Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] been a [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'd been a religious and I would have thanked one god or another for the large number of kilocreds I was soon to collect , which would keep me from any kind of poverty for a long time . |
| 2 | Water came from the taps and sat in an unnerving basin shape : the blue plastic failed to dematerialise from the world where I had been a grateful and temporary guest since the moment five years ago when I had vouchsafed in the sight of the God of men Ido . |
| 3 | I know she is old and wo n't last forever , but she has been a good and loyal friend to me and I will stand by her . |
| 4 | Would she have been a normal and contented woman had she not been Nicolae 's sister , or did her willingness to abuse every chance to profiteer from her position and to humiliate those she disliked reflect a deeply unpleasant cast in the Ceauşescu genes ? |
| 5 | Even in death , some members of the Glencairn family could not forget that she had been a commoner and objected to her burial in the vault . |
| 6 | On the one hand , there has been a redefinition and tightening of formal controls , but on the other , there has been a simultaneous and sometimes incompatible thrust towards more management autonomy . |
| 7 | In particular , there has been a major and disproportionate increase in shoplifting ( 3 per cent of theft in 1945 , compared with 14 per cent in 1978 ) and in thefts from , and of , motor vehicles . |
| 8 | As a result , there has been a demographic and social differentiation of rural areas that reflects their economic and social functions . |
| 9 | There has been a long and fruitful interplay between the two branches : Pure Mathematics develops methods used in Applied Mathematics ; Applied Mathematics has in turn raised problems which have ultimately led to the creation of whole areas of Pure Mathematics . |
| 10 | There has been a long and rather pointless debate on this question . |
| 11 | If the Minister had given those figures , would they not have shown — especially those relating to the number convicted of terrorist offences — that , over the past decade , there has been a consistent and significant decline in the number of people convicted ? |
| 12 | The right hon. Gentleman will be aware that there has been a steady and substantial increase in resources for all kinds of community care — be it day places for the mentally ill or for those with learning disabilities , or increased resources for home help . |
| 13 | Clearly there needs to be some measure of self-control in these situations , but it is easier if there has been a clear and prior agreement that disputes will be handled in this way . |
| 14 | Again , here , the social relationships of the professional market have persisted , but there has been a significant and growing development of some new relations , within an increasingly capitalized corporate sector . |
| 15 | First and foremost , there has been a remarkable and outstanding growth in the social security budget for residential care . |
| 16 | There has been a long-standing and vigorous tradition of modern Languages provision on the PGCE course . |
| 17 | While on the part of the state there has been a continual and almost unlimited welcome for the mining multinationals , there has been an increasing sophistication in the response by communities confronted by them . |
| 18 | In Norway and Denmark there continue to be high levels of popular support for state-provided welfare but there has been a marked and sustained shift against state control and intervention in the economy . |
| 19 | There has been a marked and regrettable increase in reports from the town over the past year concerning the behaviour of students . |
| 20 | In a review article of the findings of Marxist , Keynesian and monetarist scholars , Burgess and Webb concluded in 1974 that , first , ‘ there has been a marked and persistent decline in pre-tax profit shares since the mid-1950s . |
| 21 | However , there had been a long and consistent course of dealing which was adhered to on this occasion . |
| 22 | This research suggested , however , that there had been a recent and substantial increase in the proportion of young women gaining formal , employment related qualifications . |
| 23 | Although he differentiated his position from that of Draper , suggesting that the struggle had been between science and dogmatic theology rather than between science and religion , A. D. White insisted that there had been a theological and a scientific view of every question , invariably at odds . |
| 24 | Chairman Eddie Slinger said : ‘ The committee took the view that there had been a deliberate and flagrant breach of Board regulations which Mr Lamb admitted were designed not only for the benefit of the Board but all registered cricketers . |
| 25 | After last night 's hour-long meeting at the CRC offices , Mr McNeill said there had been a full and frank exchange of views , but declined to add anything . |
| 26 | After last night 's hour-long meeting at the CRC offices , Mr McNeill said there had been a full and frank exchange of views , but declined to add anything . |
| 27 | Taylor wrote it because he considered that there had been a careless and needless neglect of hearing confessions in the Church of England . |
| 28 | Suggested there 's been a hundred and fifty grand allocated to the factory for er foundations and extension . |
| 29 | It has been a long and widely held assumption that crime is very much more frequent among those of low social status . |
| 30 | It has been a long and winding road for the much-travelled Quinn to achieve fully-fledged Premier League status , even though his career record is better than a goal every two games . |