Example sentences of "and has been [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 29-year-old has been suffering from the problem for several weeks , and has been undergoing regular physiotherapy treatment . |
| 2 | The former Villa player sustained the injury in a European tie against Panathanikos recently and has been undergoing intensive treatment . |
| 3 | Since publication , Alan has been given more information on this illustrious unit and has been kept busy updating his files . |
| 4 | One of the most universal of all designs ; it is found in the artistic and religious expression of cultures as far apart as America , Europe and India , as well as China , and has been ascribed many meanings ; the most popular of these are happiness , the heart of the Buddha and the number 10,000 . |
| 5 | The current head of state , President Omar Bongo , succeeded to the Presidency in 1967 on the death of Gabon 's first President , Léon M'Ba , and has been re-elected three times for successive seven-year terms , most recently in November 1986 [ see p. 35047 ] . |
| 6 | The Government needs to find extra money from somewhere and has been considering all sorts of options . |
| 7 | The first of these aid and trade agreements was signed in 1975 and has been renewed four times . |
| 8 | The latter has a chequered history and has been altered several times within its life in Poland . |
| 9 | Further , the word ‘ communion ’ , a term again involving a verbal identification of Church and Eucharist , was so much used by the Council that it has subsequently been seen to express the Council 's ecclesiology most profoundly and has been made great use of in such documents as those of ARCIC . |
| 10 | In anticipation of the move , Mr Whitbread has already handed effective control of the company to his chief executive Peter Jarvis and has been made non-executive chairman . |
| 11 | It embraces the remains of a mediaeval well and has been made most aesthetic use of by the present owners of the manor as an interesting garden feature where flowering colours splash against the solid , more sombre stonework . |
| 12 | The cast-iron bath continues the Victorian theme and has been painted pink on the outside to fit in with the rest of the decor . |
| 13 | The village is well known for its flowers , and has been rewarded several times with a place in the Britain in Bloom Competition . |
| 14 | The museum already has a comprehensive library donated as a bequest from Paul Maenz , the former Cologne gallery owner , and has been given fifty-five works of art by a West German group of industrialists . |
| 15 | ‘ Linking ’ and ‘ intrusive ’ are special cases of juncture ; this name refers to the relationship between one sound and the sounds that immediately precede and follow it , and has been given some importance in phonological theory . |
| 16 | The scheme , launched by Michael Howard in May , has so far attracted a large number of national and other contractors , and has been given widespread support from both Government and consumer associations . |
| 17 | I know that Chris Harris is anxious to discuss the matter , and has been exploring various angles with the Scottish Officer and the Commission . |
| 18 | One big star , Billy Ray Cyrus , was invented by the marketing men last year and has been playing more or less bubblegum pop . |
| 19 | The tank has an undergravel filter and a internal filter and has been running problem-free for about four months . |
| 20 | Regularly , at least one day a week , he goes to one of a few chosen locations to shoot a roll of film and has been doing this now for several years and so has built up a record of places such as Trafalgar Square , Westminster Bridge and the South Bank in London . |
| 21 | Regularly , a least one day a week , he goes to one of a few chosen locations to shoot a roll of film and has been doing this now for several years and so has built up a record of places such as Trafalgar Square , Westminster Bridge and the South Bank in London . |
| 22 | The Womens Artist Slide Library is pleased to announce that it has succeeded in retaining its Arts Council funding for the publication of Women 's Art Magazine and has been offered financial assistance towards the running of the organisation over the next year . |
| 23 | ‘ Michael Stein pleaded guilty and has been fined 2000 Barbados dollars . |
| 24 | Painting throughout its history has served many different purposes , has been flat and has used perspective , has been framed and has been left borderless , has been explicit and has been mysterious . |
| 25 | Hound Tor is a deserted settlement in Manaton parish , high on the east side of Dartmoor , which was excavated some years ago and has been left open so that visitors can see it . |
| 26 | The fact that NTS have deliberately cut publicity about Ben Lawers is not new and has been reported many times . |
| 27 | Ken Stewart , MEP for Merseyside East , has met EC commissioners and has been told that German and French objections to Merseyside gaining a large slice of the European structural fund are no longer a problem . |
| 28 | Spielberg , accustomed to close encounters in the extra-terrestrial sphere , has offered to be creative consultant on a drama-documentary loosely based upon the book , which has sold over 300,000 hardback copies in the UK and has been reprinted fourteen times . |
| 29 | He looks promising and has been used this season as a replacment for Wallace . |