Example sentences of "the [noun sg] have been [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The response has been so good that many shops , and garden centres in particular , may stock the items all year round . |
| 2 | The response has been so good that he anticipates taking the show out again in the autumn . |
| 3 | ‘ The response has been very good , ’ he says . |
| 4 | We have been using these for only a number of weeks now , but the response has been very encouraging . |
| 5 | Mr Rodgers said that he was not an opponent of the airport and added that staff at the base had been very helpful . |
| 6 | The change had been so sudden . |
| 7 | The change had been so abrupt that Joseph had been moved to speak only in hushed whispers of the thrilling sights and sounds that unfolded all around them . |
| 8 | We may have no choice but to do so , though I believe that the change has been more damaging than beneficial . |
| 9 | However in practice the change has been less dramatic than it first appears , for two reasons . |
| 10 | However , although its brief is exceedingly broad and its powers substantial , the activities of the Board have been fairly selective , both sectorally and spatially . |
| 11 | SMALL businesses do not seem to know about the industrial building allowances introduced last November , and the uptake has been very disappointing , David Wilson , chairman of Wilson Bowden , the Midlands house-builder and developer , said yesterday . |
| 12 | The bowling has been more different still ; there is a sizeable East Indian population in Trinidad that has produced bowlers with oriental wiles and subtleties unthought-of in Barbados , with Achong and Ramadhin the obvious examples . |
| 13 | One of the mysteries of the case has been how high up the Kenyan establishment the details of the case were known . |
| 14 | The damage had been so severe that at one stage , the fail out order had been given . |
| 15 | In some areas of Scotland , the rise has been as much as 35 per cent . |
| 16 | The increase in the number of single-parent families has been detailed in Part I. The rise has been so significant that , had it not been overshadowed by the advent of mass unemployment , much of today 's public debate about welfare reform would be centred on how best to help this group of claimants . |
| 17 | There had been upsets , rows , false starts ; but if the progress had been sometimes dialectical , zig-zagging through arguments , rather than straightforward , it had undoubtedly happened . |
| 18 | The progress has been as dynamic , and certainly more precise , than anything produced by those great painters . |
| 19 | Wandsworth MIND insisted last week the ban had been only temporary , although director Frank Dillon was unable to say how long it was for . |
| 20 | Customs have indicated that they will treat errors sympathetically , certainly in the early days , but this will only be where they are satisfied that the taxpayer has been both careful and reasonable . |
| 21 | These are the reasons why the discussion of economic policy during the election has been so trivial and impoverished , with so much fuss about how the budget deficit limits the scope for tax cuts on the one hand and expenditure increases on the other . |
| 22 | When he believes that Tom is not guilty of the rape of which he has been accused , we know that Tom is innocent so when he is found guilty of raping Mayella Ewell , it is quite clear that the decision had been heavily prejudiced . |
| 23 | Staff feedback on the experience has been most positive , particularly on the benefit derived from spending time with people from a different working environment . |
| 24 | ‘ The experience has been both uniting and divisive , ’ she said . |
| 25 | No the experience has been very good you know , going through life all that time . |
| 26 | Although six per cent said they had , half said the difficulty had been over five years ago . |
| 27 | ‘ The recession has been very bad for our customers . |
| 28 | Erm and I have to er pick up the point made opposite that the protection has been pretty good over the last few years without the policy . |
| 29 | Mr Bomont said yesterday that the university had been extremely sympathetic and understanding . |
| 30 | The last few years have seen a tremendous amount of' reconstruction , both internally and externally , some parts of the building having been perilously close to collapse . |