Example sentences of "[verb] be a [adj] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , but if they 'd have , if they 'd have said look , we 're onto erm a job now which would 've been a big job and it looks like it finishing up in Yorkshire , finishing up in Lancashire , be ready if we give a call out . |
| 2 | The most common experiences in the two years before a cancer is diagnosed are a significant loss or a sense of meaninglessness in the whole process of living . |
| 3 | She has been a keen walker and rock climber for many years and has climbed in the Alps , Pyrenees and Dolomites . |
| 4 | This last year all these outgoings have meant that fundraising has been a real necessity and to try to relieve that pressure , the committee have decided to raise the subs . |
| 5 | This may not be obvious if there has been a major problem and a solution has evaded many attempts to reach it . |
| 6 | From time to time Earth suffers bombardment from meteors and comets , and meteoritic impact has been a major planet-shaper and climate-modeller . |
| 7 | In Central Office , Patrick Gower consoled himself , ‘ It has been a strenuous year but it has been worth it and it has been fun . |
| 8 | For North it has been a disappointing season and Saturday 's 57-run defeat summed up their form this year . |
| 9 | ‘ It has been a phenomenal response and shows that there are people in need of these jobs . ’ |
| 10 | Since 1815 Switzerland has been a neutral country and at peace with everyone . |
| 11 | Phil Farrand says it is brilliant … it has been a long slog and has meant a lot of hard work |
| 12 | I hope the Lord will forgive me but this has been a great experience and you would n't know Mabel , she is brown in the sun here , it is very nice , but I do n't like the dust . |
| 13 | The business sponsorship incentive scheme has been a great success and I am giving further encouragement to sponsorship of the arts by increasing its budget by £1 million a year to £4.5 million . |
| 14 | With a trading profit for C&P last year of £473 million on sales of £4.2 billion [ 9 per cent up on 1986 ] , there can now be no doubt that the move has been a great success and that the thinking behind it was sound . |
| 15 | Although there has been a great song and dance about his supposedly suspect temperament this season , I ca n't fault it . |
| 16 | Finally , to the one person who throughout my life has been a great friend and now my husband , . |
| 17 | Whenever there has been a whiff of financial scandal in the past , the Opposition , very much to their credit , have raised it and brought it before the public , and there has been a great hue and cry about it . |
| 18 | Now the reason why we 've come together and this has been a recent change and it 's been this year , erm is because there are overlaps without going into deep detail , there are overlaps in our work and we were working together as officer 's anyway , but not as well as we should , so what we decided to do was formally integrate the three teams under the same unit , and we do have regular er internal meetings , management team meetings consisting of John , Pete me and Carol and we so we more co-ordinate the work for all the teams much more systema systematically , that we know what everybody 's doing and that way we believe we can use best use of resources we 've got most effectively . |
| 19 | The loss of striker Andy Saville for the season with a broken arm has been a tremendous blow and manager Alan Murray is making inquiries to replace him . |
| 20 | Bradley has been a lifelong Democrat and it shows . |
| 21 | Mick , 44 , said : ‘ It has been a desperate battle and now it will get worse . |
| 22 | Townsend , who has only just returned to Premiership action for new club Aston Villa , said : ‘ It has been a slight worry but I 'm in no pain and after today 's training I know I 'll definitely play . ’ |
| 23 | There is not much doubt that in the past direct mail has been a blunt instrument and often still is . |
| 24 | ‘ It has been a tough haul but things are starting to pick up . |
| 25 | However , this has been a costly process and the fall in house prices since 1989 has made it impossible to earn adequate returns from these investments in the short-term . |
| 26 | I 'm happy for them both , Reg has been a lonely man and my mother has also been lonely since dad 's death . |
| 27 | Since Watergate , Nixon has been a discredited figure and some of his attempts to bring order to the fragmented system of government stepped beyond the bounds of legality . |
| 28 | On each occasion the initial stage has been a dramatic success and the final outcome a categorical failure — responsible in my judgment for the defeat both of Mr Heath 's and Mr Callaghan 's governments . |
| 29 | It has been a hard battle and you have borne the brunt of it . |
| 30 | Isabel has worked with great energy for the Society , and has been a much-welcomed participant and calm presence at many Society functions . |