Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [be] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.

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31 Daum claimed that his players had been given the new sports designer drug Clenbuterol simply to heal persistent muscle injuries .
32 According to a report in the journal Veterinary Record , three ostriches in German zoos have been displaying the classic signs of bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( BSE ) after feeding on meat from local slaughterhouses .
33 Since October 1989 teachers have been delivering the first stages of a new national curriculum ; and in the early summer they will start testing ( sorry , assessing ) all seven-year-olds on the three core disciplines : mathematics , English and science .
34 After the usual cost-trimming exercises have been accomplished the only thing left to do is to sell off some of the most profitable parts to raise cash .
35 Joh Commonwealth leaders have been attending the first day of their summit in Cyprus and protests by Greek Cypriots .
36 The men had been denied the agreed consultation period .
37 Franco believed that one of General Primo de Rivera 's mistakes had been to establish the provisional nature of his regime at the outset .
38 He and his wife had been involved in offering support and assistance to the family whose eight children had been removed the previous November .
39 After the design specifications and requirements have been defined the further course of the project is typically as shown in Figure 6.2 , moving in a continuum through design , process engineering and manufacturing stages to the final product , with inputs from sales forecasts to guide each stage .
40 After the design specifications and requirements have been defined the further course of the project is typically as shown in Figure 6.2 , moving in a continuum through design , process engineering and manufacturing stages to the final product , with inputs from sales forecasts to guide each stage .
41 Whilst police have been investigating the savage crime … surgeons have been opearting on the savage injuries .
42 There 's little room at the top of the tower , this year celebrating it 's 500th anniversary , but the choiristers have been performing the traditional May Carol there for centuries .
43 While the combined effect of a number of cases had been to limit the audi alteram partem principle , it would be misleading to say that it had been wholly forgotten .
44 Once a project which meets the predetermined criteria has been found the natural inclination is to proceed as quickly as possible , but ignoring changed circumstances will cause problems .
45 Another attraction of relational systems has been to enhance the searching facilities as with the work by Gallagher et al .
46 Mr Tony Newton , the Social Security Secretary , was accused of misleading Parliament when he announced in a written reply that Electronic Data Systems had been given the five-year contract for running the centre at Norcross , Lancashire , ‘ following consideration of a tender ’ .
47 Nine others had been arrested the previous day , he added , " following a search operation by the army " in which one soldier had been killed and two wounded .
48 However , now that the papers had been reporting the recent news of her husband 's return from Australia — apparently determined to impress his name and tough personality on the City of London — it was obviously about time that she came to a decision about her future .
49 Once the population trends have been estimated the complex process of predicting future household formations and thus new housing requirements , takes place .
50 When 4095 such charge/discharge cycles have been counted the two outputs , pin 2 and pin 3 , change state — pin 2 going from low to high and pin 3 from high to low .
51 All the horses will use the race course stables , and all riders have been guaranteed the same training conditions .
52 Hell , America 's Jayhawks have been stoking the old C&W fire for almost eight years now .
53 Once the relevant occupier or occupiers have been identified the next stage is to ascertain the status of the plaintiff .
54 Immediately contracts have been exchanged the exact redemption figure should be obtained from the mortgagee .
55 Japanese researchers have been subjecting the real seven-storey building to ‘ pseudodynamic testing ’ .
56 But shares have been reflecting the new-found confidence for some time .
57 Miele quality appliances have been putting the finishing touch to kitchens for years .
58 At the same time , other cards have been doing the opposite , and our major competitor has recently announced an increase of eight per cent .
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