Example sentences of "[unc] [noun pl] [vb base] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a handful of T&S outlets have been affected by Sunday-trading supermarkets , he said . |
| 2 | I mean , we do n't stand still at this because what will seem a very good service this year will look like a lousy service in five years ' time so let's not pretend the fact that we have n't achieved everything we 've achieved this year in some previous years means that we have n't made any improvements because I think one of the key areas where in fact er improvements have been made in previous years , and to a certain extent , one could say reading this I was worried by an apparent admission of very much reference or very much expenditure on them in the provision of day centres , because I think that a key element in care in the community and the fact that today so successfully this year has been the fact that a major number of th and I do n't think there 's any disagreement over this , a number of day centres , very efficient and very effective day centres , were developed , funded , provided mainly in the conurbation areas and I think Mr is right to highlight the fact that , as so often happens in these instances , it 's people who live in conurbations who get the best deal because it 's , it 's more economical , it 's easier to provide a centre for a large number of people than it is for a small number of people . |
| 3 | I take it a number of er execs have been with the company for a |
| 4 | Well it is possible of course and I think that er the European Nations , including those in Eastern Europe er ought to be getting together to consult about what we can do , because I do n't think it 's right simply to send these refugees back as the er Italians have been doing , er in fact there likely to be amongst . |
| 5 | Numerous ad hoc bodies have been created to run specific functions such as broadcasting and television , the ports , industrial training schemes and the administration of government property . |
| 6 | other M&A advisers have been retained on an exclusive basis ; |
| 7 | As you will know , the original proposals for National Testing of P4 and P7 pupils have been changed somewhat since last year . |
| 8 | Three or four of these youngsters will approach the elderly person , try and confuse them by speaking to them about something completely irrelevant , and just er disappear during which time of course er valuables have been taken from these people . |
| 9 | DCM 's activities have been reorganised into four sectors including an open systems planning unit developed out of Kode Computers ' government expertise . |
| 10 | The Board 's activities have been concentrated into three growth areas — around Fort William , Inverness and Caithness , where almost one-half of the labour force of the region live — and the aim is to strengthen them further as both industrial and service centres . |
| 11 | The year 's activities have been dominated by the poor economic climate and in particular by the crisis in legal aid . |
| 12 | Without qualifying their opinion , auditors Hacker Young draw attention in their report to the basis on which the industrial textiles group 's accounts have been prepared ; they have been drawn up on a going concern basis . |
| 13 | This year 's accounts have been prepared in accordance with FRS 3 , a new accounting standard which will shortly become mandatory for all UK companies . |
| 14 | The Group 's accounts have been prepared on the basis that the Group is a going concern . |
| 15 | Italy 's cities have been at the heart of world history , art and culture , and everywhere tributes remain to great masters like Leonardo Da Vinci . |
| 16 | The Amnesty report , issued on Sept. 6 , claimed that " hundreds of children in Brazil 's cities have been gunned down by death squads and many more have been beaten and tortured by on-duty police " . |
| 17 | Evidently Menwith Hill 's operations have been so successful that a $26 million expansion programme has been approved as part of the Project P415 programme . |
| 18 | Hell , America 's Jayhawks have been stoking the old C&W fire for almost eight years now . |
| 19 | If Mr Kronweiser had confided his suspicions that Hilda was forging letters , what would Viola 's reactions have been ? |
| 20 | In the twenties , both in England and in America , we have a situation in which the infant and child mortality rates are fast declining , mainly owing to new advances in medical knowledge ; at the same time , the world 's values have been shaken by the First World War , writers and journalists have both more freedom and more inclination than ever before to discuss religion from an agnostic point of view , and the vengeful God of heaven and hell no longer impresses in quite the old way . |
| 21 | Ironically , Wang 's sons have been major beneficiaries of those reforms . |
| 22 | The Lord Chancellor 's proposals have been universally condemned by those organisations with knowledge of the legal aid system . |
| 23 | Published by the Menil Foundation with Mercator Fonds and Thames & Hudson ( £45 ) , it is aimed at a wider readership , but it will be the essential essay for all students keen to learn how a great scholar 's opinions have been honed over the long years spent in the consideration of Magritte 's art . |
| 24 | I shall concentrate upon deprivation among black people because this is where the government 's policies have been most damaging . |
| 25 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
| 26 | The company 's products have been praised by CAMRA , and catchphrases from past advertising campaigns such as ‘ What 's Mine ? |
| 27 | St Petersburg 's palaces have been given a new chance . |
| 28 | The whole point is in fact that ruddy man at the tax office 's claws have been drawn , and the condition of his back is now between him and members of the chiropractic profession . |
| 29 | Now , however , more than 3,300 trees including birch , grey poplars , white and crack willow and horse chestnut all mentioned in Brown 's notes have been planted at the upper end of the lake . |
| 30 | Gray 's plans have been thrown into disarray because of injuries . |