Example sentences of "of [noun] that have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His social and economic situation continues to be regulated by the kind of disciplines that have been familiar to successive generations of workers on the land — ; poverty , the lack of alternative employment opportunities , the intense localism , the dependency for jobs and housing on local farmers . |
| 2 | He built his shed which , made as it was of old floorboards from a couple of hovels that had been empty for years , resembled a shack . |
| 3 | In practice , however , progression has been difficult to achieve , and the rites of passage that have been such a feature of our educational organisation — at 11 plus , at the options stage at 14 , and again at 16 — have compounded the problem . |
| 4 | Despite all of these changes , the leaders of the change effort consciously supported and maintained those values and ways of work that had been productive in the past , such as joint consultation with the unions . |
| 5 | The finalists of the 1981/82 and 1982/83 Competitions for the Prince of Wales Award for Industrial Innovation and Production provide a self-selected sample of firms that have been successful in innovation , ie in developing commercially viable new products . |
| 6 | Avoiding the copyright-protected names of bears that have been British National newspaper features for decades was quite easy for innovative owners of the new skydiving brood . |
| 7 | The threatening cloud of gloom that had been pea-sized when they 'd set out for Host Street grew to storm proportions . |
| 8 | I have omitted , with reluctance , references to a few natural features of interest that have been subject to abuse of privilege by a minority of visitors . |