Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] have been [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It is usually conveniently overlooked that there was settlement in the area beforehand and that for most of man 's life on earth neither iron nor coal has been particularly important .
2 Retailing and banking have been very effective in attracting managers of this sort .
3 ‘ Your sister and brother-in-law have been so kind to me , ’ Ianthe went on .
4 In spite of his opposition , the King and Council had been favourably impressed with Ferrar 's ability and judgement .
5 In contrast MDC 's record on equity and accountability has been less controversial .
6 Keg bitters and lager have been enormously successful for the brewers not as a result of genuine consumer demand but due to saturation advertising .
7 Because of this there has been scientific and practical interest in the facks that amonoantibiotic regimen comprising omeprazole and amoxicillin has been highly successful in eradicating H pylori in some pilot studies and has shown good results with regard to H pylori reinfection and the clinical course of peptic ulcer disease in the first year after treatment .
8 First , intellectually : there is widespread agreement in the replies from partners that ‘ up to now theology and development have been very separate ; both disciplines looked at together will be very beneficial to people who are involved in social issues and who are looking for ways in which development can be integral to God 's plan . ’
9 The line that the Inland Revenue has hitherto drawn between investment and trading has been exasperatingly unclear .
10 These will vary from Compact to Compact but you will be expected to show : a ) that your attendance and punctuality have been consistently good , b ) that you can work reliably at school , c ) that you have spent a specific amount of time on Work Experience , d ) that you have a positive sense of responsibility to your school and the wider community .
11 In 1791 William Cowper set Mary Leapor apart from other ‘ natural ’ poets whose celebrity and achievement had been strictly ephemeral .
12 Much has already been completed but its scale and impact has been far greater in the lowlands than in the LFAs .
13 The luncheon and exhibition had been more tiring than I had expected .
14 These are free and demand has been so great that what was initially planned as a single four-week course has been extended to sessions running until the spring .
15 Add to that the new agreement for wines and spirits and life has been really hectic . ’
16 Meanwhile , as Layard and Nickell ( 1989 ) have shown , Britain 's recent record on education and training has been notably inadequate .
17 There are people whose early experience of bodily closeness , intimacy and care has been so uncomfortable or so traumatic that they dare not risk a repetition of such pain .
18 The MSc in Psychology and Health has been highly successful and integrates well with research programmes in this area .
19 Totem and Taboo 's been pretty notorious .
20 My mum and dad have been very good but I ca n't go on relying on them . ’
21 Took him hours to clean it up and , since then , the pitch and tone have been all askew .
22 And the accounts of Tatham 's kidnapping and death had been very worthwhile reading .
23 But funding has been significantly less than other programmes , dissemination of materials less effective and leadership less dynamic .
24 Unhappily the city fell into partial ruin in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century , but restoration has been carefully continuing since it was begun by Viollet-le-Duc in 1844 ( 445 and 447 ) .
25 But Father had been so upset by my bolting that he never wrote .
26 But trade has been so bad that organisers have had to shed at least half their shop staff .
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