Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The marsh has been drained so the water forms a lake with small islands for birds and wildlife . |
| 2 | The group seems to have been given only the most broad and general of aims . |
| 3 | But out of earshot of the boss , one of the workers told me that two campers had been mauled only the previous week . |
| 4 | thank you and we see here that erm one thousand eight hundred and fifty six pounds had been claimed , that one thousand eight hundred and fifty six pounds thirteen had been received so the insurance cover had paid |
| 5 | If an announcement has been prepared then the response to a leak should be more effective than in the event of having to deal with the situation at short notice . |
| 6 | Approval is given for something that has been done so the management arrow is somewhat behind the broken arrow . |
| 7 | And it 's been made all the more interesting by brightly coloured accessories — many from Julie 's home town in Trinidad . |
| 8 | In a final report , which has not yet been made public the Atlanta group concludes that seven babies died of deliberate overdoses and that another 2 I deaths could have been avoided if the hospital had been better equipped to spot trouble . |
| 9 | We believe that the amendments are vital because we have never been told officially the price of any of the bus companies . |
| 10 | " Instead of the children of the working class being subjected to rigorous self-denial in preparation for a life-time in mill or mine , " he writes , " they have been offered instead the promise of the easy and immediate gratification which , in the end , can sabotage human development and achievement just as effectively as the poverty and hunger of the past . " |
| 11 | She has been offered only the statutory minimum of £4,715 in redundancy pay . |
| 12 | which should of been bricked right the way in |
| 13 | If those shells had been preserved then the sand and shingle in which they lay could not have been eroded by the sun and wind . |
| 14 | By the time it had been persuaded onwards the victoria was out of sight . |
| 15 | Of all the human races which inhabited the Imperium , Yuan 's had been isolated perhaps the longest before re-integration . |
| 16 | Tosspot had been found dead the previous afternoon . |
| 17 | But the forest has been spared perhaps the ultimate in toxic waste . |
| 18 | Electronic bite alarms have been invented so the fishermen do n't have to even watch a float . |
| 19 | All the children had been rushed indoors the moment the trouble started . |
| 20 | In Zambia aircraft accident investigation was the responsibility of the Director of Civil Aviation and the official who occupied that position had been appointed only the day before the accident occurred . |
| 21 | Once the management task has been defined then the type of information required can be identified . |
| 22 | If the floor plates have ever been removed then the sealer around them may have been damaged and need replacing . |
| 23 | It is not providence , but it may have been meant just the same . |
| 24 | Since nothing had been taken away the duty in such a case was to reach an honest conclusion without bias and not in pursuance of a capricious policy . |
| 25 | have pointed out that if it is feasible and believable for entrants to write firm ( but presumably secret ) contracts with customers for delivery over some fixed time period in the future , then the third and fourth conditions have been circumvented yet the result is the same . |
| 26 | IF THESE SALES HAVE NOT BEEN ACHIEVED THEN THE BALANCE OF ROYALTIES UNPAID WILL BECOME PAYABLE THREE YEARS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH THE FIRST CASSETTES WERE MANUFACTURED . |
| 27 | IF THESE SALES HAVE NOT BEEN ACHIEVED THEN THE BALANCE OF ROYALTIES UNPAID WILL BECOME PAYABLE THREE YEARS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH THE FIRST CASSETTES WERE MANUFACTURED . |
| 28 | These were organic transplants which had been rejected yet the patient lived . |
| 29 | But if he had , indeed , been murdered then the secrets would be told ; through his dead body , through the intimate detritus of his life , through the mouths , truthful , treacherous , faltering , reluctant of his family , his enemies , his friends . |
| 30 | The funeral had in fact been held only the day before . |