Example sentences of "been [vb pp] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | What astonishes me is that the whole subject of injury from radiation seems to have been treated at the time with a casualness that approaches imbecility . |
| 32 | Gravestones and wreaths have been wrecked at the town 's public cemetery on a number of occasions by drunken youths . |
| 33 | In fact , a case where the image of sex fiend has been developed at the search stage is often over quickly at the trial stage . |
| 34 | Sometimes one aspect of our being has been developed at the expense of the other . |
| 35 | A fortnight after the production of Giasone , another opera with a libretto by Cicognini had been given at the opening of yet another Venetian opera-house , Santi Apostoli . |
| 36 | 18.2 Any such notice shall be in the English language and shall be considered to have been given at the time when actually delivered , sent by telefax or telex or in any other event within 14 ( fourteen ) days after it was mailed in the manner hereinbefore provided . |
| 37 | ‘ Insufficient consideration had been given at the design and certification stage to the stress distribution in the horizontal stabiliser spar structure following a top chord failure in the region outboard of the closure rib … ’ |
| 38 | The manners which Topaz had been taught at the convent were good enough as a basis for acceptable behaviour , but she soon discovered that she had a great deal more to learn , and would also have to adopt a whole new set of values . |
| 39 | The Headmaster , Mr. E.J. Russ had himself been taught at the school in the eighteen-nineties — my father had been one of his contemporaries . |
| 40 | Change in firm 's circumstances Where the circumstances of the firm have changed in some material respect which could not reasonably have been foreseen at the date of the agreement . |
| 41 | A makeshift stage had been erected at the staircase end and , above it , Class 1 had hung a large , hand-painted Islamic crescent moon and star . |
| 42 | Mr Piggott clicked his false teeth in disapproval at such wicked waste , and shook his head at the ‘ FOR SALE ’ board which had been erected at the gate the week before . |
| 43 | ‘ A new hair-carding shop ( No. 54 ) has recently been erected at the west end of the works , built of corrugated iron , … adjacent is a small mortar grinding plant and concrete breaker for the use of the building department . |
| 44 | Road signs were supposed to have been erected at the mouth of the carriageway as soon as Benin 's car had passed through , warning motorists of an impending dynamite blast and rerouting them on to another section of the motorway . |
| 45 | Ram-raiders used a stolen van to break into the Wineways store in Edgehill Road , Scarborough , just two months ago after bollards had been erected at the store to prevent such attacks . |
| 46 | When I had first heard of my appointment to Stornoway I had been elated at the prospect of leaving a somewhat dull routine existence down south . |
| 47 | They suspected she had been poisoned at the party . |
| 48 | If commitment accounting is adopted during the financial year , the conversion to ordinary accruals at the year-end involves the following book entry : in respect of all the orders issued for which invoices have not been received at the year-end . |
| 49 | Answer guide : In the former case an invoice for the goods or services supplied has been received whereas in the latter no invoice has been received at the time the accounts are drawn up therefore an estimate of the amount owing for the goods or services provided is made . |
| 50 | The length of the progress line is then drawn to represent the percentage of the job that has been completed at the review date . |
| 51 | The length of the progress line is then drawn to represent the percentage of the job that has been completed at the review date . |
| 52 | Its various creepers , wisteria , magnolia grandiflora and Russian vine had been checked at the level of the first floor . |
| 53 | Journalists who telephoned the divisional police were told bluntly that the men had not even been interviewed at the time the army spokesman had made his statement . |
| 54 | Indeed , in some ways the EDC treaty went beyond the ECSC in that Article 38 , which had been included at the insistence of Italy , required the Common Assembly to study ways of establishing federal institutions along with a popularly elected legislature . |
| 55 | A separate section describing some of the famous warriors of Ulthuan has been included at the end of the army list . |
| 56 | In 1643 he was made a marshal of France and his first command with that rank required him to reorganise the army of Weimar which had been smashed at the battle of Tüttlingen . |
| 57 | The large steersman 's oar , which must always have been located at the stern , is the only clear indication of the vessel 's orientation . |
| 58 | The Symon Unconformity has been picked at the base of a thin coal sequence which might correspond to the Phillipsii Chronozone of the upper Westphalian C. Thus a limited gas potential can be attributed to the base of the Barren Measures sequence . |
| 59 | Set , like many of her titles , in a fictional Irish village , it tells the stories of eight children who have been educated at the village school and who have carved their names on the beech tree standing by the school house . |
| 60 | The museum , owned by U.S. Aerobatic Team member Kermit Weeks , was totally demolished by winds reported to have exceeded 200 mph — so strong that a DC-6 which had been parked at the airport was found over a mile away . |