had been previously vs had been already

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Had been previously' is used to indicate that something occurred before a specific point in time, while 'had been already' is used to show that something was completed before a particular time or event.

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had been previously

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate that something happened before a specific point in time.

This phrase is used to refer to an action or event that took place before a particular time in the past.

Examples:

The report had been previously submitted to the committee.
The issue had been previously discussed in the meeting.

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Seventy-seven percent of the patients had been previously exposed to anthracyclines.
When the diocese was relating to the police, and they didn't disclose the fact that O'Grady had been previously accused, do you think they were telling the whole truth?
(e) "Re-export": means any movement from the territory of the Community of bluefin tuna which had been previously imported into the territory of the Community;
'Re-export' means any movement from the territory of the Union of bluefin tuna which had been previously imported into the territory of the Union;
(e) "Re-export": means any movement from the territory of the Community of bluefin tuna in caught or processed form (including farmed) which had been previously imported into the territory of the Community;
And today we learned about some evidence that had been previously excluded.
Of those in clinical response at Week 4, 48% had been previously exposed to other anti-TNF therapy.
The UK regulations implementing the Directive left the position as it had been previously.
These holdings had been previously inspected for compliance with environmental, hygiene and animal welfare standards.
In an additional study, 57 patients with follicular lymphoma who had been previously treated and were not responding to rituximab received Zevalin.
Pedro Chazarreta's had been previously accused of murdering his wife, Gloria Echague.
Or Monsignor, forgive me... that O'Grady had been previously accused?
TRISENOX has been examined in two studies involving 52 patients with APL who had been previously treated with anthracyline (a type of anticancer medicine) and a retinoid.
This policy, which had been previously agreed with employers, trade unions and representatives of civil society, has resulted in an injection of some 700000 new legal workers into the Spanish economy.
Not to mention other objectives which had been previously enshrined and which have now been reaffirmed.
We were happy to see that, although our three strains had been previously identified bacteria, two of them were not previously associated with phthalate degradation, so this was actually a novel discovery.
It has thus been decided for the 2006 and future accounts that they should be presented as investments under this heading - they had been previously been presented as loans, see note E 2.4.1 below.
I listened carefully to what you had to say, Commissioner Monti, and I know that on more than one occasion you have said no to carrying out such a study even though it had been previously agreed to.
Thus in 2003 EUR 24.8 million of amounts that had been previously classed under this heading in 2002 were transferred to budgetary loans (see assets V.A.) and a correction of EUR 4.1 million had to be made.
Milk, fruit and vegetables, cereals and olive oil have been hit hard in recent months, just as meat production had been previously, due to the enormous hikes in production costs that occurred then.

Alternatives:

had previously been
had been there before
had been done earlier
had been completed earlier

had been already

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate that something was completed before a specific time or event.

This phrase is used to show that an action or event was finished before a particular time or event in the past.

Examples:

The work had been already completed by the time I arrived.
The food had been already served when the guests arrived.

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They argue that the buildings had already been used by the Belgian Post Office before the incorporation of DPLP in 1992 (i.e. they had been already used by the State agency).
Furthermore, the analysis in the last expiry review was carried out in the situation where the measures had been already in place and thus the assessment took into account any undue negative impact on the parties concerned by the measures in question.
They explained that Synequanon had been already testing HEARPE.
It has been a disaster, but that must not mean either a saving or a diversion of the funds which had been already approved.
Employment had been already significantly reduced, but this seemed to have been necessary for viability reasons.
Indeed, the choice of operators for the transactions in question was not at all accidental but the decisions had been already planned and approved by the managements of the groups concerned.
I wouldn't want to live knowing that my future was written, my boundaries had been already set, would you?
Regarding the restructuring of loans linked to investments, the Greek authorities, in their letter of 10 May 2006, provided no information allowing the Commission to confirm that the restructured loans were actually linked to investments that had been already carried out.
Such an obligation had been already included in the initial Commission proposal for Regulation 1338/2001, but was finally not adopted mainly due to the lack of agreed uniform and effective methods for the detection of counterfeits.

Alternatives:

had already been
had been completed already
had been finished earlier
had been done before

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had been previously vs had been already