Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] that have been [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I mean there are problems with ground water in certain areas , because of the tipping practices that have been historical .
2 Generally , the products were made of plane/sycamore wood that had been seasoned for about 6 months .
3 Anxious that Lally should not return to find her naked , she huddled into a blue satin kimono that had been one of Aunt Tossie 's many over-grand presents .
4 Any management training that has been available for ryokan has been almost entirely ‘ in house ’ up to now , although the whole area of hotel management training is being rethought in Japan .
5 His great oak coffin that had been ready for him for years was set up like a cupboard at the head of the bier , fresh lined with red and gold damask , its silver handles polished bright .
6 Because I also do a fair bit of crochet and these cones ( white ) are excellent for the crochet collars that have been fashionable for a couple of years .
7 It 's not excess of turkey and plum pudding that has been indigestible ; it 's the surfeit of news .
8 For example , the addition of magnesium fertilizers in Norway and Germany 's Black Forest has resulted in recovery in young spruce trees that had been suffering chlorosis ( Printz , 1987 ) .
9 The history of the whole of the Church shows that having been full to overflowing in times of crisis , in times of war for example .
10 That unhinging extended back at least as far as the Japanese attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in December 1941 , a crisis which allowed Franklin Roosevelt finally to break free from the congressional restraints on executive action that had been operative in the inter war period .
11 The second attraction is that the Town and Country Planning Association is a fascinating case study of a pressure group that has been active over a long period .
12 If you doubt this , talk to any private oil company that has been involved in the North Sea .
13 The software houses that have been slow to see the way the wind was blowing and have hardly started recasting their applications for Unix .
14 In 1983 , in order to extend the international scope of our work , a survey questionnaire that had been pre-tested with social work educators from Australia , India , Israel , and the United States was mailed to all member colleges , universities , and national affiliate associations of the International Association of Schools of Social Work and to a list of individuals who had been identified as experts on paraprofessional social welfare personnel in their own countries or internationally .
15 In one of his experiments , lie detectors were connected to two house plants that had been present in a room at the time of a murder .
16 My company has a large number of creditors in its balance sheet that have been outstanding for between two and four years .
17 There is good news for smaller companies , with government support for both the network schemes that have been successful in other parts of Europe , and one-stop shops .
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