Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first ballot was dogged by controversy , when parents opposed to the school opting out claimed a propaganda war had been waged to promote the move . |
| 2 | Designed by William Kent who 'd been commisioned to improve the landscape at Shotover , it 's an exotic , mysterious building , topped with battlements , pinnacles and turrets . |
| 3 | Their fate , it seemed , had merely been delayed replaced the out of touch Ollie Reel — Armagh haemorrhaged even further by slumping to 1–15 to 1–6 . |
| 4 | The European Parliament has also been lobbied to ban the import of all yellowfin tuna , and consumer boycotts are already underway in several European countries . |
| 5 | The session had been intended to set a date for reconvening the 14th party congress , which had broken up in disarray on Jan. 23 [ see pp. 37172 ] . |
| 6 | A political as well as a religious Independent , Blackwell 's appointment may have been intended to reassure the army , since the war treasurers themselves were London aldermen of Presbyterian persuasion . |
| 7 | Draftsmen often use the word " independent " , as in phrases like " an independent valuer " or " an independent accountant " : the latter is used in the precedents in Appendix A. Sometimes this wording seems to have been intended to draw a distinction between expert determination and arbitration , as in the clause in the lease which was disputed in North Eastern Cooperative Society Ltd v Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council [ 1987 ] 1 EGLR 142 , where the parties were supposed to agree on " an independent surveyor " , and if they could not agree , the RICS was to appoint an arbitrator . |
| 8 | The very existence of Article 23 was regarded as indicating that the Convention was not mandatory , on the rather tortuous argument that if the Convention had been intended to replace the broad discovery powers previously exercised by the United States , acceptance of Article 23 ( which enables other States to refuse to operate the Convention in this area ) ‘ would have been most anomalous ’ . |
| 9 | It had originally been intended to include the Independent Women 's Union , which had campaigned jointly with the Green Party , but the two parties split after the Independent Women 's Union unsuccessfully demanded a larger share of the eight seats the list had won . |
| 10 | It had been intended to number the main service 109B and 109W , for Blackfriars and Westminster respectively , as had been done in the case of the Wimbledon services , but there was a change in heart at the last minute and the buses were delivered with blinds numbered 109 only . |
| 11 | The coins had a small intrinsic value and therefore the offer in the posters could not have been intended to create a legally binding relationship ( i.e. a contract ) between the garage proprietor and the customer . |
| 12 | It was seen as an unveiled hint of royal displeasure at Scots separatists ( the elaborate investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales , at a time when Welsh nationalism was acquiring an increasingly strident tone , had been intended to have a similar impact ) but it might also serve as a text for all the concerns of the monarchy . |
| 13 | A significant detail is the forked ends of the severed heads which may have been intended to suggest the immediate growth of two replacements , as in the classical version of the myth . |
| 14 | This brief survey has been intended to convey the flavour of the work on chaos in lasers and other all-optical systems which has exploded into the literature in the last five years or so . |
| 15 | This offensive took place between Marivan and Sardasht on the night of 19–20 October 1983 and may have been intended to cut the lines of communication between the Iraqi forces and the KDPI . |
| 16 | It had originally been intended to limit the survey to two areas , but additional funding to enlarge the sample has been made available by the DTI , with whom the results will be discussed in detail . |
| 17 | They might have been intended to catch the blade of an opponent , thus preventing it from sliding past the hilt , and injuring the holder . ’ |
| 18 | Once in the hides , sentries had been posted to protect the company positions , and many of the men took the opportunity to get some rest , if only for a few minutes . |
| 19 | The tendency for prescriptive ideologies to inhibit and distort responses in situations where informants are conscious of a competing set of standard norms became evident when Labov pressed his questions with people who had been heard using the construction in conversation . |
| 20 | Several wild song thrushes in different parts of Britain — and some blackbirds too — have been heard singing a new song that bears a striking resemblance to the distinctive electronic warble of British Telecom 's ‘ trimphones ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ He spends all day in his room and has n't been heard to say a word to anyone . |
| 22 | Tory MP Geoffrey Dickens claimed the recordings might have been leaked to blacken the Royal Family and warned that ‘ evil forces ’ could be at work . |
| 23 | Furthermore , if investment has been undertaken to improve the competitive position , then it may be desirable , during the manager 's stay in the SBU , to assess the likely performance of that investment by reference to early signals of a change in the competitive position . |
| 24 | Since the demise of the punch-card system for entering commands this has normally been undertaken using a keyboard and a screen driven by a cathode ray tube ( CRT ) or liquid crystal display ( LCD ) , although voice entry of data and touch screens have also been used . |
| 25 | In partnership with Glasgow City Council , Strathclyde Regional Council and the Strathclyde IDO , preparatory work has been undertaken to create the ‘ Glasgow Fund ’ - a vehicle through which preferential finance will be provided for the start up and development of small businesses in Glasgow 's disadvantaged areas . |
| 26 | As applied to the crystallization of ice this mechanism is largely conjectural at present since little experimental work has been undertaken to estimate the pressures likely to be generated . |
| 27 | A feasibility study has been undertaken to determine the future development strategy for the BGS deep-tow boomer and plans are now being developed to enhance the performance and flexibility of the system . |
| 28 | Because of these shortages , much research has been undertaken to produce a fat with cocoa butter properties . |
| 29 | The jaw muscles turn out to have been placed to generate the most powerful bite possible , especially when Diatryma brought into play the powerful downwards hingeing action of the upper beak on the skull . |
| 30 | In the fourth phase of progress , population-based antenatal screening — maternal serum alpha fetoprotein and ultrasound screening , sometimes complemented by amniocentesis — has been proven to have a substantial effect . |