Example sentences of "been [verb] by the [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coalition had been joined by the Peasants ' Party and the Peasants ' Alliance . |
| 2 | The Monument to the People 's Heroes , the stone obelisk in the middle of the square where student leaders had their ‘ command centre ’ , has been declared a forbidden zone because it is felt to have been contaminated by the students ' presence . |
| 3 | For Newcastle , having built up a two-goal lead could have been caught by the Bees ' stirring comeback . |
| 4 | However the voting might go in these circumstances there could be no PR of wet , damp and dry votes , because there would be no means of knowing how far these had been attracted by the candidates ' presumed wetness , dampness or dryness . |
| 5 | ‘ The truth of the matter is that the children remain in care after all the evidence has been considered by the children 's panel and the courts . ’ |
| 6 | DEMANDS for a legal right of access to Scotland 's countryside have been made by the Ramblers ' Association , and by former senior officials of the Countryside Commission for Scotland . |
| 7 | No you 're entitled to that you know that 's the If you have actually nominated somebody and that nomination has been accepted by the Teachers ' Pensions Agency . |
| 8 | Is this just the state having been convinced by the academics ' own rhetoric about themselves , or hoping that the academics will actually be prepared to keep their own house in order ( for instance , by closing down a course of their own volition ) ? |
| 9 | Such a romantic view of the family has been demolished by the women 's movement and by recent empirical work on domestic relations . |
| 10 | Mr MacGregor rejected Opposition charges that the Government 's plans had been torpedoed by the banks ' withdrawal when he made a statement to the Commons yesterday . |
| 11 | The opening of relations had largely been dictated by the powers ' own interests in the East Asian region , but now the issues became far more complex ; account had to be taken of factors as diverse as Japan 's economic imperatives , the growth of Japanese military power and the emergence of national sentiment in response to foreign contact . |
| 12 | In such circumstances , the lease and its counterpart can be exchanged immediately they have been settled by the parties ' advisers , and any works to be carried out by the tenant can be dealt with in a licence for alterations . |
| 13 | This had not been appreciated by the defendants ' chairman who had considered the advertisement for some 5 to 10 minutes before approving it , but who had not sufficiently thought through the implications of it . |
| 14 | If a judge has slept badly , has had an indigestible breakfast , tripped over the cat , has been roundly abused by his wife and scolded by his children , or if his mind has been distracted by the children 's school reports , a narrow defeat at a curling match or whatever , he may be temporarily off form . |
| 15 | Aindow is further charged with conspiracy with others to pervert the course of justice by allowing himself to be struck in the leg in order to support a false story that he had been hit by the joyriders ' car . |
| 16 | The unsatisfactory state of the law resulting from the Infants ' Relief Act 1874 has now been remedied by the Minors ' Contracts Act 1987 , which is based upon recommendations of the Law Commission . |
| 17 | As will have been apparent from the discussion on pre-emptive rights , this borrowing by the stock markets of an expression ‘ equities ’ derived from the activities of Courts of Chancery has in turn been borrowed by the companies ' legislation in its definition of ‘ equity securities ’ and ‘ equity share capital . ’ |
| 18 | In the bay where the fire started , flowers have been left by the twins ' mother . |