Example sentences of "have be [verb] about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much has been written about the pure theory of public choice but , in spite of a few pioneering works ( the best known being Downs , An Economic Theory of Democracy and Olson , The Logic of Collective Action ) there have been few recent applications in political science . |
| 2 | Much has been written about the technological challenge of North Sea oil , said to be second only to the American space programme in scale . |
| 3 | Harlequins ... 14 Swansea … .. 21 DO NOT believe everything that has been written about the parlous state of Anglo-Welsh matches now that the English clubs are diverted by the league . |
| 4 | Much has been written about the ritual practices , accoutrements , and spiritual calling of the shaman , who functioned as priest , soothsayer and healer . |
| 5 | Much has been written about the pioneering spirit of the men and women who left their homelands in times of primitive travel facilities and poor communications , to settle on virgin land of which they had little or no knowledge . |
| 6 | ‘ A lot has been said about the marvellous people who do look after Down 's Syndrome babies . |
| 7 | First , much has been said about the immediate effects of industrial action on the process of the project . |
| 8 | Whilst a number of writers have commented upon his contributions to debates upon current policy problems , little has been said about the theoretical basis of these contributions . |
| 9 | For the past 30 years Aegina has been producing about the best pistachios in the world . |
| 10 | Her claims to be heard are based on her spiritual topic matter and the historical accident that she writes at a time when she believes more has been revealed about the divine and therefore she possesses ‘ more information ’ than previously . |
| 11 | Recently great concern has been expressed about the high suicide rates of young offenders and adult prisoners held on remand in prison or after sentencing . |
| 12 | The seminar will consider what has been learnt about the appropriate research methodology for such work and will examine the empirical findings of the IER/INSEE study together with those of other researchers in the field . |
| 13 | Much has been learnt about the natural history of coronary disease since 1945 . |
| 14 | Much has been published about the Japanese group culture , company loyalty and risk-averse management . |
| 15 | Much of what has been deduced about the institutionalized authority held by bishops in the late fifth and early sixth century , over and above their canonical jurisdiction , depends on episcopal epitaphs : it is not easy to distinguish fact from topos in such documents . |
| 16 | Usually , the former has been talking about the latter . |
| 17 | Those opening words from Marx 's Capital could have been written about the long postwar boom , the most striking feature of which was a quite breathtaking growth in production . |
| 18 | When Lloyd George talked about the Empires and Kingdoms , kings and crowns of Europe falling like withered leaves , he should have been talking about the millions of ordinary people , the music and laughter and minutiae of countless lives , washed away like a child 's map drawn on a slate left out in the rain . |
| 19 | He was speaking about Yugoslavia — but he could have been talking about the appalling scenes in Somalia or other parts of Africa . |
| 20 | At the time the analysts and the client were somewhat concerned that it was not practicable to implement fully either of the FAOR technical solutions , as expectations had been raised about the final outcome before the implications of these solutions were known in any detail . |
| 21 | Even the case from this period that was included in the Black report ( with the year of diagnosis wrongly given as 1983 rather than 1984 ) was diagnosed after concern had been raised about the high incidence in Seascale . |
| 22 | Balmer had been thinking about the spectral lines from hydrogen . |
| 23 | Before the onset of the 1939 — 45 world war little concern had been expressed about the rapid decline in fertility in Britain and the consequent ageing of the population . |
| 24 | The Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , in reply to a Commons question , acknowledged that concerns had been expressed about the advisory committee structure originally proposed . |
| 25 | Little had been said about the other regional aspect represented by unemployment and economic decline in the Special Areas . |
| 26 | The Queen had been briefed about the true state of affairs by her personal staff , including her private secretary Sir Robert Fellowes . |
| 27 | This Act has been used successfully by motorists , who have discovered that they had been deceived about the previous mileage covered by a second-hand car . |
| 28 | Although I 've been writing about the latest machines this month , I shall be including the older models in later articles . |
| 29 | This year I 've been thinking about the many faces of the moon and the wonderfully romantic and lovely patterns you can achieve with the moon as your theme , whether it 's a slender crescent or full harvest , hunter 's or honey moon . |
| 30 | Cos the various things you 've been saying about the rich peasant economy , I mean |