Example sentences of "[noun] have been [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been employed before 1917 in the archives of the foreign ministry and one of his ancestors on his mother 's side had been Russian ambassador in Vienna during the 1814 – 15 congress . |
| 2 | The idea had arisen for Frank through his location and questions that had come up about muons ; Sakharov had been developing fusion in secret and picked up the notion because he would have been on the lookout for any papers about fusion , of whatever sort . |
| 3 | Does not that answer prove that the past 13 years have been wasted years in terms of the Government 's commitment to the footwear industry ? |
| 4 | The return of Chalmers to form and his ever-improving tactical maturity have been essential elements in the Scottish success this year . |
| 5 | The return of Chalmers to form and his ever-improving tactical maturity have been essential elements in the Scottish success this year |
| 6 | The district has been national finalists in the Britain in Bloom contest in the last four years and this has been achieved by the magnificent floral displays which can be seen throughout the summer months in our area . |
| 7 | Pablo Merry del Val , whose father had been Spanish Ambassador in London , conducted briefings for the correspondents and censored their dispatches . |
| 8 | Sangster had been leading owner in this country five times in eight years up to 1985 when Sheikh Mohammed led the Maktoum charge , taking the No. 1 spot four times in row in the past four seasons . |
| 9 | Thus , streams , rivers , and particularly springs and wells have been important considerations in settlement siting . |
| 10 | This whole ‘ Gen X ’ thing has been big news in the States . |
| 11 | The response had been massive strikes in the public sector . |
| 12 | With this in mind , the company has been investing money in planting new crops before the threat of a ban becomes reality . |
| 13 | The chief headache for publishers to date has been perpetual change in syllabuses , which can seriously affect or disrupt the publishing process . |
| 14 | All ten residents had been long-term patients in a large psychiatric hospital , were severely disabled and had been discharged only after a lengthy period of active rehabilitation . |
| 15 | However , as we have seen in my interview responses many of these so-called ‘ new ’ approaches have been common practice in good arts departments for many years before the introduction of TVEI . |
| 16 | She enables women today to see that women have been historical agents in the past , and to envisage the past from the perspective of women . |