Example sentences of "[been] [verb] by this " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent years the head offices of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael have taken steps to increase their influence on this process , and have aroused the resentment of local favourites whose chances of nomination have been jeopardised by this " interference " . |
| 2 | By the time he 'd got it , the two dead girls the scribe wanted to see had been joined by this third . |
| 3 | The European Convention on Human Rights has not been made part of our law by statute , so it does not in itself create rights enforceable in our courts ; but having been ratified by this country it is binding on us as a matter of international law . |
| 4 | It had been realised by this time that , even if polythene did not fit into the then accepted mould for plastics , which tended to be glassy substances like polystyrene and Perspex , it might still be useful . |
| 5 | The birch forests of Siberia , so upright , so elegant in autumn , had been broken by this winter campaign . |
| 6 | Athelstan felt pleased , even more so as the great frost had been broken by this sudden bright snap as if Christ himself wanted the weather to improve for his great feast day . |
| 7 | There is mounting suspicion , too , that Britain 's market in cars , car parts and servicing has been poisoned by this system . |
| 8 | But the Wills Act 1968 provides that if a will is already duly executed with two other qualified witnesses , the attestation of any person who would have been caught by this rule must be disregarded . |
| 9 | He could get items that had once been owned by this author or that author , and there was a market for these , particularly for letters . |
| 10 | The internal politics of the profession in a recession economy have not been resolved by this scheme ( Smith and Thomas 1978 ) but it illustrates the irrecon-cilable tensions between individual economic advancement , collegiate unity and community/client interest , tensions which were recognised by our respondents . |
| 11 | Perhaps Webern was aiming at just such a lack of definition , and certainly many composers have been attracted by this very quality , as well as by his intellectualism , over the last thirty years . |
| 12 | Trade union representatives saw themselves as being accountable either to their respective trade union or to the regional TUC ( the nominating body ) , although virtually no employers ' representatives saw themselves as being accountable to regional or national CBI and many were unaware they had been nominated by this body . |
| 13 | But this issue has not been the subject of legislation , nor previously been considered by this court or the House of Lords , and in such circumstances the alternatives are either to dismiss the appeal despite the relevance of article 10 and wait for Parliament to reconsider the state of the law ; or , as the courts have from time to time demonstrated their ability and willingness to do , venture into relatively unchartered waters and declare the present state of the law . |
| 14 | The only occasion upon which they appear to have been considered by this court was in Reg. v. McNiff [ 1986 ] Crim.L.R. 57 , in respect of which we have been helpfully provided with a transcript of the judgment . |
| 15 | 6.6 Insofar as this Agreement is less restrictive or onerous on the recipient Party in respect of the disclosure or use of any particular information than any undertaking given by the recipient Party prior to the execution of this Agreement in respect of the same information , such information shall to such extent be deemed to have been superseded by this Agreement . |
| 16 | This page enables you to provide information about any DCs which have been superseded by this DC , up to a maximum of 10 . |
| 17 | There will then be all sorts of rumours buzzing through servants ' halls up and down the country to the effect that he has been approached by this or that personage or that several of the highest houses are competing for his services with wildly high wages . |
| 18 | Three adults who have been prepared by this group will be received into the Church at the Easter Vigil . |
| 19 | I take that view because the point has never been decided by this court or in the House of Lords and , as I have explained above , this court , in considering whether private corporations can sue for libel at common law , has not laid down any principle which is conclusive of the point raised in this case . |
| 20 | I have been sought by this remarkably beautiful creature who is offering herself to me … |
| 21 | ‘ We will go into the intimate details of the injuries that have been suffered by this poor child , which will not be apparent to anyone outside of the investigating team , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Reports were coming from all over the country of different children who had been adopted by this kindly old lady . |
| 23 | The nominal differences in real social product per head , therefore , have been corrected by this set of estimates to yield the figures in column ( 2 ) of the table . |
| 24 | He has not been helped by this shyness ( he had been with Essex for three years when Keith Fletcher asked if anyone had heard the young Gooch speak ) and it has led to misrepresentation . |
| 25 | He has not been helped by this shyness ( he had been with Essex for three years when Keith Fletcher asked if anyone had heard the young Gooch speak ) and it has led to misrepresentation . |
| 26 | A large roadside car park has been made and from it a track has been worn to the saddle on the ridge ; the steep climb has been helped by this path formed since my first visit . |
| 27 | The methicillin resistance gene in Staphylococcus aureus has also been shown by this method . |
| 28 | Most of these expensive incidents might have been avoided by this drill . |
| 29 | In fact these lectures offered an elegant and lucid exposition of educational theories and assumptions ( he had been exercised by this topic since the early forties ) and although he failed to arrive at any conclusions he suggested that none could in any case be reached . |
| 30 | ‘ Therese — ’ Flavia had been exercised by this . |