Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] have be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mile of shining water between him and the Forest of Dean had been devoid of a single ripple . |
| 2 | ‘ The earls of Warwick have been some of the most powerful men in English history . |
| 3 | MDS Transmodal of Chester have been involved in part of an SE-financed study of opportunities for roll-on roll-off facilities on the East coast — while at the same time conducting a trawl of potential customers for a Medway base at Rosyth . |
| 4 | Abroad , the idea of Freeports has been current for many years . |
| 5 | The history of Burma has been one of imperialism . |
| 6 | The name of Tom has been synonymous with sailing in Weymouth longer than he might wish to remember . |
| 7 | of Redditch has been successful in passing his tutor 's examination . |
| 8 | For many years the People 's Republic of China has been one of the world 's leading conventional arms and nuclear technology exporters . |
| 9 | For four days , the nearby town of Ballater had been awash with rumours that the Landau Carriage would be used — weather permitting . |
| 10 | Third party databases such as those of Infocheck have been available on Telecom Gold for up to ten years , but until recently selling services was secondary to selling Prestel and E-mail systems ( and those two delivery options functioned as discrete entities ) . |
| 11 | The career of Miller had been that of a classic party functionary rising to PUWP central committee secretary and politburo member , whereas Kwasniewski , who came up through the editorship of party youth wing newspapers to become Minister of Youth and Sports from 1985 , had made his name as a pragmatist and advocate of co-operation with Solidarity in the 1989 round table talks . |
| 12 | The Commission on Analytical Nomenclature of IUPAC has been active for a long time in establishing nomenclature for chromatography . |
| 13 | A massive programme of institutional reforms was premised on a belief that certain elements in the economy , polity and society of Japan had been conducive to the rise of militarism in the country and the waging of aggressive war . |
| 14 | This legislation ensured that the whole of Britain has been subject to compulsory land planning based on the application of two simple practices : the preparation ( including revision and updating ) of plans for the future allocation of land uses , and the control of development to accord with the provisions of those plans . |
| 15 | The Dazer was reviewed in RUNNING last May , and Andrew Green of Farnham has been happy with his . |
| 16 | In 590 it further became apparent that bishop Egidius of Rheims had been involved in Rauching 's plot , and he was deposed from his see . |
| 17 | Does the Minister recognise that those of us who are friends of Kenya have been concerned for some time that that country has been slipping from the flagship position of good and open government in Africa ? |
| 18 | I had not appreciated the fact that my right hon. Friend the Member for Finchley had been involved in the matter ; as far as I know , she has not . |
| 19 | Martin 's family who live near Stroud have been shocked by the news of the arrests : |
| 20 | Car parks in accessible areas like Glencoe have been full to capacity according to the area 's rescue team , which has recorded as many as 150 people going up Stob Coire nan Lochan in one morning . |
| 21 | The big oil strike near Tollemarche had been responsible for an upheaval in the existing order ; and the fight for social status , before a fixed pecking order could be re-established , was a ruthless one , waged in every drawing-room , church hall and charitable institution . |
| 22 | On Nov. 27 Kanemaru gave sworn testimony at the Odawara Municipal Hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture , during which he was reported to have acknowledged that his links with Ishii had been instrumental in halting the Nihon Kominto 's campaign against Takeshita . |
| 23 | My friendship with Matthew has been one of the pleasures of this last year . |
| 24 | MICK McCarthy 's scoring exploits with Skibbereen have been one of the outstanding features of the All Ireland Club football championship campaign . |
| 25 | ‘ Being in Brighton has been beneficial to all of us , the food is good and we have trained on the Downs , ’ said Tolstikov , who could have expected more recognition at home following last year 's London win but instead found life harder , not better . |
| 26 | The uniqueness of each village has affected the timing , the pace and the extent of these changes , but virtually no village in England has been immune to them . |
| 27 | According to Lévy , ‘ The only galleries of modern and contemporary art in Geneva have been those of Daniel Varenne and Jan Krugier . |
| 28 | Both colonial and indigenous rulers in Africa have been involved in newspaper propaganda since the beginnings of the press on that continent . |
| 29 | From the start , Serbs in Bosnia have been unequivocal in saying : ‘ We can not live with the Muslims anymore . |
| 30 | Bedwas and District Conservation Society in Gwent have been active in improving open spaces around their town . |