Example sentences of "been [verb] [subord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Gould moved on to Brussels , where his anti-EEC inclinations — which have been hidden though never abandoned in recent years — became entrenched . |
| 2 | Given that the recognition of the significance of portal hypertension in portopulmonary hypertension is recent , it is possible that other cases of PBC associated primary PHT have been dismissed as merely associated with liver disease . |
| 3 | Yet the Africanness of those wars has meanwhile been obscured by the outbreak in Europe of tribal fights that would once have been dismissed as typically African . |
| 4 | Victory was all too easy in this lopsided match and if this had been a boxing contest it would have surely been stopped after barely a quarter of the game had elapsed . |
| 5 | It also dates 1st century and could have been intended as either a key or a knife handle ( although the fact that it has a circular socket favours its use as a key handle ) . |
| 6 | While the referendum had not been intended as legally binding by the government , on the strength of the result the Supreme Council on Feb. 11 adopted a constitutional law proclaiming Lithuania " an independent democratic republic " . |
| 7 | Well we 've been targeting as well |
| 8 | He said the figures , ‘ implied that everyone removed from a hospital waiting list has been treated when blatantly that is not the case . |
| 9 | Charles , who had been criticized as increasingly authoritarian during her 10 years in office , dismissed opposition complaints by claiming that " we have always realized that elections do n't throw up the best people " . |
| 10 | The crisis of resources in public education has also brought to a head questions about the relevance of the present curriculum , which has been criticized as too academic and élitist , and the rigidity of the education system generally . |
| 11 | The company 's timetable for evaluating the results of the tests has also been criticized as too tight . |
| 12 | Consequently , many proposals which are approved have , because of these checks , been highlighted as apparently contrary to approved local policies and local views . |
| 13 | Relative organ size his been calculated as before . |
| 14 | Over the last few years the number of public television groups within the PBAA has grown steadily , and extensive technical expertise has been developed as more than twenty test broadcasts across Australia have taken place . |
| 15 | She says that warnings should have been given as soon as the terrorists made their threats . |
| 16 | But in fact it was the docking crew as a whole who were at fault , because the platform 's progress towards the support cradle should have been halted as soon as it passed completely through the field , so that earthing and other safety procedures could be instigated . |
| 17 | This implies that at least 53% of lone mothers would be classified as unoccupied ; they would have been regarded as economically inactive at the census , and at death registration the instructions to registrars would preclude the recording of any occupational information . |
| 18 | As an admitted homosexual , John himself would have been regarded as medically unfit for conscription into the forces . |
| 19 | The main shift , however , is in the new emphasis the White Paper is bound to place on intervention and regulation , words that have been regarded as mostly unpalatable in Tory conference debates over the past decade . |
| 20 | Ever since that time , the fate of the Musgrave family and the strangely beautiful glass goblet have been regarded as inextricably entwined . |
| 21 | Traditionally these different functions and objectives have been regarded as somewhat incompatible . |
| 22 | This has been capped by the well publicised current appearance of no less than Rain Man ( Warner ) for sale ( £14.99 ) as well as for rent , when hitherto the two spheres have tacitly been regarded as mutually exclusive . |
| 23 | But both have been regarded as politically reprehensible , camp because allegedly insulting to women , machismo because allegedly aping the masculinity oppressive of women ( lesbian and straight ) and gays . |
| 24 | One of the few exceptions to this was Stonehenge , which always seems to have been regarded as extremely old and to have excited theories about how the lintels were raised : one early theory was that the magician Merlin placed the stones . |
| 25 | It would probably unleash another burst of investment as firms took advantage of opportunities which had hitherto been regarded as too risky . |
| 26 | Had the boys boarded a train to Carlisle and caused damage there , this might have been regarded as too remote . |
| 27 | What could legitimately be described as ‘ dubious tactics ’ on Malham Cove in the early 70s would have been regarded as quite normal in the early 60s and would be considered style of pathological purity in the 90s . |
| 28 | They may also depend upon getting people from within the department to work to change old policies which have hitherto been regarded as quite satisfactory . |
| 29 | With this the criticism of traditional orthodox formulations , which had long been regarded as absolutely central and essential to Christian belief , came on the stage in a new way and ushered in a debate which has continued up to the present . |
| 30 | Five of the dales of the Yorkshire Dales National Park have been designated as environmentally sensitive areas . |