Example sentences of "'s [been] [vb pp] by [art] " in BNC.
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1 | This is the fourth year running she 's been asked by the Fellowship to create a cake in the shape of a folly — this one is of a pair of ornamental greenhouses nicknamed Tweedledum and Tweedledee . |
2 | Take this with you , it 's been blessed by the Holy Father and it will do you good to use it . |
3 | A new system of fines has been introduced to courts in north Oxfordshire today , and it 's been viewed by the government with much interest . |
4 | I 'm not a frog that 's been kissed by a princess or whatever the fairy tale is . |
5 | Er , sir , at the risk of straying slightly into into two B , you , do forgive me in advance , but you raised the specific point about size , and and erm there was er one or two statements that there is n't a a clear view on size in P P G three , I think it 's important to bear in mind the interrelationship between all P P G s and as Mr Curtis said , the research that that backs them up , and I I I point you to three quotes in the statement that C P R E have put in , erm i i i paragraph four point one seven , an and s the quote that attaches to that is taken from the research that erm er backs up draft revised P P G thirteen , transport , and erm I shall quote from that on this question of size , i it is also evident that smaller settlements , those with populations of less than fifty thousand , but particularly very small settlements are characteristically less transport emissions efficient than larger settlements , I think the the erm essence of of that particular piece of research is not as Mr Davis was implying to achieve totally self contained settlements , I do n't believe such a concept exists , it 's actually erm a planning land use in the long term to reduce C O two emi emissions something that is essential now to government policy , I think perhaps more instructive though is is the quote that I 've in included in paragraph four point one nine and that 's taken from er er this book here which I perhaps should submit the whole chapter in evidence to the panel , I 've only just included one quote , it 's it 's I suggest one of the more interesting reads that you may have as a result of this panel , it 's by Colin Ward , and it 's called New Town , Home Town , it 's undertaken by er , sorry includes some of the work that 's been undertaken by the University of Reading , erm and er David Lock Associates , on erm er new town research , and this this is due to be published by H M S O shortly , it 's unfortunate that it was n't available in time for this E I P , but I think erm , if you 'll bear with me , I will read out the quote that I put in four point one nine , because I feel that it is useful on this question of of size , we concluded that if you are interested in environmental impact , energy conser consumption , and sustainability , new settlements have to reach a certain size to be worthwhile , it 's parallel to the old arguments that used to take place around self containment in new towns , we found that new settlements of much less than five thousand houses , that 's about fourteen thousand people are not really worthwhile because if they are smaller than that you are simply putting a housing estate in the countryside , a phrase that that has already been put round this morning , it appears that the best minimum for a new settlement , the best minimum , is about ten thousand houses , that 's that 's twenty five thousand people , which as it happens is about the size of the original garden cities . |
6 | terminal five does n't exist , it could be , that could be the case , research has to be done to see what er , yeah it could be that air , air line capacity and air line will drop as a result of er forward thinking rail scheme and there is evidence from the Rhone to Seine Rider Scheme that 's been undertaken by the French , German and Swiss governments of the a drop in demand for internal flights in those areas and because of the German equipment everything is there . |
7 | It 's been caused by a delay in the operation to move a bridge crossing the M4 near the Severn estuary . |
8 | Can I just come back Chair , and I recognize obviously there is er , further work that 's going on with this and support that it does , but there is a case with the Parliamentary Ombudsman in discipline on this at the moment , so on the way in which it 's been handled by the Ministry . |
9 | It 's been hit by a dose of fly spray ! |
10 | But it 's been adapted , it 's been worn by an ordinary person doing everyday things , and I think that 's , it 's something that 's , it 's very important to remember when you 're studying Victorian fashion and Victorian costume , that actually a lot of the documentary evidence gives a very biased picture and that to find clothes like this , I think you get a much more realistic picture of what people actually wore . |
11 | The victim 's daughter , who 's been comforted by the Minister at her local Methodist Church , said she could think of no reason why her father should have been attacked , but she was convinced someone must know the killer . |
12 | It 's been written by the best-selling author Susan Hill , and takes the story on from Du Maurier 's dramatic ending written fifty years ago . |
13 | It 's been saved by the stand-in goalkeeper . |
14 | So we can now advise people that if they take a bird in that 's been injured by a cat , they give it a shot of antibiotics — great , cures the septicaemia . |
15 | As an adult , adults such as myself have n't been through the procedure as a young person where your immune system 's been challenged by the vaccine so that you 've developed tetanus antibodies . |
16 | ‘ I 'll believe that when I 've seen the boat 's log , ’ said Neil drily , ‘ and only then after it 's been checked by an expert . |
17 | And as for the delay in writing , do n't you have any idea how time-consuming it is , looking after someone who 's been paralysed by a stroke ? ’ |
18 | ‘ Your name 's been given by the murdered man 's sister , Miss Charlotte Ladram , as somebody able to corroborate certain aspects of the evidence she 's laid before us . ’ |
19 | New drivers taking their L tests from next year will face a fresh challenge as part of their examination , and it 's been announced by the Roads Minister , Christopher Chope today . |
20 | It 's been developed by a consultant diabetologist , Dr S Greene , and his wife Alexandra , with cartoons by Barrie Appleby of Beano fame . |
21 | It 's been developed by a farmer 's wife . |
22 | It 's been pilotted by the Abingdon and West Oxford MP Home Office Minister John Patten . |
23 | He 's been freed by the Normans in return for full recognition of all their conquests to date in Italy . |
24 | It 's been adopted by a large number of Authorities , of which is gon na be one of them I hope . |
25 | But it 's been critisised by the Carers National Association . |
26 | And Derek 's been replaced by a machine ! |
27 | and it 's got a , but it 's been cooked by the microwave , you know . |
28 | It 's been highlighted by the Audit Commission , you might pick that up in paragraph eleven , and that is hospital discharges . |
29 | That 's been examined by a gunsmith who says the gun was real . |
30 | That 's been examined by a gunsmith who says the gun was real . |