Example sentences of "have be a [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It must 've been a pretty powerful bloke who did that ; father was no weakling . ’ |
| 2 | And if I had n't met the people I 've met , I think I 'd 've been a very frustrated person cos erm , even though you can think of something , un unless , if you have other people you can go , if you say to somebody you could say , oh God , you know let's do this and this and this , or I think , really think this or this and someone else goes yes I do |
| 3 | That has been a keenly disputed question in Britain for more than a hundred years . |
| 4 | The correlation of old marine terraces and various phases in the Pleistocene has been a particularly fruitful source of disagreement among glacial geologists and geomorphologists . |
| 5 | The growth of out-of-town retailing has been a particularly contentious issue in the past ten years , not only for its potentially adverse effects on urban shopping centres but also because of the resulting development pressures on fringe and green field sites . |
| 6 | This has been a particularly rich year for purchases of printed books of all periods . |
| 7 | There has been a particularly sharp increase in long-distance commuting . |
| 8 | ESL has been a particularly dynamic area of language teaching and one area of provision has always been for students who wish to continue their general education in this country or to take up training opportunities in MSC-funded schemes . |
| 9 | A steadily more favourable balance on the UK 's trade in primary products has been a particularly important offset : it generated a surplus in 1983 when manufactures went into deficit . |
| 10 | No-one disputes that it has been a particularly bad winter for accidents on Scotland 's mountains . |
| 11 | It has been a particularly marked feature of industrial relations in state enterprises , since the conduct of industrial relations influences the achievement of a variety of state objectives . |
| 12 | There have been occasional sorties by the BNP in local by-elections , but none has been a particularly significant performance . |
| 13 | Normalisation , on the other hand , has been a largely profession-led push towards service revisions . |
| 14 | There has been a reasonably stable relationship between equity earnings yields and real bond yields in the UK for much of the 1980's . |
| 15 | This has been a rather large digression from the main concerns of this chapter , but it is important to bear in mind this important change , which appears likely to occur very soon . |
| 16 | It has been a rather nail-biting time in Bedford Square . |
| 17 | I regret to say that this has been a breathtakingly disappointing debate , even by the standards of those initiated by Labour Members , redeemed only by an excellent constructive contribution by my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest ( Mr. Norris ) , who made an outstanding speech . |
| 18 | And they have a far greater proportion of the Greater York area than we do , erm as I outlined we just have three relatively modest villages , erm our , we do have a concern erm , on this , in that we do n't ac , given there 's a a district and an area have not be identified , we do n't feel that there has been a comparative assessment of the two options , we do n't dispute that they may well be harm er from peripheral development around other distric , around settlements in other districts , we acknowledged other other District Council 's concerns , and indeed , these are arguments we have used ourselves on the scale of development in Hambledon , er but we do n't feel that there has been a properly balanced assessment of the two options . |
| 19 | As I have stated on many occasions , Charter has been a most supportive shareholder , most recently under the Chairmanship of Sir Michael Edwardes . |
| 20 | Erm basically we 've spent more than we 've erm taken in but that was a deliberate policy agreed on by the committee we 've already mentioned Norman 's flats erm that has been a most worthwhile expenditure and we 've got to look at that as a long-term investment because we 've got flats which are going to last for years and our expenditure which was getting on for fifteen hundred pounds will not have to be repeated . |
| 21 | Lack of promotional opportunities in all Banks has been a most serious development in recent times for those who work in the Industry . |
| 22 | Labour has been a most ineffective Opposition . |
| 23 | Perhaps more important to the National Gallery 's trustees was the fact that , like Carter Brown , Powell has been a most effective fund-raiser . |
| 24 | ‘ I am sure that , afterwards , you will admit it has been a most interesting assignment . |
| 25 | This has been a most interesting debate , and I congratulate my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Warley , West ( Mr. Archer ) on introducing it . |
| 26 | But this is unjust to what has been a most important influence on modern design . |
| 27 | He has been a most valuable player a record three times . |
| 28 | He has been a most valuable player a record three times . |
| 29 | The real value of the results actually achieved has been a most gratifying surprise to everyone concerned , and it is easy , after the event , to reflect wisely upon the fact that a large percentage of the men must have served a long and painful apprenticeship , whilst on Military Service , to the art of transforming swamps into ‘ better 'oles ’ . |
| 30 | For much of the modern period Japan has been a predominantly agrarian country . |