Example sentences of "[verb] been [verb] by [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FOR the past five years , Thailand has been intoxicated by its success . |
| 2 | Carry on is message to tourism success story Tees Valley Tourism , a partnership between the public and private sectors , has been saved by its own success . |
| 3 | It is not the first time the 49-year-old premier 's health has been threatened by his demanding schedule . |
| 4 | Tragedy has been instructed by his record company , A&M , to take his song ‘ Bullet ’ from the group 's forthcoming album ‘ Black Range ’ , fearing that its inclusion would prompt an outcry among prominent US censorship campaigners . |
| 5 | It is he who has been instructed by our intelligence people in London how to conduct the operation with three friends . ’ |
| 6 | The transformation of the Japanese economy over the past 30 years has been highlighted by its stunning record of growth in output , productivity and exports . |
| 7 | And that has been determined by our marketing executive who has signed up the estate agent . |
| 8 | FATHER Noel Keane , SDS , parish priest of St Augustine 's , Runcorn , has been appointed by his provincial to Christ the King , Bristol , and will be succeeded by Father Georgio Malecki , SDS . |
| 9 | I have so looked forward to it , making all the things with Matey , and thinking of what we shall do with the money we make — which is stupid really , when I know that I could so easily give them so much more — But that would be nothing , for what I have done with Matey has been done by me , and not by Papa , for that is what giving them his money would mean . |
| 10 | Perhaps there are not two killers , and this has been done by our man to confuse us . |
| 11 | Science has been observed by Her Majesty 's Inspectors to be a neglected area of activity in many primary schools . |
| 12 | ( a ) Where there has been oppressive , arbitrary or unconstitutional action by the servants of the government , or ( b ) Where the defendant 's conduct has been calculated by him to make a profit for himself which might exceed the compensation otherwise payable . |
| 13 | ‘ That vigour has been reinforced by something else : confidence , a belief in Britain 's future . ’ |
| 14 | Much investigation has been made by myself and others into the patterns of physical inheritance : body build , eye and hair color , and so on . |
| 15 | An assumption has been made by everyone . |
| 16 | Details of any such contract conditions will be supplied by us on request , but you will be deemed to have accepted the same as part of the terms of this order , whether such request has been made by you or not . |
| 17 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made by his Department to prevent bullying in the services ; and how much money has been spent in dealing with this matter since June 1988 . |
| 18 | Question : I want to work out the total on a set of numeric fields in my Paradox data table , so that I can see how much has been made by my sales staff . |
| 19 | The court has considered the application for bail that has been made by your solicitor , |
| 20 | The eagerness of the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris to promote a deeper awareness of historical and contemporary European art has been demonstrated by its series of national exhibitions . |
| 21 | The Scottish No1 , Russell Devine , has been joined by his Inverness team-mate , Dave Allan , and both have just set new personal bests . |
| 22 | MUGGER Michael Watson , jailed for five years after attacking three elderly women , has been disowned by his parents . |
| 23 | The minimum wage policy has been condemned by everyone from The Guardian to Goldman Sachs . |
| 24 | When she outgrows her cot , it is important for her developing limbs and back that she is given a new bed , not a hand-me-down that has been shaped by somebody else 's body . |
| 25 | For too long , the British have been reluctant Europeans — for understandable reasons , because our strong sense of national identity has been shaped by our exceptional history . |
| 26 | Every single childhood thing that I posses , all the dolls , books , cuddly toys , the posters of David Bowie and John Travolta , everything has been collected by my mother , and put into trunks in the cellar . |
| 27 | A BOY aged nine has been sent by his local council to a Pounds 20,000-a-year public school to escape playground bullies . |
| 28 | There is no reason , and he declines the verbal advice he has been given by his Inspector , so this has now become an ‘ order ’ . |
| 29 | In this case the message sent on the SWIFT system from the US bank to the UK bank is that your ( NOSTRO ) account has been credited by us with $10 000 , in return pass on this amount to the named beneficiary , the UK exporter . |
| 30 | As in the case of the banks , the assets of these institutions represent paper claims against money which has been lent by them to the public sector , to industry and to persons . |