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 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 .
4 Approval is given for something that has been done so the management arrow is somewhat behind the broken arrow .
5 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 .
6 We believe that the amendments are vital because we have never been told officially the price of any of the bus companies .
7 " 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 . "
8 which should of been bricked right the way in
9 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 .
10 By the time it had been persuaded onwards the victoria was out of sight .
11 Electronic bite alarms have been invented so the fishermen do n't have to even watch a float .
12 All the children had been rushed indoors the moment the trouble started .
13 In Zambia aircraft accident investigation was the responsibility of the Director of Civil Aviation and the official who occupied that position had been appointed only the day before the accident occurred .
14 Once the management task has been defined then the type of information required can be identified .
15 If the floor plates have ever been removed then the sealer around them may have been damaged and need replacing .
16 Since nothing had been taken away the duty in such a case was to reach an honest conclusion without bias and not in pursuance of a capricious policy .
17 have pointed out that if it is feasible and believable for entrants to write firm ( but presumably secret ) contracts with customers for delivery over some fixed time period in the future , then the third and fourth conditions have been circumvented yet the result is the same .
18 IF THESE SALES HAVE NOT BEEN ACHIEVED THEN THE BALANCE OF ROYALTIES UNPAID WILL BECOME PAYABLE THREE YEARS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH THE FIRST CASSETTES WERE MANUFACTURED .
19 IF THESE SALES HAVE NOT BEEN ACHIEVED THEN THE BALANCE OF ROYALTIES UNPAID WILL BECOME PAYABLE THREE YEARS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH THE FIRST CASSETTES WERE MANUFACTURED .
20 These were organic transplants which had been rejected yet the patient lived .
21 But if he had , indeed , been murdered then the secrets would be told ; through his dead body , through the intimate detritus of his life , through the mouths , truthful , treacherous , faltering , reluctant of his family , his enemies , his friends .
22 The funeral had in fact been held only the day before .
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