Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [adv] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The year has been particularly difficult for the Wedgwood Group with sales down on the previous year at IR£197.3 million ( 1991 : IR£219.1 million ) . |
| 2 | The study of social policy has been particularly conspicuous for the specific political or value commitments of those who write about it . |
| 3 | Although Laclotte has been largely responsible for the choice of works , he emphasises that this is a collaborative exhibition , with different parts of the catalogue by different specialists , not always in perfect agreement with one another : ‘ There is no absolute truth in matters of attribution , just opinion ’ , he says . |
| 4 | The last section of the book is devoted to a description of what has been achieved with the telescope and is dedicated to John Bolton , who has been largely responsible for the dish 's successful operation . |
| 5 | It was thought likely that some substantial Teesdale farmer might buy all three , ranch the land and sell off the house as a weekend cottage — a regrettably common practice which has been partially responsible for the steady depopulation of the Dales , particularly the more isolated places . |
| 6 | He has been primarily responsible for the current European Union Treaty ( EUT ) which has effectively distilled a political idea into political practice . |
| 7 | The restructuring that has taken place during the Government 's tenure of office has been remarkably good for the region . |
| 8 | One plant houses the company 's IBM mainframe computer — one of the biggest in the state — and a CAD ( computer-aided design ) department has been fully operational for the last year . |
| 9 | One plant houses the company 's IBM mainframe computer — one of the biggest in the state — and a CAD ( computer-aided design ) department has been fully operational for the last year . |
| 10 | Sun could move the manufacture of these parts from Texas Instruments , which began it quite successfully , to Fujitsu Ltd , which has been very anxious for the business . |
| 11 | Sun could move the manufacture of these parts from TI , which began it quite successfully , to Fujitsu , which has been very anxious for the business . |
| 12 | And then there is underneath the sea bed , which has been very important for the United Kingdom because of the great oil and gas resources which we found and if you had had er more limited erm concepts of the |
| 13 | I think that attitude has been very bad for the industry as a whole . |
| 14 | We run a lower sixth form residential summer school for kids , which has been very popular for the past five years . |
| 15 | For both adult and infant mortality rates , two trends are clearly discernible : there has been a substantial reduction in mortality rates for all socio-economic groups ; the reduction , however , has been more substantial for the upper socio-economic groups with the result that socio-economic inequalities have widened over the years . |
| 16 | Indeed it has been almost necessary for the agricultural industry to ignore it in order to develop the modern chemical systems of farming . |
| 17 | Even the very limited amount of competition and market liberalisation proposed in the Electricity and Gas Directives has been too much for the German ( highly inefficient ) coal-mining interests to swallow . |
| 18 | Whilst the overall sums have been low , and there has also been criticism that the time period for these grants has been too short for the more innovative projects , some success in the movement of mentally handicapped and ill people into the community has been achieved . |
| 19 | ‘ The blood transfusion has been quite effective for the anaemia , but she 's going to need more . |
| 20 | He has been entirely responsible for the administration of the school … he will be very difficult to replace . ’ |
| 21 | In practice , it has been extremely rare for the Lords to use even such powers as remain to it to reject Commons Bills . |
| 22 | Where the private sector has been legally liable for the costs of doing so , liability has been much more limited than in America . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , I wo n't deny that at times it 's been a murderously pressurised position to be in , ’ Guy admits , ‘ and it 's been very difficult for the other group members . |