Example sentences of "now [been] [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The accident that happened there has now been cleared off the carriageway . |
| 2 | The magisterial pronouncement of Sir George Macdonald on the Antonine Wall has now been overthrown by the brilliant study of the samian by Brian Hartley ( 1972 ) , and the work at Carpow and other Severan sites will help to stabilize the dating of the pottery of this period , so with more revisions and adjustments , we may eventually have a framework which will endure , but only possible since all the groundwork had been so carefully prepared . |
| 3 | Even Japan has now been visited by the prospect of recession , with GDP declining by 0.75 per cent in the second half of 1992 . |
| 4 | Chris Patten , hailed the new ozone-friendly Secretary of State for Environment , had now been exposed as the ‘ dirty water salesman of Europe ’ . |
| 5 | But more generally the shame of not being like Japan has now been reinforced by the shame of not being like Romania . |
| 6 | Details regarding the firm 's demise are a little hazy , and the matter has now been referred to the Fraud Squad . |
| 7 | But workers rejected that offer and the matter has now been referred to the national executive of the Amalgamated Engineering Union , which is expected to rule on the dispute in the next few days . |
| 8 | Approval has now been given for the acquisition of the building . |
| 9 | But the go-ahead for the stars to appear has now been given by the Department of Employment . |
| 10 | All three members of the POU class-II gene family have now been mapped in the mouse . |
| 11 | It may be noted that these acts were replaced by the Supreme Court of judicature ( Consolidation ) Act 1925 , which has itself now been replaced by the Supreme Court Act 1981 and by certain provisions in the Limitation Act 1980 ( consolidating earlier Limitation Acts ) . |
| 12 | So in 1989 petrol power gave way to a 1.8-litre diesel Escort , which has now been replaced by the latest version . |
| 13 | These have now been replaced by the 4.1m deep Woodnook Lock which lets the navigation rejoin the River Calder above the railway viaduct rather than below it . |
| 14 | In most areas of the Arab world these complex and costly fashions have now been replaced by the white , Western bridal dress . |
| 15 | That theory has now been replaced in the minds of all but the most incurable romantics by the idea that the name derives from medio e lanus , half-way plain , lanus being a Celtic corruption of plane . |
| 16 | The publicity of Michael Banks 's death had now been replaced in the public 's mind with news of fresh disasters , and the show was running on its own impetus . |
| 17 | The first round of the National Clubs competition has now been completed with the holders Linden , of Birmingham , drawn against Nottingham 's Cliftonettes in the second round . |
| 18 | This mixture of strategic and ideological arguments , whose origins I described in Chapter Three , had by now been encapsulated in the single phrase ‘ diversity ’ . |
| 19 | These cheap , reliable and effective instruments have now been challenged by the alternative type , the interferometer . |
| 20 | The full costs of the project have now been covered by the Appeal and a modest maintenance reserve set up to help sustain the future of the House . |
| 21 | A secondary level of trained safety practitioners , aimed at those with divisional safety responsibilities and their back-ups , has now been covered by the NEBOSH qualification . |
| 22 | The words in square brackets have now been repealed by the Local Government ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1982 , removing the anomaly which prevented local authorities from taking legal action under this section , in respect of odours affecting employees and others who were not inhabitants of the neighbourhood , despite being of the opinion that the odour was sufficiently obnoxious to amount to a nuisance . |
| 23 | Amendment has now been made to the legislation to ensure that the time for raising and answering enquiries is calculated correctly . |
| 24 | On the contrary : we see the cost disclosure regulations which have now been made under the Consumer Credit Act ( see chapter 5 ) as highly important . |
| 25 | One feels , however , that a systematic start has now been made in the identification of current welfare assistant practice from which specific issues can be highlighted and followed up . |
| 26 | A first attempt has now been made in the Criminal Justice Act 1991 to remedy this omission ( see below ) , but the fact that sentencers have had to wait so long for such a lead is evidence of a serious weakness in the self-regulatory capacity of the Court of Appeal itself . |
| 27 | At the same time Lotsi 's colleagues in Romania had formed an organisation , known as ‘ Pater Nostra ’ , which has now been recognised by the Romania government as an approved institution . |
| 28 | Er , our importance has er , frankly now been recognised by the Prime Minister , who talked about the voluntary organisations not very long ago and referred to us as cement , which holds society together , and I think if that 's right , and hopefully , the government may take a bit more notice of us . |
| 29 | With the large numbers of early sites that have now been recognised in the landscape , particularly those cropmarks and pottery scatters of prehistoric and Romano-British date , archaeologists have also become interested in patterns of early settlement . |
| 30 | A South African diplomat who was snubbed by Darlington borough council has now been invited to the town . |