Example sentences of "[been] a [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I should n't have pa , I should n't have been a dri , I 'm not a driver . |
| 2 | Erm as a candidate and as a pre-candidate in the period up to the campaign , I have been a er a parliamentary candidate twice , in nineteen eighty seven in Stockport and in nineteen eighty three in Denton and Reddish . |
| 3 | What had been a er election representative until |
| 4 | I think we also need to recognise that there has also been a er , high level of er , commitment from er , officers employed by this council to achieving the changes that we have asked in terms of financial management , now I 'm not going to pretend for a moment that er , we 've gone all the way there yet . |
| 5 | It would have been a w waste of time . |
| 6 | And , er erm , based on three months and that 's been a g could be wildly out , but at the moment it seems to be . |
| 7 | Nationally there has been a 2.5% drop . |
| 8 | Nationally , there has been a 2.5% drop in car crime . |
| 9 | In these cases the committee has to be satisfied that there has been a bona fide change of intention , or that there are other exceptional circumstances , and if satisfied can permit the applicant to complete additional training as a preparation for entering pupillage . |
| 10 | The pilotari or players took to wearing more elaborate gloves or other prosthetic aids in propelling the ball , and what had once been a lo wish wall at the end of the playing area was built higher and higher to contain the far greater velocities , while the courts themselves became longer , until some of them are said to have reached 100 metres . |
| 11 | Er I think there may have been a mid mistake made today and I hope that this is investigated fully . |
| 12 | I think this is not just a problem in Kent , I think that there has been a erm an undue er move in this direction nationally , er for what ever reasons public policy was very much about keeping people out of the courts , er I suspect that this is er er a policy which is of doubtful philosophical underpinning . |
| 13 | But I think , looking back in history , there has always been a erm strong erm religious motivation behind many of the past great scientists , like Newton , erm Boyle , Maxwell , Calvin — these are all people who had a very strong religious motivation erm behind their investigations , and if you look back in history still further , there is a strong case to be made that the reason why science was so dramatically successful in the west was because there was a strong belief in monotheistic religion , that people believe that the world had been created in an ordered way by a deity and so there really were laws of nature to be discovered , whereas if you study what happened in the Far East , for example , in China , the Chinese , you remember , were well ahead of the west in science at about the tenth century . |
| 14 | It 's been a neural neuralgia right enough . |
| 15 | He had been a warehouseman/sales assistant in the key department . |
| 16 | ‘ Putting on this performance has brought everyone together and there has been a buzz around the building during the last few days . ’ |
| 17 | And you can see like like there can you see straight in front of you there 's a worn patch on the carpet , but there 's er been a li a bit of a leak at some stage . |
| 18 | that maybe it should n't have been a we a weeks notice then . |
| 19 | One final quick note Chairman , there is no point complaining that there has not been a cop copper bottomed guarantee . |
| 20 | In other words , if the bloke had n't have got back there would 've been a f a total impact . |
| 21 | An initial child protection conference should not be called until there has been a s47 investigation into any incident or allegation of abuse which gives rise to concern . |
| 22 | Most allegations of breach of privilege or contempt end there , but if it appears to the Speaker that there has been a prima facie breach of privilege , the matter will be referred to the Committee of Privileges , the function of which is to receive evidence , determine whether , in its view , a breach or contempt has occurred and , if so , report to this effect to the House with any recommendations thought fit . |
| 23 | Now obviously Elizabeth Taylor can demand her own terms — she 's one of the biggest stars in the world and she could easily have been a prima donna . |
| 24 | The constitution provided for a multiparty system , but the country had been a de facto one-party state since independence . |
| 25 | We are not in the position of North America where IBM has until recently been a de facto standard and a unifying force . |