Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The marsh has been drained so the water forms a lake with small islands for birds and wildlife . |
| 2 | thank you and we see here that erm one thousand eight hundred and fifty six pounds had been claimed , that one thousand eight hundred and fifty six pounds thirteen had been received so the insurance cover had paid |
| 3 | At the head of the parade was a blue banner bearing the words ‘ Civil Rights March ’ , which had been carried on the Coalisland — Dungannon march . |
| 4 | As soon as these orders had been carried out the prisoners started to leave . |
| 5 | The stricken coach now stands on the hard shoulder of the M two having been lifted up the embankment by a heavy crane . |
| 6 | If an announcement has been prepared then the response to a leak should be more effective than in the event of having to deal with the situation at short notice . |
| 7 | The play has been presented down the years by impresario Sir Peter Saunders , who has seen all or some of it nearly 500 times . |
| 8 | Approval is given for something that has been done so the management arrow is somewhat behind the broken arrow . |
| 9 | The Family Division of the High Court has jurisdiction to hear public law cases which have been transferred up the court system or issued at High Court level . |
| 10 | By November it has usually been decided where the money is to go and a presentation evening is arranged . |
| 11 | ‘ I have always felt that it is a crying shame that the works of possibly the greatest writer of all time , William Shakespeare , have — purely for examination purposes — been pushed down the throats of school children . |
| 12 | He has started just two matches so far , having been pushed down the pecking order by the arrival of £2 million David Rocastle from Arsenal . |
| 13 | A KPMG spokesman said : " The environment has been pushed down the agenda of many private companies by other factors such as the recession and exchange rates . |
| 14 | In a final report , which has not yet been made public the Atlanta group concludes that seven babies died of deliberate overdoses and that another 2 I deaths could have been avoided if the hospital had been better equipped to spot trouble . |
| 15 | The pulpit had been wreathed in holly , ivy had been twined up the lectern , garlands of leaves and berries hung from the gallery where 18th-century fiddlers had played before the organ came . |
| 16 | It has been seen how the Thatcher Governments have been busy in turning the taxation of wealth into a voluntary tax . |
| 17 | A little mirror had been hung on the wall of the dressing area . |
| 18 | The linoleum tiles in the middle area of the floor were rimmed by some new type of carpet , there was a false ceiling and false blinds had been hung on the walls . |
| 19 | She said how the old people 's sitting room had been livened up when a few pictures of old Barnsley had been hung on the walls . |
| 20 | A plaque had been hung on the gates : ‘ Fierce Dog — Beware ’ . |
| 21 | There are three equipments that have been selected where the contracts have not actually yet been placed . |
| 22 | We believe that the amendments are vital because we have never been told officially the price of any of the bus companies . |
| 23 | " Instead of the children of the working class being subjected to rigorous self-denial in preparation for a life-time in mill or mine , " he writes , " they have been offered instead the promise of the easy and immediate gratification which , in the end , can sabotage human development and achievement just as effectively as the poverty and hunger of the past . " |
| 24 | The Pakistan skipper had been drawn down the pitch by Tufnell 's flight . |
| 25 | which should of been bricked right the way in |
| 26 | Technological developments have been used down the ages to fragment jobs and de-skill workers , they claim . |
| 27 | If those shells had been preserved then the sand and shingle in which they lay could not have been eroded by the sun and wind . |
| 28 | It has been shown how the discourse of the Newbolt Report offered to universities a leadership role within an ambitious programme for intervention into popular cultures and literacies . |
| 29 | By the time it had been persuaded onwards the victoria was out of sight . |
| 30 | Once it has been demonstrated how the logic behind the traditional fidelity to the interests of the shareholders is flawed in the context of the large public company , we are free to examine exactly the nature of the stake which shareholders and others have in the company . |