Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [be] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Would that 've been a full time then or would she have done other |
2 | Could that answer be an intellectual deceit because you did n't , and do n't wish to be publicly identified as the boy going through travails that turns out to be so controversial ? |
3 | But the city has also revealed something about the American voter , something that belies the conventional wisdom that all that counts is the big-buck campaigns with their television adverts and ‘ issues ’ tailored to every fractured constituency . |
4 | Perhaps more striking has been the disruptive impact on the NHS of many uncoordinated and poorly-managed projects . |
5 | Equally controversial has been the recently-introduced Employment Contracts Act that has drastically undercut the powers of the trade unions — to the extent that New Zealand may now be in breach of International Labour Organisation provisions . |
6 | If we do , we now have a model and can say that he and his family have been through it and have borne it with great fortitude , resilience and courage — as has been said , only through their deep religious faith — and that that has been a great lesson to us all . |
7 | Even that has been a mixed blessing . |
8 | That has been a primary objective . |
9 | ‘ That has been a stylish gown . |
10 | There has been nothing to fire the voters ' imagination — no spectacular clashes over policy , no exciting face to face confrontations between leading personalities , no suspense even as to the outcome , for that has been a foregone conclusion for months : the Right will win , and in all probability with a thumping landslide majority . |
11 | and that has been a long time coming but it now appears to be |
12 | That has been a consistent record of the Government since 1979 . |
13 | That has been a big feature of today 's debate , so I want to take the matter a bit further . |
14 | That has been a continuing trend . |
15 | Whether or not that was the intent of the regulations — and I am willing to believe that it was not the Minister 's intent — that has been the net effect of the way in which the three-week period was cut off due to the way that the regulations were tabled . |
16 | To date , that has been the only way — mass starvation , disease , AIDS , wars and insurrection , enforced transmigration and so on . |
17 | ‘ That has been the only topic of conversation throughout the county lately , ’ adds Chivers , ‘ We beat them last year at Casement Park , then fell to Donegal in the final . |
18 | That has been the main probem problem with the delay , can you confirm that erm assuming the the software is er is actually rated flight safe er that there are other stages yet , we 've still got to integrate the weapons systems , sensors and everything else . |
19 | The fact that these efforts go unrecognised has been a major element in the ‘ failure ’ labels attached to many deaf schoolchildren . |
20 | THIS has been a momentous year for CCG in London , with a number of important new contracts and expanded services with existing clients . |
21 | True , this has been a disappointing campaign . |
22 | ‘ This has been a good test for his knee and we do n't think it is a big problem . |
23 | I had got over my nerves by then ( was even thinking Travels With My Angst might not be the most suitable title for my book ) and was able to take a more even view of the handsome tour guide who had confessed to me , ‘ This has been a good trip for me . |
24 | This has been a good debate , as Friday debates often are . |
25 | This has been a good debate . |
26 | Gillian Shephard , the Employment Secretary , told the House : ‘ This has been a good week for Britain . |
27 | ‘ This has been a live issue for a long time , but it has been brought into sharp relief by the lack of clear guidance on assessment from the DoH , ’ he said . |
28 | This has been a traditional starting-point for both historians and sociologists . |
29 | This has been a traditional argument for local and participative democracy ( Pateman , 1973 ) . |
30 | This has been a personal crusade to fill that gap . |