Example sentences of "been [vb pp] by the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The third defendant denies the plaintiffs ' claim against him but if contrary to his contentions he is held liable to the plaintiffs , he claims against you to be indemnified against the plaintiffs ' claims and the costs of this action , alternatively contribution to such extent of the plaintiffs ' claims as the court may think fit , on the grounds that ( 1 ) at all material times , you were the accountants retained by and advising the plaintiffs and each of them in respect of the proposed transaction ( and in particular the financial aspects thereof ) in relation to which the said alleged liability of the plaintiffs and each of them to [ B.M.T. ] was incurred ; ( 2 ) in about the period from January to September 1983 , you acted in breach of contract and negligently towards the plaintiffs and each of them in that you failed to advise them properly or at all with regard to the said proposed transaction and the financial aspects thereof and in particular failed to explain the full nature and extent thereof to the plaintiffs and each of them and/or failed to advise the plaintiffs as to the commercial prudence of the same and/or the risks inherent in proceeding with the same and/or failed to warn them not to enter into the same ; ( 3 ) that in so far as any financial information was or may have been communicated by the third defendant he did so in reliance upon information supplied by you . |
| 2 | In the twenties , both in England and in America , we have a situation in which the infant and child mortality rates are fast declining , mainly owing to new advances in medical knowledge ; at the same time , the world 's values have been shaken by the First World War , writers and journalists have both more freedom and more inclination than ever before to discuss religion from an agnostic point of view , and the vengeful God of heaven and hell no longer impresses in quite the old way . |
| 3 | The charities to benefit have been nominated by the first three teams competing for the Clayton Trophy . |
| 4 | The Pennsylvania law had been considered by the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia in October 1991 . |
| 5 | The earlier phases of his career had been dominated by the Second World War , the Cold War and the threat of a Third World War , and the Algerian War . |
| 6 | Will it be possible to finish the 12 — 2 guinea plates the 2nd thirty small ones and the thirty of which the first ground has been done by the first of April next — or the end of March — give opinion on this … ? ’ |
| 7 | However in all of these fields there was a still older tradition of the free market and elements of this were present in early strands of competition in both telecoms and radio ; these , however had often been eradicated by the mid-twentieth century . |
| 8 | His ‘ fascist ’ ideas had first been shaped by the First World War , which he felt Britain should not have entered . |
| 9 | The Rueff plan , which was presented to de Gaulle in mid-November , had three main planks : a substantial devaluation of the franc ( accompanied by the creation of a new franc equivalent to 100 old francs ) ; action to control the budget deficit , both through increased taxes and cuts in governmental expenditure ; and a decision to remove many restrictions on foreign trade and to reduce tariffs on trade with the other five Common Market countries ( in line with a commitment that had been made by the Fourth Republic the year before ) . |
| 10 | Since 1979 , after the changes in party policies had been accepted by the Third Plenum of the CCP , a number of important measures had been taken . |
| 11 | Stirling 's old troop from No. 8 Commando had been absorbed by the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards who were in the desert at a place called Bug Bug , from where Johnny Cooper was recruited . |
| 12 | Most products simply called gin or dry gin will have been produced by the third cheaper method . |
| 13 | Besides the First Century cave , the archaeologists have discovered a group of other man-made caverns believed to have been used by the Second Century anti-Roman Jewish rebel , Bar-Kokhba . |
| 14 | This armour had been worn by the first Phoenix King during the ancient wars with Chaos . |
| 15 | boundary changes that we would like to have the full panoply of o o of inquiry a as the honourable gentleman knows , the the timetable was short here and what we had to do was to follow the model , er that had been provided by the last Labour government in seventy eight when it had a similarly tight timetable , took a similarly er er period , similarly short period of time er for the reviews and where erm the normal enquiries had to be dispensed with . |
| 16 | A Greenpeace report published in Warsaw reveals that toxic waste which has been refused by the third world is now being exported to Poland . |
| 17 | One of these was the Argyll , said to have been invented by the 4th Duke of Argyll , who died in 1770 . |
| 18 | We can not all , as it already been emphasised by the last speaker we may not all be able to do the same things we have not all got the same gifts or the same responsibilities er within the church but you all have the same responsibilities in this light of God . |
| 19 | The plaintiffs ' claim in these proceedings is based on allegations of a complicated fraud said to have been perpetrated by the first defendant Mr. Tully in conspiracy with his wife the second defendant , Mrs. Tully and with all or some of the other first 16 defendants . |
| 20 | And the only marks of their passage have been obliterated by the next generation . |
| 21 | And the only marks of their passage have been obliterated by the next generation . |
| 22 | The first projection was immediately disconfirmed by Labour winning the 1964 and 1966 elections and the second was undone by the 1970 election and has been destroyed by the last three general elections . |
| 23 | In 1928 a new world-wide trade union organisation , the Profintern , had been established by the Sixth International Conference of the Communist International and in charge of its Negro department was George Padmore . |
| 24 | Obvious , perhaps , but it would be a serious mistake to think that the lessons will have been learnt by the next bull market . |