Example sentences of "has been [vb pp] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case for re-thinking what we mean by practice and its relation with theory has been made at an abstract level by writers who draw on the two very different philosophical traditions which contest the dichotomy , Marxism with its concept of praxis , and the American pragmatists who direct our attention to the consequences of our actions . |
| 2 | Marilyn has been licensed at a special service at St John 's Church there , effectively joining the ministry team in the parish of Egremont . |
| 3 | Once it has been formed at a mid-oceanic ridge new oceanic lithosphere subsides as it moves away from a spreading centre and becomes cooler , thicker and more dense ( see Section 17.6.3 ) . |
| 4 | The coach house has been converted at a reasonable sum drawn from the annual budget . |
| 5 | But if the tentative claims for attention of deep , albeit hazy , personal beliefs are consistently ignored , clarity has been bought at a high price : damage to integrity and the loss of real satisfaction . |
| 6 | A deal to avert a possible collapse of the International Whaling Commission ( IWC ) has been discussed at a secret meeting in Madrid . |
| 7 | Like other Third World countries its quest for World Bank-induced export earnings through cash crops has been purchased at a high price with no apparent significant complementarity in food crops . |
| 8 | These three vices are universally regarded as so detrimental to a horse , and so incurable , that if one is detected in a horse soon after it has been sold at a reputable horse auction , it is grounds for its sale to be cancelled . |