Example sentences of "[adv] [been] [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only was the boy outnumbered in this predominantly female household — he had the additional problem of having to contend with a rather cumbersome and unusual first Christian name : Marwood James Henry Titford had presumably been named as such by way of homage to the vicar of Curry Rivel , the Rev. Charles Marwood Speke Mules . |
| 2 | The ownership of newspapers has rarely been seen as either an easy or a sure way of acquiring fortunes . |
| 3 | One feature alone redeems the book , namely that it illustrates many works which have rarely been reproduced since the original publication of the albums by Redon , though we could also have hoped that the quality of the reproductions were a little better . |
| 4 | James Moir , head of BBC TV light entertainment , said : ‘ His unique gruff humour , his exceptional ability to use the English language to produce brilliant comic effect has rarely been equalled and surely now will never be surpassed . |
| 5 | Public examinations relate to the latter purposes ; they have mostly been set and marked by bodies such as the Examining Boards ( now grouped for GCSE examining ) . |
| 6 | One of their employees , a store manager , failed properly to carry out the system with the result that Radiant washing powder was advertised in the window at 2s. 11d. when in fact the only packets available in the shop were 3s. 11d. ( section 11(d) the Trade Descriptions Act which made this an offence has since been repealed and replaced by Part III of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 , see paragraph 16–28 below ) . |
| 7 | ‘ Lie ’ has since been bootlegged and reissued on various labels and is still available . |
| 8 | But it has since been recognised that this was wrong and that what is termed ‘ sub-maximal ’ exercise is beneficial to health , protects against heart attacks and is an important aid to recovery after them . |
| 9 | In several cases , important types of behaviour were first investigated in the Lorenz equations although these behaviours have since been recognised as typical of many systems . |
| 10 | Glass vessels appear in a variety of forms in graves and were classified by Harden ( 1956b ) into eleven types divided into three chronological groups , which have since been extended and reviewed ( Harden 1978 ) . |
| 11 | Rusted hooks hung from antiquated iron girders above him , the windows had long since been vandalized and the faded walls were daubed with obscene graffiti . |
| 12 | It has since been accepted that this kind of arrangement can not be accommodated at most other council buildings . |
| 13 | I contacted Glasgow Bible College and have since been accepted and begun the course for a B.A. ( theology ) . |
| 14 | They were arrested after police were tipped off by local residents , who say they 've since been threatened and intimidated . |
| 15 | They were arrested after police were tipped off by local residents , who say they 've since been threatened and intimidated . |
| 16 | Plans for the flats have since been shelved and the Maskells have received thirteen thousand pounds in compensation . |
| 17 | It was partly the proximity to the fens , for though they 'd long since been drained and farmed , all the fields were bound by ditches and dykes and he felt as if the land was oozing bog water , or sinking imperceptibly into some primeval slime . |
| 18 | But it has never since been debated as solemnly , as urgently or as hysterically as it was in the 1950s . |
| 19 | Wild creatures , tamed or untamed , shall be regarded as property ; but a person can not steal a wild creature not tamed nor ordinarily kept in captivity , or the carcase of any such creature , unless either it has been reduced into possession by or on behalf of another person and possession of it has not since been lost or abandoned , or another person is in course of reducing it into possession ( s.4(4) ) . |
| 20 | Tom Walkinshaw , chairman of the BRDC and their trading subsidiary Silverstone Circuits Ltd before the deal was made , has since been sacked and has resigned his membership of the Drivers ' Club . |
| 21 | Dividend net of basic rate personal income tax ; the cross in front of the dividend indicates that the interim dividend has ‘ since been increased or resumed ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ We did feel concerned at first , but we have since been reassured that the chances of Andrew catching TB are extremely remote , ’ said Mr Morrison . |
| 23 | It has since been suggested that a preliminary meeting for the chosen co-ordinators take place sometime at the Q.T. day to be held on 27th February . |
| 24 | Although it has since been modified and greater attention paid to radio , it is still manifest in some of the Government 's actions in the field of mass communication . |
| 25 | The Queen and Prince Philip survived it only because it came upon them in middle age — when any youthful indescretion or misbehaviour had long since been enjoyed and then forgotten in the mists of time . |
| 26 | At the time of take-over , there was a separate manufacturing unit in the Isle of Man but this has since been closed and the looms transferred to Runcorn and Elderslie . |
| 27 | ‘ It has since been established that the horse was doped . |
| 28 | v. Woods but it has since been remarked that a ‘ trade union can not turn a dispute which in reality has no connection with terms and conditions of employment into a dispute connected with terms and conditions of employment by insisting that the employer inserts appropriate terms into the contracts of employment into which he enters . ’ |
| 29 | But the coroner added that the water system had since been disinfected and was now cleaned out regularly . |
| 30 | Jackie has since been released and the charges dropped . |