Example sentences of "[noun pl] have be [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In essence , the effect of medically conceived interpretations and solutions has been to provide institutional care settings and services , often taking over pre-existing custodial arrangements , in which basic nursing care , supervision and protection have been provided , with drug therapy as the major planned ‘ intervention ’ or treatment . |
| 2 | Wisdom Books has been appointed exclusive distributor for Snow Lion Publications , US . |
| 3 | All he had was the certainty that whatever steps had been taken that day had led them in one direction only . |
| 4 | An astonishing repair of sorts had been effected some time in the last century : a young fruit tree was nailed vertically to the back of the panel and held in place with iron bands . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , some recorded samples were lost because the children were outside in the playground or on excursions from the home , so when the recordings had been transcribed seven samples only were picked for analysis , a random procedure being used to make the selection where more than seven had been recorded . |
| 6 | Until that time the convention in painting nudes had been to omit pubic hair altogether . |
| 7 | It can co-exist as alternative spellings during transition — indeed , a hundred or so words have been simplified this century when dictionaries have listed alternative spellings and the public has opted for the easier way of arranging the letters . |
| 8 | Schools have been given greater autonomy and greater exposure to market forces , both of which are significantly altering their information requirements . |
| 9 | Milkmen have been collecting tinned foods and medicine from their customers to help the needy in the Russian town of Kostroma , which is twinned with County Durham . |
| 10 | These anomalous crustal fragments have been given various names-suspect terrane , allochthonous terrane-but we will use the term displaced terrane ( Note that in this book the spelling ‘ terrane ’ is used to refer to structural units whereas ‘ terrain' is applied in a topographic sense . ) |
| 11 | Three backbenchers have been appointed junior whips : Mr Andrew Mackay , MP for Berkshire East , Mr Robert Hughes , MP for Harrow West and Mr James Arbuthnot , MP for Wanstead and Woodford . |
| 12 | The world 's top fashion designers have been creating spectacular outfits to help raise funds for the charity Oxfam in its fiftieth year . |
| 13 | Recently , car manufacturers have been offering big discounts in a bid to sell more in a depressed market . |
| 14 | But already candidates have been holding informal sessions , enticing potential voters with great banquets of slaughtered sheep . |
| 15 | The Republic of Colombia won its independence from Spain in 1819 although its borders have been redrawn several times since . |
| 16 | One-colour borders have been enjoying renewed popularity recently , and Mr Fothergill 's Seeds has come up with the perfect quick answer to monochrome gardening . |
| 17 | Executive voices have been raised several octaves over the issue ( UX No 433 ) , and there does not appear to be any clear agreement yet on how COSE firms would level this playing field . |
| 18 | East Berliners have been offered free tickets for a football match today in West Berlin as well as to a number of concerts and the opera . |
| 19 | Books have been called many things in their time , but not ‘ lean and muscular ’ . |
| 20 | To talk up the prospects of change , some note that Japanese life insurers have been demanding bigger dividends lately . |
| 21 | ‘ The gangs have been going 23 years . |
| 22 | The purpose of the trials has been to obtain raw data which must be assembled and evaluated to provide a basis for comparison . |
| 23 | One solution to the problems caused by the withdrawal of rail transport in rural areas has been to replace these services with buses . |
| 24 | The development of the gardens has been given high priority and there is a large variety of named trees and shrubs . |
| 25 | Defence lawyers claimed that several injured defendants had been denied medical attention and that many others had been tortured while in custody . |
| 26 | Mr Crawford added more than 600 illegal nets had been seized this year . |
| 27 | The Yorkshire Television switchboard in Leeds with its myriad lines had been jammed all day with calls about Hannah . |
| 28 | They say gangs of youngsters have been targeting elderly people in the town centre and stealing purses from them . |
| 29 | Since then about ten new sites have been scheduled each week , and this could be seen as a deliberate blocking measure as it only takes place where the owner wants to do something with the site . |
| 30 | Administrators have been given greater access to confidential documents , which could facilitate taking legal action against auditors and other advisers . |