Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [adv] been [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ These schools have long been a closed shop and many have n't been inspected for ages . |
| 2 | He takes it for a walk — such walks have long been a ritual activity of the country 's more optimistic male poor , the dog more expensively jacketed than the chap . |
| 3 | Dumped cars have also been an occasional problem . |
| 4 | My father owned garages , so cars have always been a big part of my life . ’ |
| 5 | My feet have never been the same since , he said . |
| 6 | What has appeared as an intense , bitter and irreconcilable polarization has occurred partly because our basic moral concerns have not been the same . |
| 7 | Rovers have never been the same since they knocked Newcastle and Wimbledon out of the Centenary Trophy . |
| 8 | On his daily visit to the laboratory to look at quality control tests on raw and processed materials , Graham added : ‘ Mills and sliphouses have never been the favourite areas of pottery factories — you either love or hate them — but for the likes of me they are a way of life . ’ |
| 9 | It is perhaps surprising that plant tissues contain substances which affect animals , but plants have always been a useful source of drugs , and indigenous remedies from all parts of the world were studied when research interests expanded after 1945 . |
| 10 | These workers have traditionally been the toughest and most radical , and employers all over America are aware that if Pittston can break the ‘ mother union ’ , then the attempts to gain the ground lost in the Reagan years will be stillborn . |
| 11 | ‘ Instead she has , in effect , admitted that the problems have obviously been a major topic of conversation at the highest level . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ In England we had Morris dancing , mostly knee down , and our ballet dancers have always been the best for quick , precise footwork . |
| 13 | IBM 's internal networks have thus been an unwritten but real part of its winning culture . |
| 14 | Yes , things have n't been the same since Fred fell down the cellar steps and broke his neck " |
| 15 | Things have not been the same on the operational side of the art business . |
| 16 | Installed an Apple Mac sampler at every desk and things have never been the same since . |
| 17 | Things have never been the same at the Chandlers ' since . |
| 18 | Since I met you things have never been the same , I realise now . |
| 19 | It is simply that interest rates have not been an important part of their own calculations of credit costliness ( nor , indeed , have they been at all prominent in credit advertising ) . |
| 20 | Local rates have long been a controversial source of local authority income . |
| 21 | The Source — Building societies have always been the traditional source of mortgage finance , however , banks finance companies and specialist lenders have also moved into the market and now provide major competition to the building societies . |
| 22 | Sexual fantasies have always been a powerful stimulus in the enjoyment of sex — even for professionals in the business . |
| 23 | Horses have always been an expensive pastime but in the current economic situation any chance to save a few pennies is more welcome than ever . |
| 24 | In recent decades the most important factors have probably been the increasing number of home owners and rises in house prices . |
| 25 | Although , as we have seen , videodisc systems have generally been a commercial disappointment , training has been an constant and effective area of application . |
| 26 | Groupies have never been a realistic proposition because the group 's entourage is largely made up of girlfriends . |
| 27 | More recently , profitable crops have often been a greater consideration than improving the taste of the apple . |
| 28 | BADGES have long been a cheap , effective way of making a statement — whether it 's Ban The Bomb or I Love Madonna — but do n't throw them away when your fervour wanes . |
| 29 | The football authorities have not been the only ones to agonize over the impact of television on sport . |
| 30 | Local authorities have always been the main providers of wheelchair and mobility adapted housing , and although the actual number of such dwellings decreased between the periods 1970/81 and 1982/6 due to an overall decline in their house-building programme , the percentage of wheelchair and mobility adapted housing increased in this period . |