Example sentences of "have [been] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surprisingly , considering how successful he had been , this was Beerbaum 's first victory in a World Cup qualifier , ‘ though I have been second more times than I know ’ , he added . |
| 2 | There have been grade-A hypocrites all through history . |
| 3 | Within living memory there have been cathedral organists who have taught their skills to articled pupils . |
| 4 | Assuming the Daventry nuns have been subject only to the same controls being applied to all other British egg producers , the protest by the United Kingdom Egg Producers ' Association ( Ukepra ) , the only organisation within the UK egg industry not represented among BEIC members , is potentially damaging both to egg consumers and to egg producers . |
| 5 | Local authorities have been subject of budget cuts , rate cutting and unfortunately redundancies over the last dozen years or more . |
| 6 | That prison has been well governed by both governors while I have been Member of Parliament for Portsmouth , South . |
| 7 | There have been port stations , waterfront interchanges between the railways and the water-borne transport of river , lake , and sea : in the United States , New Bedford , New Haven , and East Boston ; in Canada , Prince Rupert , Vancouver , Montreal ; in Britain , Holyhead , Folkestone Harbour , and Portsmouth Harbour . |
| 8 | All of which have been precision engineered to last a lifetime . |
| 9 | and what our boys … our volunteers … the boys all say they are looking forward to it some have been canoeing and they expect it to be fast and bumpy … |
| 10 | He told Mr Tebbit : ‘ You have been chairman of our party — and a very successful one — and you know the traditions of our party . |
| 11 | These have been colour coded as above to help you identify when they are available . |
| 12 | I have been metal detecting now for over twenty years , and in that time have owned and tested many detectors . |
| 13 | There have been teething troubles with the monorail and cable-car ( essential accessories in the futuristic world of expos ) . |
| 14 | The Governor admits there have been teething problems which need sorting out . |
| 15 | All six greyhounds have been dope tested and the results sent for analysis at Glasgow University 's forensic department . |
| 16 | I do n't need a pure instruction type course as I 'm a ski leader and have been ski touring in Scotland , the Lakes and the Northern Pennines . |
| 17 | Very broadly , the accountants determine whether the right accounting methods have been usedfor instance in dealing with such matters as rates of depreciation and work-in-progress . |
| 18 | There might , indeed , have been scope for compromise on some of these issues . |
| 19 | In the mills additional factors have been rationalisation and the use of more modern machinery . |
| 20 | we must take heed though Chairman of the warning in the report and that was mentioned by Mrs Hilary , that it 's the responsibility of this Council to plan the future needs on the basis of the estimated shortfall in resources that have been forecast . |
| 21 | However , the disciplines which have been particularly important to these courses almost since the foundation of the Centre in 1962 have been History , Politics , Social Anthropology , and Education . |
| 22 | The only other clues available on this aspect until now have been air bubbles in polar ice caps , but there are doubts about how closely the composition of the bubbles matches that of the atmosphere at the time they were trapped . |
| 23 | They have been jaw locking , tail shaking and they always move around the tank together . |
| 24 | Three modal types can be distinguished : industry-wide , multi-employer bargaining which is external to the firm , as practised in much of Western Europe on wage-related issues ; single enterprise or firm bargaining , as typically found in the USA and Japan ; and economy-wide systems between trade union and employer central confederations which have been characteristic of several countries , including Norway , Sweden , Denmark and , at times , the Netherlands . |
| 25 | ‘ Would there have been criticism of any other retailer doing the same ? ’ , he asked . |
| 26 | They have been radiocarbon dated to about the 9th or 10th centuries AD and seem to have been intended for use in ceremonies associated with an important priest . |
| 27 | I have been Secretary of the Institute for only three years . |
| 28 | I should say in the context of the working of the Anglo-Irish Agreement that at no stage during the time that I have been Secretary of State has the Minister for Defence for the Republic of Ireland taken part in the conference . |
| 29 | I have just said that at no stage during the time that I have been Secretary of State has the Irish Defence Minister taken part in any conference talks . |
| 30 | It seems to me to have been one of the greatest tragedies in the Province in the 27 months I have been Secretary of State . |