Example sentences of "[adj] have been " in BNC.
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| 31 | The ‘ state of the art ’ of soil conservation is clearly in a sorry mess : ‘ The need for soil conservation was emphasised by Bennett ( 1955 ) , Jacks and Whyte ( 1939 ) and many others … but so little has been achieved that most recent reports … are virtually undistinguishable in factual content and sentiment from the earlier studies . ’ |
| 32 | Surprisingly little has been done on identifying the needs of managers . |
| 33 | Unfortunately , apart from the papers quoted above , little has been done to distinguish immature from adult digestive processes . |
| 34 | Much has been written on the larger species of mammalian predator and their importance as bone accumulators , but little has been done on predators of small mammals . |
| 35 | Too little has been spent on maintaining the system in the past and the industry , faced with signs of accelerating failure rates , does not yet appear to be doing enough to contain the rate of decay . |
| 36 | Little has been done by countries to implement the code and industry 's feathers remain ruffled . |
| 37 | Whilst a number of writers have commented upon his contributions to debates upon current policy problems , little has been said about the theoretical basis of these contributions . |
| 38 | Millions of pounds have been lavished on marketing privatisation issues , but little has been spent to promote the merits , or explain the mechanism , of corporate PEPs et al . |
| 39 | However , little has been done to highlight their attractions for big plcs . |
| 40 | In two decades remarkably little has been done to alleviate the conditions of some of the poorest city citizens , who personified the unacceptable face of the urban crisis , even if the terms of the debate itself have changed dramatically . |
| 41 | IN ALL the ballyhoo over Durham becoming the 18th first-class county , strangely little has been offered in respect of their chances of actually winning something . |
| 42 | In this climate of caution and introspection , little has been achieved in the decade since 1977 . |
| 43 | We have seen in this chapter that little has been achieved in British residential areas in terms of safer and more attractive environments . |
| 44 | Focusing more particularly on forgiveness , Jesus defended the woman who had poured myrrh over his feet by pointing to the same reason : ‘ Her great love proves that her many sins have been forgiven ; where little has been forgiven , little love is shown . ’ |
| 45 | Gay energy has been taken up with service provision and public education : little has been left for meaningful activism , and our anger , fear and grief has been kept strictly privatised , so as not to exacerbate the hostility we face in the outside world , and so as not to risk funding . |
| 46 | ‘ In reasoning or inventiveness , little has been gained or lost in the build-up of the human species during the last five millennia . |
| 47 | Over the past few years I have read a great deal of specifically Christian literature in the field of economics and I have been impressed by one thing : while much has been said about the immorality of the modern corporation and the injustice of the structures of international trade and while a little has been said , especially in North America , about the role of government and the need for proper control of money and credit , very little has been written about trade unions . |
| 48 | … where little has been forgiven , little love is shown ( Luke 7:47 ) . |
| 49 | So far relatively little has been written about the use of review meetings or family meetings in work with elderly people , although their value in practice is increasingly being recognised . |
| 50 | The work of women in both the RFC and RAF ( WAAF ) has of course been fully documented , but little has been written on the subject apart from in propaganda and other official literature . |
| 51 | ‘ Little has been heard of her since Dead Rat , but she is believed to be in the South-Western United States . |
| 52 | WHILST much has been said about the abilities of the players , the coaches , the referees , the managers etc , little has been said about the standards of journalism . |
| 53 | Little has been written on the subject since then , but one may infer from the few remarks that are made on it that psychologists are no longer so impressed by ‘ the insuperable logical difficulty ’ James believed there to be in the way of saying that the difference between sensations may be one of ‘ place pure and simple ’ . |
| 54 | Although comprising only ten airframes , the collection gives a fascinating glimpse at some early Soviet designs of which little has been heard in the West . |
| 55 | Although comparatively little has been written about the professions in the UK there are those who see these occupations in the same altruistic light . |
| 56 | So little has been heard from Steve Chen 's Supercomputer Systems Inc in the past couple of years that people have been wondering if the company still existed . |
| 57 | Too little has been made in social work of the effect upon the child of long or repeated absences by the parent , except in relation to early maternal deprivation . |
| 58 | But still very little has been done : only medieval Lincoln and modern Brighton have had some attention recently . |
| 59 | Very little has been said about what actually happens or , at least , there are still few readily available accounts of school evaluations conducted by teachers . |
| 60 | One of the most obvious ‘ improvements ’ was a concentration of strip holdings , but to this day little has been accomplished . |