Example sentences of "[noun sg] and have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bargains are available provided you can be sure that the animals come from good stock and have been kept in good condition . |
| 2 | As a result far too many people emerge from their doctor , lawyer or bank manager feeling that they have not had a fair deal and have been treated as children rather than as adults who know their own mind . |
| 3 | The system was installed four years ago as an experiment and has been monitored ever since . |
| 4 | Acarbose is a pseudotetrascaccharide and has been used in clinical trials with insulin dependent and non-insulin dependent diabetes to control hyperglycaemia , improve the diabetic metabolic condition , and , if possible , to reduce the insulin requirements . |
| 5 | It was set up for the administrative convenience of the London banks and the defendant and has been used principally in connection with the buying and selling of stocks and shares on the London market . |
| 6 | One of the people he 's conning is Sir Epicure Manhom who wants a life of ease and luxury and has been giving the alchemist loads of money in order to tu to , to perfect this and funny enough the alchemist has n't managed , has n't managed to do this , to get the person 's money . |
| 7 | I am a sole practitioner and have been asked to stand down and make way as auditor of a limited company for a larger outfit , following a JMU visit . |
| 8 | Franco 's failure to assist them undoubtedly contributed to that result and had been calculated in political rather than exclusively military terms . |
| 9 | Tim , from Great Sankey , was a dedicated fan of the club and had been shopping for an Everton strip on the day of the Bridge Street bombing . |
| 10 | After the shooting , the IRA had acknowledged that all three men were members of its mid-Ulster brigade and had been killed on ‘ active service ’ . |
| 11 | Hersh 's book attracted libel suits in the UK over its claims that the UK newspaper proprietor Robert Maxwell had close links with the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and that he , together with a member of his Daily Mirror newspaper staff , had helped Mossad to track down Mordechai Vanunu , a nuclear technician who leaked details of Israel 's nuclear programme and had been imprisoned in Israel since 1986 [ see p. 35922 ] . |
| 12 | Help the Aged 's campaign is to raise money for its international ophthalmic programme and has been put together by its agency , O&M Direct . |
| 13 | Proliferative abnormalities in normal looking colorectal mucosa are believed to represent an early phase of colorectal carcinogenesis and have been found in a number of conditions associated with a high risk for these malignancies . |
| 14 | This apparently backward causality , if true , would cause problems for identity theories of mind and has been used by dualists like John Eccles to support their position , with the backward step in time made by a non-physical mind . |
| 15 | Obsession Fatale , E8 6c , is the complete ascent of the slab left of Piece Of Mind and has been claimed by Julian Lines . |
| 16 | Despite this difficulty , when successfully controlled for , individual differences can be used to provide an additional manipulation of arousal and have been shown to produce the typical interaction between arousal and retention interval in memory discussed below ( Howarth & H. J. Eysenck , 1968 ) . |
| 17 | Observation and participation in the installation ceremonies are to be the major tools of research and have been made possible by earlier field-work . |
| 18 | Because he had already lost some weight and had been found to be anaemic the dietician was consulted to ensure that he received adequate nourishment . |
| 19 | The Roller , however , had developed some fault and had been left in the hands of the Grand Hotel 's garage mechanic . |
| 20 | The current status of computers and microcomputers in R&D , and the probable course of development in their use , is a more useful area of study and has been taken up by a group at Manchester Business School , UK ( Morse , 1984 ) . |
| 21 | Los Angeles has been particularly attractive as a case study and has been outlined by Cooke ( 1977 ) and used by Whittow ( 1980 ) as an environment which experiences an accumulation of hazards . |
| 22 | The paradigm which is described originates from doctoral research into generic probation practice and has been presented in a book Adult Probation and Juvenile Supervision : Beyond the Care-Control Dilemma ( 1989 , Gower ) . |
| 23 | Coun Williams added officers had contacted the African National Congress ' London office for guidance and had been told the organisation would not welcome trade with the country while sanctions are still in place . |
| 24 | In such an action the third defendant would have to plead that he had inflicted loss on the plaintiffs by conspiracy or fraud and had been required to compensate the plaintiffs for such loss . |
| 25 | Gava had been criticized over his failure to deal with organized crime and had been accused by the Communist Party ( PCI ) of links with the Camorra , the Neapolitan branch of the Mafia . |
| 26 | Tony Quinn is an expert in holistic therapy and has been studying and working in the field for years . |
| 27 | The dictum of Byles J. in Cooper v. Wandsworth Board of Works , 14 C.B.N.S. 180 , 194 , is clear to this effect and has been followed in many subsequent cases . |
| 28 | The man behind the take-over bid is understood to be a key figure in the Jersey tourist industry and has been trying unsuccessfully for years to get a Channel Island summer soccer tournament off the ground . |
| 29 | The bodies of 10 men and a woman had been found by a roadside with their hands ties behind their backs ; they bore signs of torture and had been shot in the head , a hallmark of right-wing paramilitary groups whose members included military personnel . |
| 30 | Latterly he had been involved in eel fishing and had been seeking a place to keep his eels alive and fresh . |