Example sentences of "[n mass] have be [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both sets of data have been normalised such that the lowest value is equal to 1 . |
| 2 | A further gift of £1000 has been received this year for this purpose . |
| 3 | Although the fish has been hooked several times , no one has succeeded in landing it . |
| 4 | At the end of September 143 people had been waiting more than a year . |
| 5 | Many of these people have been rejected all their lives . |
| 6 | Hundreds of people have been auditioning this week for the chance to be one of the faces in the crowd . |
| 7 | Probably , most people have been doing this for ages , but I ca n't remember seeing it , so if it helps anyone , great . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ Throughout the 1980s more people have been working each year in Darlington . |
| 9 | More recently , record company and music publishing A&R staff have been assessing much of the same talent from different standpoints . |
| 10 | In the hot weather the works has been having some trouble in staying in reasonable control of its effluent . |
| 11 | Israel Defence Force ( IDF ) radio reported on Aug. 8 that an officer of the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army ( SLA ) militia had been killed that day in the central sector of Israel 's self-declared " security zone " . |
| 12 | The pair had been drinking all day and Jones downed more than 10 pints , while Miss Smith , 29 , drank six or seven pints of cider , Nottingham Crown Court was told yesterday . |