Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pressures on household and corporate borrowers have been eased significantly since last October by a series of interest rate reductions , which have reduced base rates by a cumulative four and a half percentage points to date . |
| 2 | Another casualty of this bombing raid was the Royal West of England School for the Deaf at Exeter , which at that time had seemed a safe haven , not only for the children of the area the school served , but also for the 52 children and staff of the Anerley School for the Deaf , London , who had been evacuated there on 14th September 1939 . |
| 3 | However , it is interesting to note that some of the most serious programmes in this field have been carried out in Third World countries . |
| 4 | Detective short stories are still produced , but they have been thrust firmly into second place , both in the minds of writers and readers , by the crime short story . |
| 5 | Several racecourses would like to stage more Sunday meetings but so far no fixtures ( apart from a point-to-point ) have been drawn up for next year . |
| 6 | The Mayor of Bedford for the time being was always to be an additional director and at the time of the meeting the Mayor was John Wing , who had been sworn in on 29th September 1793 , and served for one year , after which he remained as one of the aldermen . |
| 7 | Literally billions have been smuggled out of Third World countries to Western banks , often in suitcases . |
| 8 | The action had been struck out at first instance , an appeal to the Court of Appeal had failed but a petition for leave to appeal to the House of Lords was still pending . |
| 9 | The game has been put back from next Tuesday because of the Old Trafford second leg . |
| 10 | Currencies levels in Table 3 have been taken back to 28th September 1990 , with a view to highlighting what has been a roller coaster ride on the dollar and a drift against most Continental currencies up to June 1992 ; this was then followed by a movement often characterised as ‘ dropping off the edge of a cliff ’ , when sterling left the ERM . |
| 11 | After serving an apprenticeship in Formula Three , he had recently been signed up as second driver by Dalgety , a leading Formula One team . |
| 12 | The leg spinner Peter Sleep , the all-rounder Tom Moody and Carl Rackemann have been left out of next week 's squad for the one-day tournament against Sri Lanka and Pakistan . |
| 13 | There were supposed irregularities in the cheques , some of which had been endorsed over to third parties allegedly in breach of authority , so the administrators issued but did not serve a protective writ . |
| 14 | The court must not make such an order if satisfied that the petitioning creditor 's debt has been paid either from third party funds or from the disposition of the debtor 's own property with the approval of the court ( r 6.31(3) ) . |
| 15 | In return the Americans this month unblocked $5m in military aid that had been held up after last year 's arrests . |
| 16 | As you will know , the original proposals for National Testing of P4 and P7 pupils have been changed somewhat since last year . |