stones from one side of the parish to the other . |
| 24 | They had been subdued in the Occupation years , but now went into the sixieme for a good time . |
| 25 | The public system of child care in the UK has been dominated by the twin themes of rescue and compensation . |
| 26 | Other material common to D and E may also have been added to the Cnut entries in Canterbury in the 1040s or 1050s , perhaps from existing annals . |
| 27 | A great drive of deer had been organised for the wedding guests . |
| 28 | This practice has been discouraged by the training authorities and is now less common . |
| 29 | Local authorities have been cooperating with the health authorities in the provision of community care schemes for several years under special arrangements for joint finance . |
| 30 | Despite the large amount of funding that has been pumped into the scheme teachers are worried by the time it takes for materials and information to get through to them . |