Example sentences of "already been [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Fifties book had already been turned into a stage play by the author and Willis Hall in 1960 . |
| 2 | Ltd. ’ had already been registered as a subsidiary of the London Tramways Co. in 1879 , but came to nothing . ) |
| 3 | He said that the erroneous advice from the IT member of staff was irrelevant because of the advice which Mr Sen had already been given by a solicitor . |
| 4 | The increase of State control which has already been seen as a feature of military organization in this period is also visible where navies are concerned . |
| 5 | The wide applications of Mouse Alert have already been seen by a variety of customers , whose needs range from protecting high technology equipment , ensuring that perishable foods leave premises uncontaminated , and knowing that pharmaceutical products remain sterile . |
| 6 | We need to analyse the interaction between electors , whose attitudes have already been influenced by a variety of considerations ( ranging from their own sense of both national and local political issues , down to whatever perception they might have concerning their need to accommodate themselves to their social superiors ) , and the party electioneers , who were determined to influence the electorate in whatever way they thought fit ( which invariably meant a combination of political propaganda and various forms of manipulation , bribery and intimidation ) . |
| 7 | A very large amount had already been collected on a voluntary basis by religious groups for the Famine , making it seem almost superfluous or extortionate to do more . |
| 8 | Firm A has already been presented as a dependent for its now of business on maintaining a reputation with its largely immigrant clients . |
| 9 | This has already been highlighted in a report commissioned by the Scottish Office which found serious alleged failures in the region 's practices . |
| 10 | This has already been highlighted in a report commissioned by the Scottish Office which found serious alleged failures in the region 's practices . |
| 11 | A number of men have already been charged with a range of offences and at least two men received heavy fines when they appeared in court last month , charged with ‘ importing obscene material ’ . |
| 12 | The officers had already been convicted by a military tribunal in January [ see p. 37959 ] but the civilian court , which was required to confirm these sentences , showed itself to be more lenient . |
| 13 | Anthony Caro 's ‘ Tower of Discovery ’ has already been erected in a plaza close to the entrance to Expo 's site . |
| 14 | Taking account of what has already been achieved by a student and breaching the barriers between separate sections of education and training calls for conscious management . |
| 15 | On the subject of local histories — especially town histories — it is very possible that the ground will have already been explored by a previous researcher and the results of the study published . |
| 16 | By 1982 , then , when The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail appeared in print , the waters had already been disturbed by a fresh wave of material pertaining to the historical Jesus . |
| 17 | ALMOST 1,000 inquiries have already been received at a six- week-old community project . |
| 18 | In the course of earlier related research in the context of accounting applications , contact has already been made with a number of UK organisations who are using , or about to use , expert systems . |
| 19 | In the case of a company limited by shares , normally the only liability imposed on a shareholder as such will be to pay up the nominal value of the shares and any premium in so far as payment has not already been made by a previous holder . |
| 20 | This was effectively the same as the Spanish Pyrenean of northern Navarre and had already been crossed to a large extent with Limousin and Garonnais before it finally disappeared into the Blonde during the 1960s , leaving only the rare Béarnais as a purebred remnant . |
| 21 | The question of endangerment has already been raised in a more general fashion in Chapter 7.7 . |
| 22 | Retrospective appraisal by clients has already been rejected as a lawyer-influenced criterion . |
| 23 | This process has already been applied to a severely weathered stone head from Lincoln Cathedral . |
| 24 | The possibilities of error at every stage in the handling of this sort of document have already been alluded to a number of times , and one would therefore need to subject the document to the most rigorous examination . |
| 25 | The Redcar crew have already been honoured for a daring rescue earlier this year . |
| 26 | This can be taken to mean that the work has already been printed for a limited number of people by private gift or circulation , but has not been published in the sense that it has been offered to the general public . |
| 27 | It is very difficult to design a pressed flower picture on to a background material that has already been printed with a design , and if you were to use a floral fabric it might be hard to spot where your picture stops and the print begins . |
| 28 | When first setting up a fence it takes time to adjust the three wires at the tackle end so that they are under equal tension ( the far end having already been secured to a strong chain link , which in turn is fastened to its anchorage ) . |
| 29 | ( At this point agreement had already been reached on a number of issues , including revised provisions on human rights , environmental protection and birth control measures ; the admission of new members ; and the doubling of the new convention 's duration to 10 years . ) |
| 30 | By two minutes to three the match had already been condemned to a dull spectacle , ruined by zealous over-officiousness and amazing decisions . |