Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [been] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The polytechnics have been under a similar financial strain . |
| 2 | Sir Patrick , welcoming Irish Foreign Minister Dick Spring , rejected suggestions that relations between both Governments had been at a low ebb after their last talks in July and stressed that both were treating the worsening security situation ‘ very seriously ’ . |
| 3 | Yes , ’ she said harshly , ‘ these past days have been like a living hell ! |
| 4 | Most of the studies of relationships between R&D and production in recent years have been of a qualitative and often anecdotal nature . |
| 5 | The teams have been on a rigorous training schedule for the hundred mile long test of skill and stamina . |
| 6 | The teams have been on a rigorous training schedule for the hundred mile long test of skill and stamina . |
| 7 | Until now his ships had been on a southerly course , the weather becoming even colder , the unexpected winds known now as williwaws threatening to dash his vessels against the steep cliffs . |
| 8 | Technological developments have been at a fast pace since the 1950s . |
| 9 | Since the end of March control of Moscow 's police had been with a new directorate headed by USSR First Deputy Interior Minster Ivan Shilov and responsible directly to the USSR Interior Ministry [ see p. 38080 ] . |
| 10 | C64 mags have been without a good section for yonks , and yet here in ZZAP ! |
| 11 | The Thracians and Illyrians had been to a great extent Hellenised during the fourth century BC , when the Macedonian empire of Philip and Alexander flourished . |