Example sentences of "been [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The session had been intended to set a date for reconvening the 14th party congress , which had broken up in disarray on Jan. 23 [ see pp. 37172 ] . |
| 2 | Draftsmen often use the word " independent " , as in phrases like " an independent valuer " or " an independent accountant " : the latter is used in the precedents in Appendix A. Sometimes this wording seems to have been intended to draw a distinction between expert determination and arbitration , as in the clause in the lease which was disputed in North Eastern Cooperative Society Ltd v Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council [ 1987 ] 1 EGLR 142 , where the parties were supposed to agree on " an independent surveyor " , and if they could not agree , the RICS was to appoint an arbitrator . |
| 3 | ‘ He spends all day in his room and has n't been heard to say a word to anyone . |
| 4 | Since the demise of the punch-card system for entering commands this has normally been undertaken using a keyboard and a screen driven by a cathode ray tube ( CRT ) or liquid crystal display ( LCD ) , although voice entry of data and touch screens have also been used . |
| 5 | Because of these shortages , much research has been undertaken to produce a fat with cocoa butter properties . |
| 6 | Regardless of the cell populations involved , Beguinot et al and our own finding that liadin derived peptides stimulate adenylate cyclase activity in small intestinal mucosa homogenates from patients who have not been treated suggests a role for cAMP in the pathophysiological processes of coeliac disease . |
| 7 | Fred had been helping to rescue a family trapped in a cellar when a collapsing beam held him trapped by his left arm and leg for several hours , but he made a good recovery . |
| 8 | The heater had been adjusted to give a temperature of 76°F , and the filter was bubbling away nicely . |
| 9 | The HERMS file structure has been arranged to store a minimum of data whilst yielding the maximum information . |
| 10 | According to the NRA , the net present value of the damage that would be caused by flooding , and hence the benefit accruing , has been calculated using a number of variables , and generally lies between £41 million and £69 million . |
| 11 | Since April 1988 the size of the budget for each school has been calculated using a formula ( based mainly on age-weighted pupil units ) rather than the use of historical costs . |
| 12 | A new dance company has been formed to give a boost to the performing arts outside London . |
| 13 | Therefore , if the wrong person has been assigned to approve a package and the user who should have done so does not agree to the approval , the following steps must be taken : |
| 14 | Like some naughty child who 's been caught playing a prank she just kept her head low , staring at the floor . |
| 15 | Within the Dakleton is a comprehensive radar/nav fit and the rear fuselage has been modified to take a battery of smoke canisters and flares , which can be ejected from a series of chutes in the under-fuselage . |
| 16 | This family was the second detected and our practice has since been modified to make a disclosure no sooner than 6 weeks . |
| 17 | The ministers were supported by almost 52,000 local or lay preachers : of these totals the four leading denominations we have been surveying had a total of 6,409 ministers and 44,142 lay preachers in England . |
| 18 | These outline specifications have been included to provide a summary of the new awards . |
| 19 | It was confirmed on Oct. 1 that Carl Bildt had been nominated to form a minority four-party " bourgeois " coalition , as proposed by him on Sept. 24 , comprising his own conservative Moderate Party ( M ) , the Liberal Party ( Fp ) led by Bengt Westerberg , the Centre Party ( C ) led by Olof Johansson , and the Christian Democratic Community Party ( KdS ) led by Alf Svensson . |
| 20 | Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody , with a perinuclear pattern on immunofluorescent staining has been reported to have a sensitivity of 65% and specificity of 100% in primary sclerosing cholangitis . |
| 21 | Capsaicin sensitive afference neurones have previously been reported to play a prt in gastric mucosal protection . |
| 22 | RAP30 has been reported to contain a sequence homologous to region 1b and 2 of σ factors of bacteria , which has been shown to be a binding site for the core component of E.coli RNA polymerase and possibly for mammalian RNA polymerase II ( 19,40 ) . |
| 23 | Yet all these have been subdued to form a stream native to our own soil . |
| 24 | The US Fish and Wildlife Service had been expected to reach a decision soon on whether to call for a ban or not . |
| 25 | In response the United Kingdom Minister for Overseas Development , Lynda Chalker , cancelled a visit to Nigeria scheduled for October , when she had been expected to announce a £60,000,000 aid package . |
| 26 | Like my hon. Friend , I pay tribute to the efforts of Lord Carrington and others within the Community who have been endeavouring to obtain a ceasefire , and to the efforts made by Mr. Cyrus Vance . |
| 27 | In a problem on criminal law , make no statement as to the law of tort , unless of course the question whether a crime has been committed involves a question of tort . |
| 28 | The core program architecture has been designed to provide a commonality across all the products , no matter which application they are designed for . |
| 29 | The seemingly random and jagged-edged pattern of blue , black , silver , green and white had been designed to disguise a boat 's shape from the prying eyes of U-Boat captains , so it seemed somewhat fanciful to thus camouflage a pleasure boat in the Bahamas . |
| 30 | Since 1977 Brown had been looking to buy a business in Scotland , where his family , roots and contacts are . |