Example sentences of "[art] [num] [noun] have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The continuous presence of Douglas in the studies of the 1946 sample has been important to the success of that work . |
| 2 | The initial reaction by the banking community to the CMI Rules has been skeptical . |
| 3 | One of the three members had been unable to attend the meeting at which these appeals were heard and a decision made on all the appeals . |
| 4 | ‘ Never thank me , ’ he husked , for the three days had been hard on his injured throat . |
| 5 | Since the 1920s women have been free of the burden of high fertility which previously would have given them young children to cope with for more than two decades of their adult life . |
| 6 | The twelve months have been fraught with pressures from nature , such as flooding and drought as well as artificial problems from chemical pollutions . |
| 7 | This might on the one hand have been positive pressure for improvement ; it could equally have been a move to prevent closure . |
| 8 | The two winos had been shocked awake by the infernal music , and scurried away from the statue . |
| 9 | The two farms have been unable to sell milk for nearly four weeks , and farmers ' leaders are becoming increasingly concerned about the apparent lack of progress in solving the mystery . |
| 10 | The unity witnessed over the two days had been greater than he could ever have hoped for , and the remaining morning 's session of ‘ rounding up ’ would , he trusted , be rich in commitments on the part of participants concerning action each would be taking before the important international conference in Switzerland . |
| 11 | how do we measure i whether the two days have been successful ? |
| 12 | Since the days of the Great War against Chaos the two brothers have been active in the defence of Ulthuan . |
| 13 | He said the two men had been involved in an argument in a pub earlier in the evening . |
| 14 | Their geographical location tended to coincide with those areas in which the 1936 rising had been successful . |
| 15 | It proposed a network of under-fives centres throughout the borough — an idea which the under-fives workers had been anxious to promote for some time . |
| 16 | Only 120 of the 820 electors had been able to vote . |