Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] have [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An increasing number of women , perhaps career women in their 30s who have been regular Pill users for several years , may wish to check if they are ovulating before planning the timing of a pregnancy . |
| 2 | Whereas in 1972 there had been 462 persons employed in the catching sector , this had declined to 217 by 1982 . |
| 3 | Since Normanton ( 1971 ) wrote this there have been important moves to improve the information provided by local authorities , though Tomkins ( 1977 ) points out that the standards of reports vary , some being elaborate while others are simply extracts from the accounts . |
| 4 | Despite this there have been long-standing assumptions that management is the same as administration . |
| 5 | Concerning this there has been much speculation . |
| 6 | In 1885 there had been 402 members ; in 1903 there were 1,248 . |
| 7 | Between 1972 and 1985 there had been significant energy savings in OECD countries . |
| 8 | I 'm afraid there 's been some sort of coup mounted . |
| 9 | Since it was signed on January 29th there have been two massacres , with a total of at least 30 people killed . |
| 10 | Since 1979 there has been some contraction of nationalized industries . |
| 11 | Since 1979 there has been fresh emphasis on the need to roll back the frontiers of the state . |
| 12 | To be honest it 's been seven months of hell . |
| 13 | Later , much later , Kelly was to reflect on how lucky she had been that day . |
| 14 | In 1920 there had been six London evenings . |
| 15 | In 1940 and 1941 there had been few links between Free France and the clandestine movements in France . |
| 16 | In 1969 there had been major changes in the value of the German mark and French franc which threatened to damage EEC internal trade . |
| 17 | Sir Anthony goes on : ‘ The information I have been given by the joint liquidators of BCGM [ the British fund ] and BCI [ in Gibraltar ] indicates that in the period up to December 1984 there had been frequent movements of money or securities between the United Kingdom funds and the Jersey funds and , most important of all , that at December 1984 the gilt-edged securities and cash held for the Jersey funds were at least some £3.65 million less than the funds ’ obligations to investors . |
| 18 | Since 1984 there have been constant campaigns alerting the public in Thailand to the dangers of HIV , AIDS , and sexually transmitted diseases . |
| 19 | And since the mid-1990s there have been more prison riots in Britain than in any other European country . |
| 20 | All I had were some trout in the freezer by courtesy of the millpond . |
| 21 | All I have is one wash or whatever . |
| 22 | ‘ All I have is this message . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm not , it 's only over a two week period , they 're jammed in , I 'm getting in several days , all I have is three exams |
| 24 | All she had were some notes she made in the car , witnessed by Dexter . |
| 25 | ‘ All we have is dry hills . |
| 26 | They ring me up and say , , all we have is ten boxes to go , er , to all those different places , here 's all the addresses , thanks love , bye . |
| 27 | All we have are conflicting beliefs — no solid facts , so thinking about one 's death seems an impossibility . |
| 28 | In parish churches , however , there was a long period of stagnation , although there were improvements in standards and taste , and until the time of Vatican II there had been few developments in the Liturgy and its music . |
| 29 | So far , however , the crofters in the Western Isles have preferred to purchase only the house sites and pass on their rights to their families , although in other areas where the land is better there has been greater interest in purchasing whole crofts . |
| 30 | In 1913 there had been 59,400 km. of navigable internal waterways , but this was reduced to 53,900 by 1922 , a relatively small decline compared with the railways . |