Example sentences of "[noun] [been] [verb] by a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The busy city streets have , over the centuries been traversed by a colourful array of characters from Kings to outlaws and the history of the city is captured for visitors in a wealth of museums and splendid historic buildings . |
| 2 | There had been a recent incident involving my younger brother , Russell , who had been at a party and on his way home been accosted by a group of men that he knew , who were in a car . |
| 3 | ( i ) Has there been an improper , unreasonable or negligent act or omission ? ( ii ) As a result have any costs been incurred by a party ? ( iii ) If the answers to ( i ) and ( ii ) are ‘ Yes ; ’ should the court exercise its discretion to disallow or order the representative to meet the whole or any part of the relevant costs , and if so what specific sum is involved ? |
| 4 | With apologies to Winston Churchill I venture to mis-quote : ‘ Never has so much rubbish been written by a few , against so many . ’ |
| 5 | And the new structure erm moves towards erm team working across the advice centre composes of three teams er and also , takes on the critical self managing team so that erm in terms of the this work and technical support that er , has in the past been offered by a team leader , er , team leader and advice centre manager that will be , in the future will be offered by a senior member of staff erm , for each other and for less experienced staff . |
| 6 | An " international brigade " of young environmentalists who have taken direct action against the construction work have in turn been attacked by a " valley militia " of locals who support the development . |
| 7 | Or has the show been dominated by a faction from Goldsmith 's College ? |
| 8 | In gratitude for this service Gamlin was invited to become a Vice-president , Regional Vice-presidents having in the meantime been abolished by a revision of the constitution . |
| 9 | I would imagine that the site had at one time been occupied by a large merchant 's house as four of the houses were built over a medieval cellar . |
| 10 | The 1,574 kg of gold , found in southern German caves at the end of the war , had since that time been administered by a tripartite commission of France , the UK and the USA . |
| 11 | The appearance of women at Russian stations has to some extent been matched by a growth in women 's employment in railways elsewhere . |
| 12 | ‘ Surely with a death involved , it should have a charge of reckless driving been heard by a judge . ’ |