Example sentences of "[v-ing] been [verb] by [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although many more ancient monuments and ruins existed than survive today , they were either thought of as relatively recent ruins or natural phenomena , or else they were explained away as having been made by gods or legendary heroes . |
| 2 | After the First World War the town thrived briefly , but in later decades achieved a near-dormitory state , having been discovered by couples wishing to retire from the frenetic life in the larger urban conurbations . |
| 3 | By portraying the returned veteran as having been affected by experiences in an alien land , these films reflected the manner in which American society viewed these unwelcome reminders of defeat . |
| 4 | The Annual General Meeting of the Chartered Institute of Transport in the UK will be held on Monday March 29 , 1993 at 1030 hrs at , to consider the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended September 30 , 1992 , to elect to the Board , Mr A Dartnell and Miss S Jourdain having been nominated by Sections Conference as Directors , and to elect auditors for the year 1992–3 . |
| 5 | The next day he was reappointed , having been renominated by leaders of six parties ; his own Chart Thai ( CT ) , four other members of the coalition , namely the Democrat Party ( DP ) , Social Action Party ( SAP ) , Rassadorn ( R ) and Puang Chon Chao Thai ( Thai People 's Party — PCCT ) , and the main opposition party , Ekkaparb ( Solidarity — E ) . |