Example sentences of "[been] passed [adv prt] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those costs have been passed on to the residents , so the gap has widened . |
| 2 | Years of close military co-operation , including joint work in missile development , have given Egypt valuable information about its former Iraqi ally , which has presumably been passed on to the Americans . |
| 3 | In a highly competitive market the returns would be a satisfactory performance measure ; for a monopolist it might merely reflect that any inefficiencies in service have been passed on to the customers who have no choice but to pay the higher prices . |
| 4 | The deputy chief of France 's air and border police , Mr Pierre Quilici , said the warning had been passed on by the Americans several days ago . |
| 5 | Each village has dancers and musicians to enact musical dramas which have been passed down through the generations . |
| 6 | ‘ They 've given me a lot of furniture and other things that have been passed down through the generations . |