Example sentences of "[conj] have been [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably anticipating the enhancing of the already considerable temperature that might ensue from a stretch of proven hell-raising , Pukwana called for a blues , and set about declaring his intent with that impassioned alto cry ( the instrument in his hands displaying the weight of the tenor as well as the wild , wayward quality of the higher horn ) that has been thrilling British audiences since the Sixties . |
| 2 | Sam came back frowning and , stretching inside without stepping into the water , pressed the three switches that had been unresponsive two days earlier . |
| 3 | Teachers had begun to realise there was a strong case for the teaching of knowledge about language in ways very different from those that had been fashionable thirty years earlier . |
| 4 | There would be no reason to expect either the ‘ gap ’ or the clear commitment to deviant values that have been such persistent stumbling blocks for the traditional versions of these theories . |
| 5 | Avoiding the copyright-protected names of bears that have been British National newspaper features for decades was quite easy for innovative owners of the new skydiving brood . |
| 6 | Mayrhofen is one of the most popular of the Tyrolean resorts and has been welcoming British guests for many years . |
| 7 | He was apprenticed as a toolmaker at Vickers Armstrong and has been thirty five years as the college lecturer at Colchester Institute . |
| 8 | But these latter in their occupation of positions in the academic field , as university teachers and as students , have provided a sort of bas-clergé for the new institutions and subjects , and have been important institutional mediators for the pervasion , previously of Marxism and now of postmodernism , in the intellectual field . |
| 9 | Yes , but has been wet all day . |
| 10 | The deal was effectively concluded in November 1992 , but had been pending final approval by the European Community , which is financing the project under its PHARE programme . |
| 11 | The deal was effectively concluded in November 1992 , but had been pending final approval by the European Community , which is financing the project under its PHARE programme . |