Example sentences of "and [noun] have [been] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since there are so many alleged dope smugglers languishing in Mexican jails , some claimed to be unjustly accused , relations between the U.S. and Mexico have been taut of late . |
| 2 | The blond man had nodded a greeting to her , and Carol had been aware of his appraising gaze . |
| 3 | We 've been lucky in that companies and organisations have been supportive of our appeal . |
| 4 | Since that day of Dirac 's discovery the dual nature of light as wave and particle has been free of paradox for those in the know . |
| 5 | ‘ The wireless and newspapers have been full of the flood . |
| 6 | erm secondly , I want to say just a word about an idea that Gould , in particular , and Stanley had been fond of , namely the idea of species selection . |