Example sentences of "[verb] be a [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd 've been alright if it 'd 've been a mass murderer slept for years . |
| 2 | Also included are a large green enamelled blue-ground saucer dish , Kangxi marks and of the period ( est. £25–35,000 ; $45–60,000 ) and a pair of yellow and blue dragon bowls of the same period ( est. £15–25,000 ; $25–45,000 ) . |
| 3 | There has been a consistent failure to direct the fruits of growth to the areas , industries , and groups that need it most . |
| 4 | Nor is it yet the whole truth ; presenting the experiments in the way I have chosen , as I said at the beginning of this chapter , has been a logical way to tell a story , even if a story not yet adequately grounded in theory . |
| 5 | In the last decade there has been a real failure to think differently , to find new solutions to replace the sterile , old Malthusian ones . |
| 6 | A nicer and generally more caring bunch of people it would be hard to find , and to quote an old cliche in a genuine sense ‘ it has been a real pleasure talking to you ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ There has been a major effort to downplay Popov 's importance , to dismiss him as a ne'er do well and playboy , ’ Summers says . |
| 8 | In education , extended parental choice has been a marvellous idea put into practice effectively . |
| 9 | He has been a fantastic friend helping me with financial work . ’ |
| 10 | None the less , in very many cases ‘ hands-on ’ care is still required and there has been a distinct failure to understand the needs of discharged patients for continuing support of this kind . |
| 11 | He added : ‘ There has been a specific failure to bridge the gap between academe and industry with deleterious effects on career progression for researchers , on industrial support for academic and basic research and , in the end , on the attractiveness of industry to the best minds . ’ |
| 12 | Mr Peter Preston , editor of the Guardian , yesterday said : ‘ This has been a long time coming and there are things in it like the enhanced role for proprietors that I 'm not very keen on , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Gooch 's biography has been a long time coming but Ivo Tennant has been thorough in his survey of hitherto uncharted waters , and the wait has been worthwhile . |
| 14 | But Boogie 's TriAxis has been a long time coming , and there are great expectations to live up to … |
| 15 | With more and more database engines sitting on networked servers , it has been a long time coming — the tricky bit , says Shandell is implementing ‘ remote queue pointers ’ . |
| 16 | It has been a long time coming , and apparently impatient fans bombard the Pan press office weekly for information on its appearance . |
| 17 | and that has been a long time coming but it now appears to be |
| 18 | Across China there has been a ritualistic cleansing to erase the symbols of the student movement . |
| 19 | It has been a great privilege to see how God has been at work in their lives and to be part of His plan for these men . |
| 20 | SIR — There has been a great play made of the impact of the minimum wage factor in the Social Chapter , but I have waited in vain for any reference to the other and more far reaching elements . |
| 21 | There is and has been a great temptation to design many types of record sheets which involve complex systems of ticks , crosses and shadings to represent attainment . |
| 22 | It is difficult , however , to accept the concept of work which is non-profit-making or which may even cost the providing employer a substantial amount of on-going revenue funds , and until now there has been a great reluctance to fund such initiatives . |
| 23 | Mr Maclean replied : ‘ The fact that we do have a full investigation of what has been a small emission does show how rigorous the inspectorate systems are in this country . ’ |
| 24 | For many of us , working as a group to make the East End Open Studios even a success has been a rare chance to cooperate rather than compete with other artists . |
| 25 | Because cats , like people , are breeding too fast there has been a concerted effort to provide them with a contraceptive pill similar to the one we use . |
| 26 | In recent years there has been a tremendous drive to keep elderly persons in their own homes for as long as possible , by giving close support to relatives and friends and by providing support from community services such as home helps and ‘ meals-on-wheels ’ . |
| 27 | All the sound and fury of the past few days has been a desperate diversion designed first to draw attention away from the unemployment figures , the inflation figures , and the figures for businesses closed and homes repossessed ; and , secondly , to draw attention away from what the Labour party is actually saying , and for the simplest of all reasons — they know it makes sense . |
| 28 | ‘ It has been a good time to come into the market , ’ said Steve Leroux , leasing manager . |
| 29 | There has been a good deal written about coal field culture but coal field culture is not now ( although it was very recently ) central to either of my locales . |
| 30 | Outside legal doctrine itself there has been a greater willingness to accept that in the large public company the shareholders may not perform the task of monitoring and controlling the management of the company , so that the managers are potentially left in a position of unchecked power . |