Example sentences of "[adv] [been] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that to sustain a plea of autrefois convict a defendant had to prove not only that he had already been found guilty of the offence charged by a court of competent jurisdiction , either by the decision of the court or verdict of the jury or entry of his own plea of guilty , but also that the court had finally disposed of the case by passing sentence or making some other order ; that since the proceedings on the first indictment had been discontinued before sentence had been passed there had been no final adjudication and the defendant had properly been convicted on the second indictment ; but that , in all the circumstances , particularly having regard to the lapse of time between trial and determination of the appeal to the Judicial Committee , it would be appropriate for the death sentence to be commuted ( post , pp. 931D–E , 935H ) . |
| 2 | Now , all of those criticisms come about on the work that 's been done which has mostly been done on the recognition of characters and letters . |
| 3 | Many of the goats described in the 30 or so scientific studies that have since been published on the phenomenon ( the earliest in 1904 ) can be traced to those bred and cared for by Mayberry . |
| 4 | A discipline has since been founded on the idea that human behaviour is genetically controlled , a hybrid of sociology and biology called sociobiology . |
| 5 | Indeed , in extreme cases , it may be sensible to organise some form of help even before the nursing expert reports to avoid the argument that such help has only been obtained on the expert 's advice . |
| 6 | Spain 's pro-Europeanism has long been based on the belief that Europe was needed to defend Spain 's fledgling democracy . |
| 7 | Suffolk County Council has long been over-stretched on the conservation side , and comparable houses have suffered from lack of expert advice . |
| 8 | It had all been said on the track where both McLaren 's new MP4/7As , driven by Senna and team-mate Gerhard Berger , were non-finishers . |
| 9 | He said he had thought they had all been fighting on the German side because they had all been under a German commander when surrendering . |
| 10 | While great emphasis has rightly been placed on the active involvement of the pupils in their learning , it should always be remembered that there is still a place for the teacher to convey a feel for an event or person by presenting the story . |
| 11 | THE plug has finally been pulled on the London Ambulance Service computer that may have been responsible for up to 20 deaths last week . |
| 12 | His entire spindlewinter 's supply of candles had already been strewn on the floor , mixed with his store of kindling wood . |
| 13 | Inflammatory proclamations had already been pasted on the cathedral in Riga . |
| 14 | However , emphasis has already been placed on the value of Cooke 's conception of a region as defined by ‘ class cultural ’ practices in civil society . |
| 15 | A limit had already been placed on the extent of national assistance two years earlier so as to prevent member states from engaging in self-defeating competitive bidding to attract mobile investment , and also in recognition of the basic idea of the Treaty of Rome that there should be a single market with free competition . |
| 16 | It is much easier and it 's much safer and it strikes me to be making the case for a western relief road to provide the relief north to the A one , has already been achieved on the six five eight . |
| 17 | Comment has already been made on the continuing changes within the industry . |
| 18 | She felt as if she 'd already been questioned on the rack , and fitzAlan had n't even tried to force any definite answers out of her . |
| 19 | Much work has already been generated on the biological mechanisms involved . |
| 20 | Debbie 's application for attendance allowance has already been squashed on the grounds that she knows the names of her mother , her sister and the Prime Minister . |
| 21 | An indemnity basis taxation of costs that have already been taxed on the standard basis would seem to us to lead to the conclusion that the costs of the standard basis taxation were unnecessarily and unreasonably incurred and should be disallowed on the taking of the account . |
| 22 | Great emphasis has already been laid on the rise in population which took place in these centuries . |
| 23 | If a guest wishes to change rooms and his or her arrival has already been entered on the arrivals list , the change of room must be treated as a departure from one room and an arrival in another room . |
| 24 | Then , as he was trying to think of something to say to her ( all the speeches he had prepared had somehow been predicated on the fact that , although in distress , she would be lovely , well dressed , and as sweet-smelling as he remembered her ) , an emaciated individual in a green jacket pushed his way rudely between them . |
| 25 | It is well known that the extension of Community competence to new areas has largely been achieved on the basis of Articles 100 and 235 of the EEC Treaty . |
| 26 | Past efforts have largely been concentrated on the study of experimental catchments but most studies are limited to analyses of effects on a single component of the hydrologic cycle , such as the effect of urbanization on flood peaks , or are relevant only for a particular geographical setting . |
| 27 | worked up the ladder , but , what 's required in a judge , I would say , put putting for the moment , what we 've just been discussing on the side , that is , any question of bias , or sex bias , a judge is there in court , to perform an intellectual . |
| 28 | He died five years ago but the museum 's only just been finished on the Mall below Capitol Hill . |
| 29 | This is this is only just been laid on the table obviously this morning , has n't it ? |
| 30 | The photographers from the drawing office came in with the news which had just been broadcast on the radio . |