Example sentences of "[n mass] have be [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Farther north , in the Jaffna peninsula , where the rebels are strong , government aircraft have been bombing civilian areas . |
| 2 | For years , an important desire of many working people has been to take annual holidays in the sun . |
| 3 | The maintenance staff has been working 18-hour shifts to bring the hospital into full operation . |
| 4 | Many people had been nursing faint hopes that the exhibition , which took Stephanie Barron five years to assemble , might be transferred to Berlin after Washington . |
| 5 | Peter Kemp , Durham County Council 's director of social services , said so far around 90 elderly people had been found new homes . |
| 6 | Mr Kemp said that so far around 90 elderly people had been found new homes most in other council-run establishments . |
| 7 | Breeder David Neville says in the past people have been fined small amounts . |
| 8 | At one hospital staff have been taking extra steps to make sure patients know what choices they have , and they say the results are dramatic . |
| 9 | Administrative staff have been offered additional hours and upgraded posts . |