Example sentences of "has been [vb pp] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book has been written very much with the busy clinician in mind and conveys only the most superficial impression , an approach that is less than satisfactory for the serious researcher or specialist . |
| 2 | Mr Pozsgay has been written off many times . |
| 3 | Although notice accounts are normally worthwhile , the return on them has been cut so much that there 's little reason for people to choose them over postal accounts . |
| 4 | Windmill Fields and the Lymington Bottom triangle had been definitely listed as open space , and once landscaping work has been done both these areas will be handed over to the parish council for maintenance . |
| 5 | Well the Boat Race has been livened up this year with the publication of True Blue . |
| 6 | Alright , so in , in the short run , because more is being produced , alright , and demand has been increased very much , or in world terms , then market prices will fall . |
| 7 | It has been made plain that Government policy on aid will be increasingly conditioned by the performance of recipient governments in terms of human rights and observance of democratic practices , and I wholly welcome that . |
| 8 | Great simplifications have been made in the law as to estates and interests in land , with the result that the law of property has been made very much more uniform . |
| 9 | I am very conscious of what I would not be putting forward but I would include Rachel Whiteread for her contribution to Documenta : I 'm watching Anya Gallachio who has just shown at the ICA , and I would include Angela Bulloch who has been understood abroad more than here . |
| 10 | Biologists have developed a theoretical framework within which the evolution of virulence can be analysed , and it has been demonstrated experimentally that virulence can evolve in response to alternative modes of parasite transmission . |
| 11 | It is just that being shown into the library , which has been shut up these many years , perhaps brought it home to me how very sad it was for … ’ |
| 12 | The attitudinal function has been given so much importance in past work on intonation that it will be discussed separately in this chapter , though it should eventually become clear that it overlaps considerably with the discourse function . |
| 13 | It is a pity but my father , Elfed , has been given very little credit in articles and books . |
| 14 | The body clock has been studied very little in older volunteers and so we do not know the answer to this . |
| 15 | Michael Porter , whose Competitive Advantage of Nations has been studied as much by political leaders as businessmen , now talks of the Porter ‘ brand ’ . |
| 16 | Originally a 9-holer designed by Tom Dunn , Sheringham was extended to 18 holes in 1898 and , little changed over the years , it particularly suits the English ladies , it seems : their amateur championship has been played here several times , most recently in 1991 . |
| 17 | But his work has been destroyed so many times in the rads that he 's now giving up . |
| 18 | Many people say that near Frankenhausen in Thuringia is a mountain in which Frederick Barbarossa may be found … he has been seen there many times . |
| 19 | Once a book has been selected then all that needs to be done is a simple form to be filled in and the library staff will fetch it for you or at least show you where to look . |
| 20 | As has been pointed out many times in the past , sport is n't played on paper , it 's played on grass . |
| 21 | The boat has a full racing spec. but has been raced very little . |
| 22 | The story of the sunken village under Semer Water has been repeated so many times that it may be pointless me telling the story once again , yet there may be some of you who wo n't have heard it , so if you 're sitting comfortably , I 'll begin . |
| 23 | Where Newco acquires Target , this does not of itself terminate any contract of employment between Target and its employees , but it is with a view to rationalising the business after it has been bought out that Target may decide to terminate certain contracts of employment ; Newco may also be seeking to vary the terms of employment of certain directors and employees . |
| 24 | It has been hyped so much that I was n't sure whether I would like it . |
| 25 | No legislative action has been taken on either recommendation . |
| 26 | No action has been taken on this . |
| 27 | Counsel advice has been taken on this issue and it is concluded that debt restructuring is permitted by virtue of paragraph 1(1) ( c ) of Schedule 3 to the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1975 . |
| 28 | ‘ Any advantage the Americans have around the greens has been taken away this year because the rough is n't so severe , ’ added the Scot , who learned much about himself at Pebble Beach when he finished third behind Tom Kite . |
| 29 | The second is a historical observation , that during the thirty years or so since the first observations of single cell response properties in the visual systems of mammals , our understanding of how the visual system works has been driven as much by theoretical developments in the psychology of perception as the other way round . |
| 30 | This has been switched on all afternoon and left flat . |