Example sentences of "been [vb pp] by [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Completion had been delayed by the legal details , he said . |
| 2 | But the Stokesley sprinter , whose season has been delayed by the combined effects of study and injury , summarily dismissed her chances of qualifying for a second successive Olympic Games after winning the 200 metres title for the third time in seven years . |
| 3 | This independence has not been recognized by the Soviet authorities nor by any other sovereign state [ see pp. 37360-62 ] . |
| 4 | J. G. Frazer further suggests that the story of Jacob 's dream ( which was deemed so extremely significant that the spot on which it took place was henceforth sanctified in the Jewish religion ) " was probably told to explain the immemorial sanctity of Bethel , which may well have been revered by the aboriginal inhabitants of Canaan long before the Hebrews invaded and conquered the land " . |
| 5 | Taking on the presidency at a low point in Italian political life ( his predecessor , Giovanni Leone , had resigned over the Lockheed scandal , and Prime Minister Aldo Moro had recently been assassinated by the Red Brigades — see pp. 29053-55 ) , Pertini was credited with restoring the country 's confidence and self-respect . |
| 6 | Many of the developments in taxonomy in the recent past have involved the use of computers , but staff in RBG have been limited by the inadequate facilities previously available , which have made it extremely difficult for them to become involved in work in this field . |
| 7 | The degree of dispersion away from these concentrations has been limited by the same forces that have prevented low-income people in general from moving into suburban environments , combined with a desire for being amongst their own people in an essentially alien culture . |
| 8 | The talks had been undertaken by the English-speaking provinces with a view to agreeing a package of reforms which would induce Quebec to remain within the Canadian confederation . |
| 9 | The advertisement has been placed by the Metropolitan Police . |
| 10 | In what ways would your reading have been altered by the following instructions : ( a ) Find out about the effects of industry on workers ' standards of living . |
| 11 | Although it is still possible that subjects ’ perceptions of the tasks could have been altered by the different exemplars of a junction that were viewed in the different experiments , it does not appear that the subset of 24 were unrepresentative of the full 60 . |
| 12 | They give us a vivid idea of what the lending libraries would be like if the popular mass-circulation libraries had not been crushed by the public libraries in their politically motivated post-war form . |
| 13 | The problem has been compounded by the hot summers of 1989-90 which increased the rate of soil evaporation , thereby further reducing the amount of water which penetrated through to the aquifers . |
| 14 | All this they did to please God , who had since the foundation of the Christian Church , been plagued by the gaudy contrivances of man . ’ |
| 15 | In a journey back through the history of crime and delinquency , Pearson shows that for generations Britain has been plagued by the same problems and fears as today . |
| 16 | Sir Anthony goes on : ‘ The information I have been given by the joint liquidators of BCGM [ the British fund ] and BCI [ in Gibraltar ] indicates that in the period up to December 1984 there had been frequent movements of money or securities between the United Kingdom funds and the Jersey funds and , most important of all , that at December 1984 the gilt-edged securities and cash held for the Jersey funds were at least some £3.65 million less than the funds ’ obligations to investors . |
| 17 | A lead of sorts has been given by the national archives of north America with the Center for Electronic Records of the National Archives of the United States having already archived in access of 10,000 records or wearying size and complexity , and with the Canadians also pursuing an active of storing governmental records in machine-readable form ( National Archive 1991 ; National Historical Publications 1991 ) . |
| 18 | Obviously there are distances that could not have been jumped by the earliest animals with proto-wings . |
| 19 | Swift said of his Examiner that he was writing " to the Vulgar , more than the Learned " , whilst Leslie saw his Rehearsal as intended for the " common people " who had been poisoned by the pernicious principles of the Whigs . |
| 20 | Pointon had been caught by a late Giggs tackle just before , and the referee decided that a strong word with the young Welshman , who had given United the lead with a goal worthy of crowning champions , was sufficient . |
| 21 | ‘ So far in our investigation we are aware of at least ten loyalist prisoners who have been interviewed by the same policemen . |
| 22 | The ‘ pervasive desire ’ for a cappella solutions has been impelled by the musical excellences made possible by the choral institutions ( all tinged with a Protestant Englishness that most members of the forum probably imagine that they have never espoused ) . |
| 23 | Their warm Spanish eyes in luxuriant black eyelashes melted my heart which had been chilled by the dark-glassed fascists in the city streets . |
| 24 | Reflecting on the parson 's fortitude in distress , his manifest care for his wife , and his humble acceptance of divine will , Agnew had felt a sense of shame that his original impulse had been clouded by the passing years . |
| 25 | The army absorbed most of the Scottish gentry who hoped to make their living from the sword , but there were also many Scots in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines , and those who entered the senior service appear to have been attracted by the substantial advantages which the navy had over the army for a gentleman of limited means . |
| 26 | While most interest has been attracted by the expensive buys , one of the cheapest lots on offer has been the first to grade . |
| 27 | The Kosovo Provincial Assembly , which had been dissolved by the Serbian authorities in June , was re-formed unilaterally by 111 of its ethnic Albanian , Turkish and Moslem deputies at a secret session on Sept. 7 in the village of Kacanik . |
| 28 | The flat here being offered for sale has been occupied by the present owners since new and is presented in excellent order throughout . |
| 29 | This change has been recommended by the Legal Services Ombudsman , and will require a change in the law , expected to come into force at the beginning of 1994 . |
| 30 | The survey also reported hundreds more repairs which had not been reported by the pessimistic tenants . |