Example sentences of "[noun sg] been [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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31 I had walked about five hundred yards and yet only in this one spot , about as big in area as my dining table , had the normally silty bottom been cleared by the actions of the fish and clearly exposing masses of broken mussel shell fragments against which the zander stood out very boldly .
32 Nor could it have happened on such a scale had the banks ' powers of credit-creation been constrained by the prudential rules governing national financial structures .
33 No sooner hat the dish been taken from the oven than a tortoiseshell cat entered the room , and leapt , via Mark 's knee , on to the table .
34 Have the political and creative aspirations of the sector been abandoned in the climate of new realism ’ , or is this simply the beginning of a new phase ?
35 ‘ Has the device been taken to the cemetery ? ’
36 Why has the key to the spaceship been put in the cave ?
37 In only two wells has special attention been given to the mud system .
38 Has enough attention been paid to the need for adaptability within the system , especially if it has been initiated/developed outside the institution ?
39 Had the tax been implemented at the time it would have noticeably increased the number of tax exiles who were leaving the country , for never mind pop-stars and sportsmen , it would have been even worth the while of middle management to seek a place in the ex-colonial countries , or to learn a new tongue for residence in a foreign land , simply in order to achieve some savings and improve his family life and provide for dependants .
40 ( 8 ) Has any work to the seller 's knowledge been done at the property requiring planning permission or Building Regulations consent ?
41 Had the court been provided with the information that was necessary , he said , PW would not have been appointed receiver-manager because of ‘ the untenable conflict position ’ in which it had placed itself .
42 In such cases the district judge may , unless the application has at a party 's request been referred to the judge ( Ord 19 , r 2(5) ( b ) ) , on hearing the application ( usually at the pre-trial review ) refer the matter to a district judge for arbitration ( N 19 ) .
43 In only a limited respect have economic concepts of sustainability been invoked in the literature .
44 The Council explained that the operating centre had no relevant planning permission nor had any application for change of use been made to the Council .
45 A NEW vaccine against the infectious liver disease Hepatitis A , ‘ Havrix ’ , has this week been introduced in the UK : a course of two injections in the arm followed by a booster which could give up to 10 years ' immunity .
46 The relevant date for calculating your pay is normally the date on which your job would have terminated had proper notice been given under the Consolidation Act , whether or not such notice was in fact given .
47 How long has this man been living in the churchyard ?
48 This allows a number of things to take place : ( a ) the investors can progress or complete the syndication of the investment ; ( b ) inter-group accounts and guarantees can be resolved ; ( c ) Newco can set up its own pension scheme or organise the provision of services that have in the past been provided by the vendors .
49 ( 4 ) Pre-bid discussions with privileged shareholders ( eg institutions ) have in the past been forbidden by the Panel on the basis that they contravene General Principle 2 ( information should be made available to all shareholders alike ) .
50 But there is another 7 million tonnes , of equivalent calorific value , in the straw of the wheat and barley which has in the past been burnt in the fields after harvest .
51 Test results show that some very toxic chemicals have in the past been put into the shaft .
52 Test results show that some very toxic chemicals have in the past been put into the shaft .
53 Test results show that some very toxic chemicals have in the past been put into the shaft .
54 Test results show that some very toxic chemicals have in the past been put into the shaft .
55 ‘ We 'll take you two back to the centre to rest and recover , ’ said Rachel , then , looking up at the superintendent who was hovering anxiously , she asked , ‘ Has the incident been recorded in the accident book ? ’
56 In the Labour Code , no legal obligation to provide nursery facilities has been included and only in recent years has a clause been added to the effect that the state will regulate the obligation of employers to maintain nurseries ( Art .
57 by no means has the last word been written on the quantum Hall effect .
58 Has consideration been given to the publication of a news-sheet targeted at nurses residing locally ?
59 Has consideration been given to the introduction of flexible working hours ?
60 What had the good physician been doing at the Tower ?
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