Example sentences of "[verb] been invented by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The easy and stylish way to put up shelves in bedrooms , bathrooms and kitchens has been invented by UK manufacturer Cliffhanger . |
| 2 | The easy and stylish way to put up shelves in bedrooms , bathrooms and kitchens has been invented by UK manufacturer Cliffhanger . |
| 3 | With its onomatopoeic qualities , redolent of a snake in the grass , the name could have been invented by Dickens . |
| 4 | Its characters live their absurd lives in a décor that might have been invented by Osbert Lancaster or Sir John Betjeman at their best . |
| 5 | Indeed it is impossible for us to imagine a social system operated by human beings which was not ordered by language ; human culture , as we know it , could not have been invented by a society of deaf mutes . |
| 6 | Such an accusation is hardly likely to have been invented by his enemies if he had not performed miracles . |
| 7 | Modern biblical scholars concur that among the most historically plausible incidents in the Gospels , among the incidents least likely to have been invented by later writers and editors , is Jesus 's baptism in the Jordan by John . |
| 8 | It seems to have been invented by Exekias , and there are a few late black figure and early red-figure examples , but Euphronios is the first to make it a regular vehicle for major work . |
| 9 | Visual signalling is thought to have been invented by Captain Bolton , of the 12th Regiment , British Army , and Captain Colomb in 1861 . |
| 10 | One of these was the Argyll , said to have been invented by the 4th Duke of Argyll , who died in 1770 . |
| 11 | The main theme is , however , in the bass — the so-called ‘ royal theme ’ , said to have been invented by Frederick the Great of Prussia . |
| 12 | The companies successfully argued that many elements of the Macintosh screen , which uses movable symbols rather than typed commands , were not original or that they had been invented by Xerox Corporation or International Business Machines . |
| 13 | In GEC 's Patent , the employer had obtained patent protection for a cockpit display unit which had been invented by an employee for use in military aircraft . |