Example sentences of "[been] [verb] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Law and Order Minister Hernus Kriel announced on Aug. 27 that 13 police generals had been dismissed in a reorganization of the SAP . |
| 2 | Personal preference has been examined in a number of statistical ways . |
| 3 | These relations have been examined in a cohort of 46000 women followed for up to 19 years during the Royal College of General Practitioners ' ( RCFP ) oral contraception study . |
| 4 | As has already been indicated , the planning processes of each company had previously been examined in a research study carried out at the London Business School . |
| 5 | If she 'd been stopped in a car with this level of alcohol in her , she would have lost her licence for a year at least and got a hefty fine . |
| 6 | Each of the rooms has been furnished in a manner which combines the elegant traditions of Thailand with the relaxed style of an international resort . |
| 7 | He was widely believed to have been interned in a labour camp in the mid-1930s ( a fate shared by the greater part of the clergy ) , and again for a year immediately after the Second World War , following military service . |
| 8 | A tradition implies continuity , and the historical origins of collectivism have been traced in a variety of ways . |
| 9 | The threat has since been withdrawn in a statement issued to the local Press . |
| 10 | Glasgow 's Health chief has been sacked in a row over a newspaper article . |
| 11 | Glasgow 's Health chief has been sacked in a row over a newspaper article . |
| 12 | Top : These roses have been placed in a pot of water prior to being pressed gradually as the petals open . |
| 13 | Further improvements in graphics handling include the ability to manipulate both TIFF and paint images after they have been placed in a publication . |
| 14 | Fortunately , Rees had that very morning been placed in a position to help . |
| 15 | Only one stood out ; Robin , who had been placed in a corner . |
| 16 | Epictetus said that we have been placed in a festival and we must enjoy it and be full of delight in it . |
| 17 | According to a report the next day on Soviet television a powerful home-made bomb had been placed in a carriage of the train , which was travelling from Georgia to Moscow . |
| 18 | The Council , as Eadmer describes it , was arranged round the tomb of St Peter , with Urban II and the cardinals ( among whom Anselm had been placed in a seat of honour ) sitting in the apse behind the altar , and the remainder of the Council spread out in front of them . |
| 19 | For house physician John Bery , the day begins at Cheltenham General Hospital when he puts on a pedometer.He 's one of a group of doctors who 've been helping in a survey of the distances covered while on duty.Soon Dr Bery is heading for a ward at the opposite end of the hospital.It 's the first of many long walks along the corridors during the day.The problem at Cheltenham general is identical to many other hospitals … where an old Victorian block has been extended with newer buildings forcing doctors to travel great distances from department to department . |
| 20 | His leadership has been criticized in a number of particulars : the timing of the movement 's creation ( too early or too late ) ; the adoption of anti-communism , which had short-term benefits but turned Gaullism into a right-wing preserve ; the systematic hostility to parliament and refusal to negotiate with the parties ; the tactical mistake of refusing apparentements in June 1951 . |
| 21 | Similar findings on the decline in the strength of trade unions has been highlighted in a report on labour performance in the North-West — an area traditionally strong in trade union organization . |
| 22 | This has already been highlighted in a report commissioned by the Scottish Office which found serious alleged failures in the region 's practices . |
| 23 | This has already been highlighted in a report commissioned by the Scottish Office which found serious alleged failures in the region 's practices . |
| 24 | An increased risk of developing gastric cancer in the smoking population has been highlighted in a number of large scale prospective cohort studies and there is increasing evidence accumulating from postlabelling studies that DNA adducts can be correlated with smoking history . |
| 25 | Fortunately there are now many people who think this is wrong , and they do so mainly for the same reason , that is , because the ‘ god ’ spoken of has never been explained in a manner which they themselves can easily understand and believe in . |
| 26 | It is generally the case , nevertheless , that in the 30 years since the signing of the Treaty , EC policies have only rarely been developed in a framework which explicitly evaluates the spatial impact of those policies . |
| 27 | Recently , in fact , with only bathroom tissue , hand soap and water , I cleaned up an acrylic painting that had been hanging in a office for 24 years . |
| 28 | A plaintiff could proceed by means of the actio iudicati if he wished , although this was available only where the judgment had been given in a sum of money . |
| 29 | This became for cognitio the standard form of execution where judgment had been given in a sum of money . |
| 30 | The lesson had been given in a lay-by near Kendal on a soaking wet afternoon in February with an audience of coach-trippers on day release from the Satanic Mills . |