Example sentences of "[verb] been [adj] [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd 've been inclined to do that thing on it . |
| 2 | In the preceding chapters there is a lot of advice about how to apply systems ideas , but , to encourage a more complete understanding , it has been necessary to surround this advice with detailed explanations and examples . |
| 3 | Vellayati said afterwards , however , that " it has been impossible to propose any plan as each attempt has been rejected by one side or the other " . |
| 4 | That it has been possible to reach this point in the book without describing the signs of insanity in detail is a measure of their universality and of the fact that most of us have an intuitive understanding of their general quality . |
| 5 | However , though the only currently practicable approach to identifying rural deprivation was an area based one and although it has been possible to make some sense of census data for rural areas , they still concluded , in line with Knox and Cottam , that it would be far better if the analysis could be performed at the individual level . |
| 6 | It will become clear on June 5th whether the president has been able to exploit this split . |
| 7 | No one has been able to answer that question . |
| 8 | ‘ It has meant that the Independent on Sunday has been able to devote more review space to children 's books , and as a consequence many other newspapers are paying greater attention to children 's books . ’ |
| 9 | The Chancellor has been able to offer this help because he has found some extra money in the Exchequer 's coffers . |
| 10 | Nobody has been able to substantiate that idea and Kitching ( 1977 ) cites instances in Spain and Scotland of enclaves with elongated shells feeding on mussels . |
| 11 | It is a paradox too , that because Christianity has been able to drop any mention of the physical cycles of women 's lives , secular culture has ended up with an idea that true liberation means we can forget ‘ those difficult days ’ , and ‘ carry on as normal ’ ; assuming , perhaps , that to be normal is to be more like a man . |
| 12 | In the South East , for example , it has been common to find former village shops and post offices converted into bookshops , antique shops and delicatessens . |
| 13 | Eliot has been careful to avoid any sort of sentimental religiosity , and this strengthens greatly the play 's climax . |
| 14 | For instance , Susanne Langer , in most of her writing on Aesthetics has been concerned to establish that emotion expressed through Art is derived from but is not the same as that felt in real life . |
| 15 | Unfortunately has been unable to edit this issue as she has been in Charing Cross Hospital for treatment after her mole pregnancy earlier this year . |
| 16 | The CAB 's aims state that advice work and exercising a responsible influence on social policy are equal in importance , but it has been hard to persuade some advice workers that social policy work is an important part of their task as advisers . |
| 17 | She 'd been lucky to get this flat and at a reasonable price , for accommodation in Branchester was n't easy to find . |
| 18 | Maybe if I 'd been able to do some kind of planche , like your painter friend did on your … back , it would have been easy , but what I had to do was first try to get something akin to an erection standing at the copier of a deserted office on a holiday . |
| 19 | Gravellier felt nervous , so nervous he 'd been unable to eat any breakfast . |
| 20 | But maybe she 'd been wrong to accept this job , wrong to come . |
| 21 | Most of these , if asked , would have been unwilling to support any increase in attainment testing or in subjective assessment of character , but their expressed unease about testing could help to feed that of others , who would then fall back on what had ‘ worked ’ in the past . |
| 22 | Although it might have been possible to attempt some form of categorisation of the types of detail which were recalled at different risk levels , it is not clear that the data from this study are really powerful enough to support such an analysis . |
| 23 | It might have been difficult to prove that librarians themselves took the initiative for the censorship , although many would have been pleased to make that claim . |
| 24 | I would have been pleased to start this section in similar fashion , but could find very little evidence of improvements . |
| 25 | ‘ I see Dr Nichols would have been due to cover this evening 's surgery anyway . ’ |
| 26 | Erm but I I would have thought that it would have been necessary to examine that sector against all the others before reaching any conclusion as to whether or not i it could be more successfully assimilated into the landscape of that sector as opposed to anywhere else . |
| 27 | In one case , however , a misunderstanding of what are admittedly very unclear social security regulations meant that the minimum period was twice as long as would have been necessary to satisfy this objective . |
| 28 | ‘ As no one could have foreseen the sharp fall in the base rate after Black Wednesday , it would have been impossible to predict that variable rates and the cost of fixed rate mortgages would have fallen so far . ’ |
| 29 | The draw cost Norwich crucial points in the championship race and assistant manager John Deehan said : ‘ It would have been nice to close that gap at the top because we now find ourselves a bit adrift . |
| 30 | It would have been nice to get another couple of matches under my belt for Wimbledon . ’ |