Example sentences of "has been [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In trusts , however , it has been widely maintained that intention always counted for a lot more than words . |
| 2 | Apart from the weathering of the sculpture , the arch has been well preserved due to the protection afforded in the Middle Ages from an adjacent church and fortifications ( 159 ) . |
| 3 | It has been well established that death rates are highly correlated with the incidence of chronic diseases which are known to justify health service intervention . |
| 4 | He has been busily sowing further discord by congratulating the leftist parties for their stand while damning the BJP for their destructive policies . |
| 5 | Normally , these bubbles ( or vesicles ) are only a few millimetres across and quite thinly scattered , but sometimes , if the lava has been particularly gas rich , the rock is so honeycombed with large bubbles that it looks like some kinds of Swiss cheese ; more holes than solid . |
| 6 | The M6 crosses on the Thornbridge Viaduct , a viaduct which has been extensively repaired last year using a very powerful water lance to cut out deteriorated concrete , a German tool being used in Britain for the first time . |
| 7 | Until recently there has been little experience relevant to such speculations . |
| 8 | The section from Lyme Regis to Charmouth has been temporarily closed due to subsidence . |
| 9 | As has been previously stated one of the major problems with morphology is determination of the word boundaries in a string . |
| 10 | Furthermore , if the purchaser is a public company , whether or not its shares are quoted , it is prevented by CA 1985 , s102 from allotting the consideration shares to the vendor unless the consideration for the allotment has been independently valued pursuant to CA 1985 , s108 and a report regarding the value has been made to the purchaser by an independent person within the six months preceding the allotment . |
| 11 | The vast majority of mammals and the vast majority of birds do n't use echolocation , and it is highly probable that their common ancestor did n't either ( nor did it fly — that is another technology that has been independently evolved several times ) . |
| 12 | You do it with your body just like it has been successfully done millions of times before throughout history . |
| 13 | It has been generally accepted that demolition of itself does not constitute development and , although there is some legal uncertainty on the matter , local authorities have typically assumed that demolition is outside the ambit of development control . |
| 14 | Ever since November 1989 , the White House has been doggedly nominating daily ‘ points of light ’ in an attempt to draw the nation 's attention to outstanding examples of voluntary service . |
| 15 | While the Kerry is naturally small in its native environment , the Dexter has been deliberately bred small , often to the point of being a true dwarf . |
| 16 | ICI Paints has been systematically measuring all the waste generated by its factories worldwide . |
| 17 | Chatam , who was narrowly beaten by Jodami in the Hennessy Cognac Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown , has been lightly raced this year and is not yet a certain runner . |
| 18 | The marriage of a person who has been judicially declared insane is totally void , and the same is said to be true of any disposition of property made by such a person . |
| 19 | Ian Southworth has been formally appointed second helmsman on Wings of Oracle , Oracle UK 's Two Tonner . |
| 20 | There has been the occasional quickening of the establishment pulse from time to time when one in line to succeed to the Crown has seemed to develop too intense an interest in a Roman Catholic but despite that , the anticipated line of succession has been perfectly followed subject to only one scandalous disruption when Edward VIII preferred to marry a divorcee to retaining the monarchy . |