Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] been [adj] [prep] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | McLaren boss Teddy Mayer as much as admitted at the end of 1975 that he thought Emerson wanted to move — or that he was in personal trouble of one kind and another — but the official news reached Hunt before it got to the team , and got to Hunt through Domingos Piedade , an eccentric figure close to the cheerful groupie Googie Zanon , a wealthy ( textiles ) Italian aristocrat whose support has been crucial to many drivers at critical points in their career , then ‘ manager ’ to Emerson and now to Ayrton Senna — a fringe career from which Domingos , hugely personable , but also often more a talker than a doer , has made a more than reasonable living . |
| 2 | The warehouse has been empty for many years , but holding repairs have meant at least that water penetration to the fabric is reduced . |
| 3 | Rents linked to the tenant 's turnover have been common for many years , particularly in mining leases . |
| 4 | Punch Magazine : April 8 , aged 150 : The satirical publication had been ill for many years with circulation falling to 33,000 . |
| 5 | Just as fate had been unkind in many ways to those Titfords who had stayed in Frome throughout the 18th century , so it had been a firm friend to the descendants of William the Emigrant after his arrival in Kent . |
| 6 | There are , however , two longstanding situations on Southern Sandstone where payment of an admission fee has been customary for many years . |
| 7 | ‘ This season has been different in many respects . |
| 8 | Thus a verdict at an inquest of natural causes aggravated by lack of care has been available for many years . |
| 9 | Rockfall has been responsible for many of the accidents in the range this year , despite the predictable statement from the Chamonix Guides that most were due to incompetence — an inevitable trait of those not climbing with a guide ! |
| 10 | The mammalian gut has been stable for many millennia and acts to constrain the flexibility of E. coli 's genome . |
| 11 | Its importance as a sire had been obvious for many years as its progeny had proved their worth in the show ring and at stud . |
| 12 | She noted the greasy chenille tablecloth which was threadbare where the table edge cut into it — a sure sign , Nelly knew , that the cloth had been undisturbed for many months . |
| 13 | But the American experience had been different in many ways . |
| 14 | Ever since his election as ARFU president in 1988 , French has been involved in many discussions with South African rugby officials assisting and advising them in their aim once again to be welcomed back into the international playing fraternity . |
| 15 | Despite the conclusion of a Comprehensive Programme of Integration in 1971 , progress on this front has been pitiful in many respects compared with that achieved within the EEC . |