Example sentences of "has [be] [vb pp] by a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | This notion has been adopted by a number of animal learning theorists ( e.g. Spear 1973 , 1981 ; Hirsh 1980 ) . |
| 2 | One corporate-centred bargaining strategy in the form of ‘ coalition ’ bargaining has been adopted by a number of US unions since the 1960s . |
| 3 | Braverman 's radical analysis of work organisation at the operational level has been extended by a number of writers concerned to explore its implications for these wider organisational issues . |
| 4 | The desirability of continued economic growth has been raised by a number of economists over the past decade and the titles of their publications make their conclusions clear — Does Money Buy Happiness ? |
| 5 | It has been supported by a number of outside bodies previously , but the Authority were not able to find it from their base allocation this year in order to continue . |
| 6 | It will be available after 1997 and is essentially a travel document whose validity has been questioned by a number of countries . |
| 7 | Yates , 25 later this month , has been tracked by a number of top clubs , including both Liverpool and Spurs , but manager Neil Warnock yesterday admitted : ‘ His injury is not responding as well or as quickly as we had thought . |
| 8 | The composition of phospholipids in human hepatic and gall bladder bile has been studied by a number of investigators during recent years . |
| 9 | It was Molly , of course , who introduced Medau work in the Special Needs sector and she has been followed by a number of our teachers who all deserve recognition for their work in this field . |
| 10 | This situation has been influenced by a number of factors . |
| 11 | This random sample will cover more than 10pc of the population of the inner city area which has been hit by a number of social and economic problems . |
| 12 | The amount of real control and involvement that disabled people have had in the work of the project has been affected by a number of familiar issues . |
| 13 | Since that time , the mathematical evidence that black holes can emit thermally has been confirmed by a number of other people with various different approaches . |
| 14 | It is not surprising that this conclusion has been reached by a number of writers , including Falk et al . |
| 15 | The use of self-paced and self-guided tours for library user orientation has been evaluated by a number of librarians : Sin 1976 , Dash 1977 and Fjällbrant et al. |
| 16 | Clough , leading scorer at Forest for three of the last four seasons , has been wanted by a number of top clubs since his dad brought him out of local Sunday League football to Forest . |
| 17 | The process of ‘ residualization ’ of the local authority sector has been discussed by a number of authors such as Forrest and Murie ( 1983 ) . |
| 18 | The concept of the ‘ drug career ’ has been used by a number of authors ( for example , Becker 1963 ) to systematise the response patterns of individuals who have come into contact with a given drug . |
| 19 | Extrapolation based upon a mathematical formula has the appearance of a much greater degree of precision and has been used by a number of workers in Britain , e.g.Jones ( 1924 ) and Brown ( 1952 ) . |
| 20 | Although their relationship remains poorly understood , one of cause and effect has been suggested by a number of authors . |
| 21 | A general information processing approach which appears to account both for the effects of arousal on task performance and the interaction between arousal and retention interval in the memory literature has been proposed by a number of researchers ( e.g. Broadbent , 1971 ; Hockey , 1979 ) . |
| 22 | A General Entrance Requirement for admission to all degree courses has been agreed by a number of Scottish universities . |
| 23 | Niskanen 's approach has been modified by a number of other writers to include reference to other criteria apart from budget maximization . |
| 24 | The highly organized learned career which obtained in the empire from the late sixteenth century onward has been described by a number of authors , western and Turkish , most recently by Gibb and Bowen in their Islamic Society and the West and by Uzuncarsili in his . |