Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Court then decided that the Tribunal 's decision was perverse , because there was no material from which to conclude that the hypothetical man guilty of misconduct would not have been dismissed in the same way as was S. Her appeal was dismissed and leave to appeal to the House of Lords was refused . |
| 2 | Transverse effects have been examined in a few instances . |
| 3 | His return had been delayed by the same blizzard that had almost prevented Judith leaving Manhattan , and put him beyond the deadline Klein had set . |
| 4 | If the district registry had appreciated the urgency and the short period of the order without doubt they would have sought directions and the result would certainly have been that the appeal would have been set down at some other convenient centre or , as happened , in London at or before the beginning of this term and would have been heard within a few days , that is , the appeal would have been heard approximately a month ago . |
| 5 | The degree of dispersion away from these concentrations has been limited by the same forces that have prevented low-income people in general from moving into suburban environments , combined with a desire for being amongst their own people in an essentially alien culture . |
| 6 | How is it that you do n't know and in your letter to me you said this trust did not know where that money had been withdrawn at the same time Andrew director of Eastern Arts was quite happy to write to me to tell me why he was quite happy to tell the press over the phone why how is it the trust did n't know ? |
| 7 | Sarah told her that John had secured a job in an hotel but had been sacked after a few days . |
| 8 | Why two such important Russian spies should have been placed in the same cell block so that they could freely meet and talk together is a mystery . |
| 9 | Over one year , a £10 a month investment would be worth a respectable £143.26 now , if it could have been placed in the same hypothetical fund . |
| 10 | My constituent , Mrs. X , who is still suffering badly , had been treated in a less than fair way by those who conducted the criminal investigation and also by those who decided that there were no grounds for bringing the perpetrator in front of a court martial . |
| 11 | She should have been treated in the same way that an older man would be dealt with for corrupting a young girl . |
| 12 | Since April 1989 , people in board-and-lodging accommodation have been treated in the same way as most other recipients of income support . |
| 13 | The faculty denied having discriminated against her and said she had been treated in the same way as all others seeking membership of the bar . |
| 14 | Lithuania is dependent for its oil supplies on Russia but has been plunged into the same economic crisis as its neighbour by the collapse of the communist system . |
| 15 | Initially , she had been ostracised in some quarters , and on several occasions when she had arranged a soiree , rival parties had been arranged for the same night . |
| 16 | In a journey back through the history of crime and delinquency , Pearson shows that for generations Britain has been plagued by the same problems and fears as today . |
| 17 | What has not been developed to the same extent is the suggestiveness of his work on the novel for theories of genre , a suggestiveness which I will only touch on here , but which seems to me to be worth a great deal more investigation and discussion . |
| 18 | The third round of talks , in May , had been halted over the same issue [ see p. 38191 ] . |
| 19 | The sightseers on the banks of the river , who , sensing something afoot , had been gathering for a few hours , dodged about , seeking a view between bushes . |
| 20 | To protect the spirit of demilitarisation , a convention has been followed that defence spending will not exceed 1 per cent of GNP , and although this ceiling has been broken on a few occasions , the 1 per cent target has a symbolic significance . |
| 21 | They have been formed from the former Milton Keynes seat held by Conservative , Bill Benyon for 22 years . |
| 22 | Erm the the public at large in Selby district have er been consulted to the same degree that that that all er districts were involved in the Greater York study . |
| 23 | Representations have been received from a former employee of Gwynedd county council and from hon. Members . |
| 24 | This is annoying , to say the least , especially when a firm commitment has been received from the same ‘ man ’ . |
| 25 | Wait until your baby has been walking for a few weeks before taking her for the first shoe fitting , as toes are crucial in gripping the floor while learning to toddle . |
| 26 | All of their problems could have been solved with a few simple decisions but they seemed to have been robbed of their ability to think straight . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ So far in our investigation we are aware of at least ten loyalist prisoners who have been interviewed by the same policemen . |
| 28 | Newley and I have been bidding for the same things for years . ’ |
| 29 | The sixth-century papal sacristy used during Lent has been located in the former wine cellar of the convent . |
| 30 | Thomas Nilsonne , Sales Director explained that a new site of 180 square metres has already been located within the same area of town and is hopeful that the contract will be signed in the next few weeks . |