Example sentences of "[noun] have been [verb] [prep] various " in BNC.

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1 This finding has been supported by various other firms and factories .
2 Resistance has been shown in various forms in the worlds of information technology and communications ( although reluctance to learn to work the video does not necessarily stop people buying one ) .
3 Since 1984 , core funding has been provided by the Monument Trust , a Sainsbury foundation , and other funds have been obtained from various government departments and quangos , for their specific areas of concern , and from industry .
4 Application for enforcement orders under s 127 ( where the 1974 Act has been infringed in various ways ) ; ss 86(2) and 87(1) ( relating to the death of debtor or hirer ) ; ss 92(2) and 126 ( relating to land ) , are all commenced by originating application ( alternative Ord 49 , r 4(9) — ( 11 ) .
5 While the truly indigenous private sector has been assisted in various ways to play a greater role in the national economy , this has often been at the expense of immigrant communities , who have rights of citizenship based on birth .
6 This project is looking at the way in which plant-breeding at public sector institutes in Scotland , Wales and England has been influenced by various interest groups : government ( via the Agricultural Research Council ) , the private sector ( including farmers ' organisations and seed companies ) , and the academic community .
7 The story of a plot had been leaked to various newspapers , and on Sept. 19 the authorities put on public display various small firearms , improvised grenades , loudhailers , photocopying equipment and other items which they claimed were being used to make weapons .
8 The critically-ill youngster had been staying with various people after walking out of home following rows with her stepfather John .
9 It is worth noting , however , that other models have been proposed by various linguists ( see , for instance , Callow , 1974 ; Gutwinski , 1976 ; de Beaugrande and Dressler , 1981 ; Hoey , 1988 , 1991 ) .
10 The same device has been used in various areas of government activity where the British public is ignorant or indifferent .
11 Similar confusion has arisen in females whereby lichen sclerosus has been described by various now obsolete terms such as leucoplakia and kraurosis vulvae .
12 Officials claimed that large numbers of weapons had been found in various towns .
13 Early versions have been shown to various journalists , and promise a level of functionality that vanilla Windows ca n't offer .
14 Throughout the campaign troops have been issued with various flak jackets which give a degree of protection against low velocity rounds .
15 The form taken by some of these ‘ exploratory maneuvers ’ was outlined in section 6.2.1 , and some of ‘ the subtle and difficult problems ’ associated with the quantification process have been discussed in various places , most thoroughly by Hudson ( 1980:157–67 ) .
16 Although early and middle Iron-Age pottery has been located at various points , there is no evidence for any late Iron-Age settlement underlying the town , where the earliest levels are apparently military .
17 In addition to all this , Professor Learner has been involved at various times in university adult education , and he takes English Literature courses regularly for the Centre for Continuing Education students , usually , but not invariably , at Friends Centre in Brighton , and I am sure that like myself he is happy to see so many adults from outside the university with us tonight .
18 The eagle had been sighted at various points all over the British Isles by enthusiastic birdwatchers , most of them amateurs .
19 Lipid asymmetries have been described in various cell types , but their biological functions and frequencies of occurrence are , as yet , uncertain .
20 24 the government disclosed that in the Tibesti region of northern Chad 49 people had been killed in various attacks on civilians since mid-August by forces loyal to former President Hissène Habré .
21 The equatorial and polar radii have been measured by various means and correspond to some level above the cloud tops .
22 Remote sensing ( air and spaceborne ) techniques have been applied to various areas of Britain .
23 The presence of bFGF and the binding sites for this peptide have been documented in various tissues including the gastrointestinal tract but the physiological role of bFGF has not previously been established .
24 Visual communication has been categorised in various ways but none of them has succeeded in being comprehensive .
25 Despite continuing reservations concerning " character " issues — throughout the campaign Clinton had been assailed over various aspects of his private life and judgment — there was evidence throughout April that many senior Democrats had accepted the inevitability of his nomination and had begun closing ranks around him in preparation for the campaign against Bush .
26 However , some new routes have been climbed by various intrepid amphibians .
27 Maps that use these peculiar motions to build up pictures of the amount of matter in space have been prepared by various researchers over the past year or so .
28 Advances in methods of excavation have been accompanied by various electronic devices for locating sites , more accurate methods of dating , and perhaps most important of all , many sophisticated techniques for interpreting the evidence provided by excavation and landscape survey , so that our understanding of the past has improved dramatically .
29 Hansen has been seen at various shows , demonstrating Jim Dunlop pedals .
30 This form of analysis has been applied to various periods during the industrial revolution and to more modern developments .
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