Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] has been [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A 32 year old manager may be full of vigour , enthusiasm and malleable but a 52 year old manager has been through a couple of recessions , knows the ropes and cap pull a few more rabbits out of the hat . |
| 2 | But since that time British manufacturing has been on a strengthening long-term trend . ’ |
| 3 | It expects a loss for the first quarter and the loss will be substantially larger than analyst estimates — the average forecast has been for a loss of two cents a share on turnover of $565m — a figure the company says is way too high . |
| 4 | Over the past few weeks , their National Team has been on a British Tour and wherever they play , the house is packed . |
| 5 | So our National Anthem has been about a bit , particularly when you think that it came , probably came from , or was used in , erm a piece of music simply by Haydn . |
| 6 | That poor girl has been through a terrible ordeal , and if I know anything of gipsies , it 's not over for her yet . ’ |
| 7 | Which is , of course , roughly where conventional rubbish-collection policy has been for a long time . |
| 8 | It is a skill I have honed on a host of beautiful staircases and , before tonight 's professional debut , my most singular success has been at a large hotel in Sloane Street where we just chose Miss London.The marble stairs to the entrance hall are just too perfect to ignore , with only a couple of people chatting on the right halfway down.I take the left hand course and soar down and round the gentle curve in nothing short of majestic style , allowing myself the luxury of a smile and a brief wave to the startled pair as I rattle by . |
| 9 | The big man has been in a clinic since breaking a leg against Crystal Palace last week and the only way he can join in the Reds rise is by cheering them on in front of his telly . |
| 10 | Nor was anything said about the fact that federal support of civilian R&D has been at a ground-losing $14 000 million for the past three years — down by $3000 million since Reagan took office . |
| 11 | Having cut her teeth touring with a socialist theatre collective , her formal training has been by a battery of French mime gurus . |