Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adj] have [been] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pindar pleads with Arkesilas for one of these nobles who is out of favour , a ‘ pollarded oak-tree ’ — cp. the tyrant 's maxim about ‘ pruning the tallest poppies ’ on p. 51 ; and in the late sixth century when the balance of strength was the other way , Arkesilas III had been forced out of the country to Samos . |
| 2 | The students demonstrating on Jan. 7 had been refused permission to hold their rally in Victory Square in central Bucharest , the authorities having cited security concerns . |
| 3 | Ken Lax has been appointed industrial sales manager of Stockton-based cathodic protection manufacturer , Wilson Walton International . |
| 4 | In a letter to the Secretary of State , I outlined my deep concern over the case and over the way in which the allegation by Mrs. X had been investigated . |
| 5 | By the time Gloucester took control , the cash left by Edward IV had been absorbed by these military costs and there was relatively little money coming in . |
| 6 | By the time Gloucester took control , the cash left by Edward IV had been absorbed by these military costs and there was relatively little money coming in . |
| 7 | Power which under Edward IV had been distributed through a network of royal servants would now gradually become concentrated in one man . |
| 8 | Power which under Edward IV had been distributed through a network of royal servants would now gradually become concentrated in one man . |
| 9 | Gloucester 's actions after his brother 's death are traditionally seen as the triumph of an over-mighty subject , and it follows that Edward IV had been making a rod for his own back when he allowed Gloucester to become lord of the north . |
| 10 | Gloucester 's actions after his brother 's death are traditionally seen as the triumph of an over-mighty subject , and it follows that Edward IV had been making a rod for his own back when he allowed Gloucester to become lord of the north . |
| 11 | The likes of Terry Wogan , Michael Parkinson and Ernie Wise all have been known to clamour for a soul food supper in preference to other exotic foreign fare . |
| 12 | Technopol Eryri Cyf/Snowdonia Technopole Ltd has been adopted as the name of a holding company to formalise the partnership . |
| 13 | A nephew of Napoleon I had been elected President of the French Second Republic in December 1848 and was to become Emperor of the French in 1852 . |
| 14 | Richard I had been crowned duke of Aquitaine and count of Poitou in 1172 at Limoges and Poitiers , and the ordo ad benedicendum ( coronation order ) made no reference to the kings of France . |
| 15 | A FAMILY archive including sensitive letters concerning the Abdication of King Edward VIII has been saved for the nation . |
| 16 | Then , nine months ago , when Luce Weston senior had been killed in a motorway pile-up , she had , at her niece 's request , taken over the running of the gallery . |
| 17 | While William III had been occupied in Ireland the French had been active in the Channel . |
| 18 | Some prisoners benefiting from the general amnesty of March 7 had been detained following earlier incidents in October 1987 and October 1988 . |
| 19 | On Jan. 17 the 13-member tribunal , which since March 1991 had been hearing the case concerning the Bank of Crete , acquitted former Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou of all the charges against him . |
| 20 | A general strike of civil servants on May 4-10 had been supported by teachers , state agricultural workers and hospital workers and had reportedly closed 50 per cent of government offices . |
| 21 | May 20–26 has been designated ‘ One World ’ week by 18 national TV stations : it kicks off with a German production , The World In Our Hands , which highlights global issues from pollution to Third World debt , and ends with One World , One Voice , a two-hour musical chain letter masterminded by Kevin Godley and featuring 150 international musicians . |
| 22 | Seventy-five year old Marcel Callow has been practising his art for more than fifty years . |
| 23 | The company had agreed an overdraft facility with the bank that by December 1986 had been raised to £40,000 . |
| 24 | Col. Elias Tutsoane Ramaema was reported by Radio Lesotho on May 2 to have been sworn in as Chairman of the ruling Military Council , following the overthrow of Maj.-Gen. |
| 25 | T.J. Chambers , the meeting of the Commission due to take place on 26 May 1993 has been postponed . |
| 26 | Within the Church of England this has been influenced by the parish structure inherited from rural society with a feudal structure . |
| 27 | His lordship pointed out that Rasbora Ltd. had been formed by Mr. Atkinson for the purpose of buying the boat and with the intention that the boat was to be used only by Mr. Atkinson and his friends ; there was no intention to hire it out . |
| 28 | Alexander III has been seen as a great lawyer pope : he made pronouncements , gave judgments and held a council for the whole Church in which the law was defined . |
| 29 | The men 's World Cup downhill scheduled for Saalbach-Hinterglemm on December 21 has been switched to Schladming because of a lack of snow . |
| 30 | Quality event : A seminar organised with the aim of explaining the purpose of quality initiatives in business , and all its various accreditations such as BS5750 and ISO 9000 has been organised by the British Institute of Management 's Teesside branch . |