Example sentences of "[noun] have be [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might still be a little premature to consign famous old clubs Nottingham and Rosslyn Park to relegation , but both have been well beaten by a resurgent Bristol — whose youthful side have been setting a blistering pace at the Memorial Ground so far this season — and their other results indicate that they face an uphill struggle to maintain their First Division status . |
| 2 | ‘ The fans have been wanting a new face up front because of our recent goal drought . |
| 3 | ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's . |
| 4 | Ski survey readers have been offered a reduced rate at the Aviemore Highlands , a 4* luxury hotel in the town centre ( with a skibus stop right outside ) . |
| 5 | My hon. Friend may have noticed that the Opposition have been floating a similar idea among themselves and discussing again in an internal memorandum the possibility of a luxuries rate of VAT . |
| 6 | While publishing Dawson on ‘ Religion and the Totalitarian State ’ , he selected for notice in the 1934 Criterion a book highlighting persecution of European Jews ; he wrote to Pound speaking of his offence at Pound 's antisemitic remarks ; with regard to the Vichy government in 1941 he wrote in The Christian News-Letter of his ‘ greatest anxiety ’ at news ‘ that ‘ Jews have been given a special status , based on the laws of Nuremberg , which makes their condition little better than that of bondsmen . ’ |
| 7 | To test this hypothesis , six methanogenic subjects have been fed a low sulphate diet for 34 days supplemented with sodium sulphate from day 11 to 20 . |
| 8 | ‘ Needless to say , ’ adds our man with the scales of justice , ‘ the remaining frogs have been found a new home by the Tees . ’ |
| 9 | Once the two basic shapes have been created a single point is selected on each object using the blend tool and the program then creates the required number of ‘ in-between ’ stages . |
| 10 | Parents have been given a bigger role than ever before . |
| 11 | Well Newcastle folk have been waiting a long time , and we all badly want to give them something to celebrate . ’ |
| 12 | Two Oxfam workers have been giving a first hand account of conditions in Cambodia , where they claim millions of lives are at risk . |
| 13 | The gymnasium , swimming pool and even classrooms have been given a new lease of life as part of a timeshare development — such facilities having been a positive attraction to buyers . |
| 14 | Odd-Knut discovers that his dogs have been hauling a full , 5-litre can of chain-saw oil around . |
| 15 | Since the sixties , rock and pop have been considered a stamping and breeding ground for burgeoning leftist/liberal sensibilities , a place where dissent is felt and upsurges occur . |
| 16 | Some retailers have been doing a brisk trade in the new toys , others apparently have not . |
| 17 | Most of the bigger hotels in Kos have been built a little way out of the old town and the Bohem is about 15 minutes from the far side of Heaven ( the disco ) ! |
| 18 | Paul Mardon 's hopes of clinching a dream £1 million move from Birmingham City to Liverpool have been dealt a major blow after he was told that he needs surgery on an ankle ligament injury . |
| 19 | THREE welfare organisations in West Cumbria have been given a tremendous boost , thanks to the golfers who took part in last year 's Sellafield Pro-Am golf tournament . |
| 20 | Police in Egypt have been questioning a seventeen-year-old youth . |
| 21 | For the past two years , police say , prostitutes have been doing a lively business in the Golden Acres apartments — a group of flats filled with retired old men . |
| 22 | Since then , the fundamentalists have been waging a steady war on the government , at one point demanding the resignation of the Education Minister because of his plans for reforming the teaching of Islam in schools . |
| 23 | Those who had obtained tickets for the December train have been offered a straight transfer for February 5th . |
| 24 | The vast majority of obese people have been eating a normal unhealthy diet , and changing is a matter of education and attitude as well as trial and error . |
| 25 | Recently some people have been trying a different approach , seeing if they can change the nature of the atoms such that fusion can occur at a useful rate even at room temperature . |
| 26 | Surely it 's true that everyone who changes his or her life because of crime — from those afraid to go out at night to those afraid to go into the parks they pay for — surely these people have been denied a basic civil right . |
| 27 | Several hundred people have been attending a nightly candle-lit vigil , and there has been one other small protest . |
| 28 | You will be aware that Nancy Brown and Reception staff have been considering a staggered approach to Reception staff hours especially given the computerised directory system currently being introduced . |
| 29 | Joel Weiner , marketing executive of Kraft General Foods It is precisely because we are not complacent about this issue that the Government have been preparing a major Food Bill since October 1987 . |
| 30 | ‘ From the beginning , we have been aware that the security forces have been keeping a close watch on our activities , ’ said Mr Bautista . |