Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] have [adv] [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NCR Corp has long been interested in offering a high degree of fault-tolerance on its computers , and its final line of mainframes , the 9800s , were claimed to be fault-tolerant . |
| 2 | Geomorphological and Quaternary studies of the glacial history of the Grampian Highlands have always been major research interests within Scottish universities . |
| 3 | Back at the desert base , David Stirling had earlier been busy on the radio , signalling the deputy director of operations on 10 July regarding jeeps . |
| 4 | Miss Grimes had certainly been glad of the presents but she had not really seemed as destitute and lonely as Ianthe had expected — perhaps secretly even hoped — and she found herself resenting the way she had taken the violets . |
| 5 | Peter saw no reason to conceal the figure ; Petronius Redburnus had never been modest . |
| 6 | For some time before 5 p.m. her mother was alone with Miss T. What passed between them we do not know , because Miss T. has never been able to say and the mother , although a party to the proceedings , has never seen fit to give evidence . |
| 7 | Nathalie Sarraute had never been prepared to accept his insistence on pure textuality , and both Robbe-Grillet and Claude Simon sought to distance themselves from the increasingly over-rigid application of his theories . |
| 8 | Edward Stratton had always been interested in machinery , or ‘ working parts ’ as he 'd always liked to think of things . |
| 9 | The nature and content of CPD events have frequently been cross-disciplinary , a necessary factor if they are to attract optimum attendances . |
| 10 | Jim Payne has also been surprised by the standard of putting . |
| 11 | The Grand National course narrows approaching the winning post and bends round to the left immediately after , and with crowds manically screaming at him in the stands and on both rails and directly in front of him it would hardly be surprising if Devon Loch had suddenly been startled by the deafening noise . |
| 12 | The Chancellor may decide to encourage greater use of diesel : however , he has only limited scope for any price differentiation between DERV and petrol , for since December diesel has actually been 10 pence per gallon more expensive than unleaded petrol . |
| 13 | The England players have all been friendly enough . |
| 14 | Sister Marcus has finally been able to persuade him to go back to his club for a short rest . ’ |
| 15 | Its Nine Elms terminal had only been open a week when in 1838 the London and South-Western announced the running of eight special trains on Derby Day to Kingston , the nearest station to Epsom . |
| 16 | The gains for Mr Assad have also been large . |
| 17 | Ardeshir Zahedi had always been different . |
| 18 | Pam Shriver has always been one of the most colourful tennis professionals . |
| 19 | Wall Street has long been bored with the US budget deficit . |
| 20 | Mr Ashdown has always been careful to stress his belief that the revival of the party would require at least two general elections and his campaign was based on the need for long-term growth rather than on hope in the statistical quirk of a hung parliament . |
| 21 | I am glad to say that Girobank have agreed to refund the 10 because , said a spokeswoman , ‘ Mr Kimbrey has never been overdrawn before , is a good customer , and it is a very small amount . ’ |
| 22 | A spokesman for Crosby Coastguard Station said : ‘ The Isle of Man lifeboat has certainly been busy this weekend . |
| 23 | Out on the campaign trail the marketing of Mr Major has often been unimaginative , betraying Central Office inexperience . |
| 24 | Stephen Brown has just been head-hunted from Alcan as new managing director and ‘ heir apparent ’ . |
| 25 | Naseby and Rose inspected the sanitary ware closely , but if Sir Thomas had indeed been sick , than there were no traces left . |
| 26 | His Uncle Walter 's always been short-sighted . ’ |
| 27 | HAMILTON PARK has always been one of Jack Berry 's happiest hunting grounds , and the Cockerham-based trainer was in his customary bubbly mood as he brought off a 15-1 double yesterday at the track 's final meeting of 1992 . |
| 28 | UN Assistant Secretary-General Giandomenico Picco and German Minister of State at the Chancellery Bernd Schmidbauer had also been involved in negotiations for the releases . |
| 29 | And he goes on : ‘ I think the stock of Ulster football has never been higher . |
| 30 | If Philip Leapor had earlier been hostile to his daughter 's poetry fearing it was unprofitable but then left her at liberty , it was probably because she had convinced him that she could earn money with her pen . |