Example sentences of "[noun sg] been [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never before in my experience has such a large degree of surface noise been eliminated without any loss of recording information . |
| 2 | Alternative explanations of the relationship between human beings and land have of course been raised within Western culture , most notably in the work of Karl Marx ( see Chapter 1 ) . |
| 3 | Attempts had of course been made before 1513 to link taxation more directly to personal riches , but they had been unpopular and , in general , ineffective . |
| 4 | Douglas , disappointed , had of course been prepared for this also , and wasted little time in cursing . |
| 5 | Many cultural formations have of course been restricted in this way . |
| 6 | If this makes it seem inevitable that Labour 's electoral support should slump , it has to be pointed out that , according to the opinion polls , Labour might well have won had an election been called in 1978 . |
| 7 | Moreover , any initial support for the Japanese as ousters of Western imperialism had for the most part been transformed into armed nationalist movements anxious to oust the Japanese in their turn and achieve real independence . |
| 8 | In the interests of conciseness and convention , it is necessary to use here the suffix notation for vector equations which has for the most part been avoided in this book ( the other main exception being the appendix to Chapter 5 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ One can only speculate what would have happened had this not been done but I seriously doubt if we would be meeting here today had not the capital infusion been made in 1990 and this plan put into place and well executed . |
| 10 | Never before , however , has oral amiodarone been reintroduced after this type of reaction . |
| 11 | The argument had in effect been adjourned to this week , during which time the group was to read and digest the pamphlets Sheila had brought along . |
| 12 | The stockmarket has in effect been closed to new equity issues for three years , and banks will lend only to the safest borrowers . |
| 13 | There are some 120 published clinical studies on procaine , yet rarely has pharmacological research been blessed with such endless bickering between opposing camps . |
| 14 | ‘ Has the cargo been transferred to another train in Fribourg ? ’ |
| 15 | Not without reason has his impact on theology been compared with that of Einstein on physics . |
| 16 | Perhaps never before in the history of Birmingham Town Hall has such a successful meeting been sponsored by such a flimsy organisation . |
| 17 | It was possible that the van had been used to transport Riddle 's body , but if so , where had the body been kept for twenty-four hours ? |
| 18 | ( a ) Examples of additional enquiries ( 1 ) Is the seller aware of any development or proposals for the development or use of property in the neighbourhood which might adversely affect the property or the amenities of persons living in it ? ( 2 ) Has the property to the seller 's knowledge been affected at any time by structural , building or drainage defects , flooding , dry rot , timber infestation or rising damp ? ( 3 ) Please confirm that any damage caused to decorations by the removal of fixtures and fittings will be made good by the seller before completion . |
| 19 | It would have been even better had a Word for Windows style drag and drop edit facility been included with that , but , for the moment , you have to content yourself with good ol' cut and paste , I 'm afraid . |
| 20 | Right from the introduction of the smoking habit to Europe , there have been doubts about the effect on health ; only since the 1920s has evidence been gathered in any purposeful way . |
| 21 | Never has the start of a new decade been met with such exciting business opportunities . |
| 22 | There were reports that the royal palace in the capital , Maseru , had on that day been surrounded by armed troops , and that the Army was patrolling the town , but Lekhanya on Feb. 22 denied that the King had been placed under house arrest . |
| 23 | For these parts of the country the evidence on earnings would seem to justify Adam Smith 's observation of 1776 : " the high price of provisions during these ten years past has not in many parts of the kingdom been accompanied with any sensible rise in the money price of labour " . |
| 24 | Never in this century at least had so much respect been paid to mammary development . |
| 25 | THE father of Antony Gurney , 27 , the man been charged with murdering 19-year-old Stephanie Dorman in Hartlepool last weekend , has died . |
| 26 | ‘ Has ever a literary life been preceded by such rumblings and trumpetings ? ’ he asked . |
| 27 | Only recently has the opportunity to study politics as a distinct and legitimate subject been expanded within secondary schools . |
| 28 | Had the German attack been mounted on 12 February , as planned , the French , caught as it were in transit — for though now aware of the impending peril they were only beginning to bring up reinforcements — must have been overcome in a total and horrible manner . |
| 29 | Had this book been written in 1964 , for example , the responsibilities of the Department of Health and Social Security would have been described as coming under the Ministry of Health , the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance , and the National Assistance Board . |
| 30 | Has an application been submitted for that purpose ? |