Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [prep] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Court then decided that the Tribunal 's decision was perverse , because there was no material from which to conclude that the hypothetical man guilty of misconduct would not have been dismissed in the same way as was S. Her appeal was dismissed and leave to appeal to the House of Lords was refused . |
| 2 | Transverse effects have been examined in a few instances . |
| 3 | His return had been delayed by the same blizzard that had almost prevented Judith leaving Manhattan , and put him beyond the deadline Klein had set . |
| 4 | If the district registry had appreciated the urgency and the short period of the order without doubt they would have sought directions and the result would certainly have been that the appeal would have been set down at some other convenient centre or , as happened , in London at or before the beginning of this term and would have been heard within a few days , that is , the appeal would have been heard approximately a month ago . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | How is it that you do n't know and in your letter to me you said this trust did not know where that money had been withdrawn at the same time Andrew director of Eastern Arts was quite happy to write to me to tell me why he was quite happy to tell the press over the phone why how is it the trust did n't know ? |
| 7 | Sarah told her that John had secured a job in an hotel but had been sacked after a few days . |
| 8 | Why two such important Russian spies should have been placed in the same cell block so that they could freely meet and talk together is a mystery . |
| 9 | She should have been treated in the same way that an older man would be dealt with for corrupting a young girl . |
| 10 | Since April 1989 , people in board-and-lodging accommodation have been treated in the same way as most other recipients of income support . |
| 11 | The faculty denied having discriminated against her and said she had been treated in the same way as all others seeking membership of the bar . |
| 12 | Initially , she had been ostracised in some quarters , and on several occasions when she had arranged a soiree , rival parties had been arranged for the same night . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | What has not been developed to the same extent is the suggestiveness of his work on the novel for theories of genre , a suggestiveness which I will only touch on here , but which seems to me to be worth a great deal more investigation and discussion . |
| 15 | The third round of talks , in May , had been halted over the same issue [ see p. 38191 ] . |
| 16 | To protect the spirit of demilitarisation , a convention has been followed that defence spending will not exceed 1 per cent of GNP , and although this ceiling has been broken on a few occasions , the 1 per cent target has a symbolic significance . |
| 17 | They have been formed from the former Milton Keynes seat held by Conservative , Bill Benyon for 22 years . |
| 18 | Erm the the public at large in Selby district have er been consulted to the same degree that that that all er districts were involved in the Greater York study . |
| 19 | Representations have been received from a former employee of Gwynedd county council and from hon. Members . |
| 20 | ‘ So far in our investigation we are aware of at least ten loyalist prisoners who have been interviewed by the same policemen . |
| 21 | The sixth-century papal sacristy used during Lent has been located in the former wine cellar of the convent . |
| 22 | Thomas Nilsonne , Sales Director explained that a new site of 180 square metres has already been located within the same area of town and is hopeful that the contract will be signed in the next few weeks . |
| 23 | WACC has acquired a certain expertise in this field , but its activities so far have been confined to a few countries or sub-regions . |
| 24 | Criticism of the war seems to have been confined to a few individuals . |
| 25 | Without them the useful life of streptomycin might have been confined to a few years . |
| 26 | I believe the Gold Award has never been won by the same publication two years running , so after our success last year I thought BNFL news would be out of the frame . |
| 27 | Prior Robert , still stonily silent and shocked out of his normal studied dignity , led away his shattered clerk to the second of the two penitentiary cells ; and it was the first time , as far as Cadfael could recall , that the two had ever been occupied at the same time . |
| 28 | In the whole country only two lorries had been hijacked during the latter part of May and neither was on Hatton 's regular route . |
| 29 | To give a harmonious look to the room , the living and dining areas have been decorated in the same style . |
| 30 | The effect is strikingly original and so successful that several more rooms have been decorated in the same way . |