Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Important details have been filled in by experiments in channel flow ; transition is promoted by a vibrating ribbon close to one wall whilst flow in the other half of the channel remains undisturbed , so there is close resemblance to a boundary layer . |
| 2 | This was a region of hamlets and little towns which , in the Middle Ages at least , had been inhabited largely by aliens imported by borough patrons . |
| 3 | Throughout the town fences and hedges have been ripped down by tenants who want to use their gardens as impromptu garages . |
| 4 | She said electrical sockets had been ripped out of walls . |
| 5 | Sharks stayed outside the reef , while Trent knew Arab net fishermen in the Persian Gulf whose calf muscles had been ripped out by barracudas while they were standing on the coral with the water below their knees . |
| 6 | Then , even as it dawned on her that the flowers had probably been placed there by lovers , so , as she looked up again into the dark eyes of the tall Czechoslovakian , she all at once knew why it was that her breath had caught a few seconds ago . |
| 7 | Because they have been treated more as adults here , the contrast between this and ordinary school makes it sometimes difficult for them to return and adapt to being treated as children again , so it is obviously preferable for them to continue on at the unit . |
| 8 | A difference in these cell numbers related to sex has already been pointed out in rats given omeprazole . |
| 9 | The relationship has not always been pointed out in discussions of Freud 's work , and yet it is an essential one if he is to be properly understood . |
| 10 | The inconsistencies in the approaches adopted by SSAPs 15 and 24 have been pointed out in papers published by the Pensions Research Accountants Group in 1989 and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ( TR794 ) in 1990 . |
| 11 | It has often been pointed out by commentators that there is an ambiguity in Tocqueville 's discussion . |
| 12 | However , as has been pointed out by Hills , there are four main factors that affect learning in practical situations : motivation , activity , understanding , feedback . |
| 13 | Dr P 's argument disguises the reality that , as has been pointed out by writers as diverse as Spender ( 1981a ) and Eagleton ( 1983 ) , only a small group of people , historically , have participated in deciding which literature gets the best ‘ results ’ . |
| 14 | It has been pointed out by feminists that the tradition which depends upon this demarcation line fails to give a satisfactory account of conflicts that arise in the private sphere . |
| 15 | I have also been criticized fiercely by philosophers for using imaginary time . |
| 16 | Britain 's loss of overseas markets has been explained largely in terms of the qualitative factors such as design and poor delivery , to which reference has been made [ Caves , 1968 ; Stout , 1976 ] . |
| 17 | These new insights have been developed mainly by researchers and activists in Latin America and the rest of the Third World , and WACC has played its part in that development . |
| 18 | Some of the programme on Saturday , November 28th has been given over to residents of several old people 's homes and approximately £500 worth of tickets for the 2.00pm service have been donated to the residents . |
| 19 | This antibody , which neutralises TNF α cytotoxicity on L929 cells and blocks TNF α induced MHC class I expression has been given therapeutically to humans suffering from septic shock , and is used to assay TNF α by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay ( ELISA ) . |
| 20 | Generally , Asians in Britain have been regarded both as scroungers and as so industrious that they are taking over jobs and businesses , as both thrifty and flashy . |
| 21 | In March 1965 a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery , Alabama , had been broken up by police . |
| 22 | A protest by badger lovers who chained themselves to railings at a Ministry of Agriculture culling centre has been broken up by police . |
| 23 | The inflated catalogue of works ascribed to him as a result of late nineteenth-century adulation has now been stripped down to basics . |
| 24 | After the stories of the last few chapters , since the point when the promises were first given , our confidence in Abraham 's reliability has been shaken nearly to pieces . |
| 25 | It was their third attempt on the peak , having been repulsed twice by storms . |
| 26 | Clubs and societies , such as darts and crib teams , have been wound up in pubs converted to management . |
| 27 | The court heard that McGregor had been caught up in attempts by a neighbour to end a relationship between his 20-year-old daughter and an older man . |
| 28 | She only knew that from the moment she had stepped on to Danish soil she 'd been caught up in circumstances over which she had no control , but which appeared moment by moment to be leading her further from her original purpose . |
| 29 | Deaf schools in Britain have traditionally had a long involvement in the Scout and Girl Guide movement , but Scouting has not been confined simply to schoolboys and schoolgirls . |
| 30 | So far , the debate about economic policy has been confined largely to technocrats and foreign advisers lodged in expensive hotels where one night costs around the average worker 's monthly wage . |