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

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1 blah , blah , blah , recommended that interview have been in both directions despite in this difficult across , and I could n't say when you could do that at midday , but the implication is you have to do it when you
2 Quite a number of experiments leading to such identification have been with small aspect ratio Bénard convection ( Sections 22.1 , 22.4 ) [ 87 , 181 , 246 ] ; small in this context means not much greater than unity .
3 The rapidity of Japan 's economic and political transformation and the enduring influence of Tokugawa practices and ideas into this century mean that in Japan , as in other late industrializers such as the USSR , agricultural issues and the impact of the rural sector have been of crucial importance throughout the past 150 years .
4 Certain members of the Olympic Vibes team have been in serious disarray after one glimpse of this , and the guilty lightweights have been duly suspended from club duty .
5 I believe that we achieve this very successfully , and when you bear in mind the pressure under which the Magistracy have been in recent times , with erm industrial action , demonstrations , which have brought them to the forefront of the attention , I think it 's a remarkably achievement that the Magistrates have come through this with the public in general terms satisfied with the performance of Magistrates in the discharge of these very onerous functions .
6 ‘ I mean , maybe Scotland Yard have been in that area . ’
7 Calls for innovation and for productivity related ‘ intensive ’ growth have been to little avail .
8 The main areas of growth have been in inter-bank deposits , certificates of deposit and the foreign currency markets .
9 Declining costs of information have been of critical importance in spurring the international growth of service firms and the service functions within manufacturing firms .
10 But where other churches have owned their own schools , as does the Church of Ireland in the South , a similar position has been adopted , though the reasons for the position have been on different grounds .
11 This does not mean that the objective differences in wealth and income have been in any way reduced , but relationships have become easier and more informal .
12 Among these colour and texture have been of prime importance , but durability has always been valued in civilized societies concerned with maintaining wealth .
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