Example sentences of "been [verb] be [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The only figure we have been given is of £28,000 which was spent on the cleaning of the graffiti . ’ |
| 2 | However , such progress as has been made is in areas that are well defined in advance — which , by definition is not usually the case in the are a of strategic decision making . |
| 3 | The only way in which it could have been avoided was for de Gaulle to change his style of leadership . |
| 4 | One area where the importance of process measurements had always been appreciated was in limestone areas and these were the focus of many of the earliest , and simplest process techniques developments . |
| 5 | Lt.-Col. Sekhobe Letsie , who had also been arrested was on March 21 formally charged with the murder of two former government ministers and their wives in 1986 [ see p. 34789 ] . |
| 6 | One way in which liaison ( and confusion ) has been institutionalized is by use of agency agreements between authorities . |
| 7 | The only way the scale effect could have been achieved is with layers of shaped leather or metal : either would have made the garment extremely heavy and unwieldy . |
| 8 | One option that had been canvassed was for staffing ratios and care standards merely to be maintained rather than improved as the hospitals declined . |