Example sentences of "have been [adj] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other important sub-sect to figure prominently in recent biblical scholarship has been familiar for a long time , but under a different name . |
| 2 | Since May 1991 the Clio has been available with a fuel-injected 1.8-litre petrol engine and October 1991 saw the introduction of the 16-valve high-performance model . |
| 3 | This is an emotive case , which has been subject to a full investigation by the special investigation branch of the Royal Military Police , and disciplinary action has been taken against the soldier in relation to the allegations . |
| 4 | A criminal bankrupt and a person who has been subject to a previous bankruptcy can only apply for their discharge after the end of five years from the commencement of their bankruptcy ( s 280(1) ) . |
| 5 | Each entry has been hand-crafted by a skilled specialist in lexical analysis . |
| 6 | His own money has been hard-earned as a shrewd farmer and dealer , with timing on his side as the property market hit a peak in the late 1980s . |
| 7 | ‘ And this man , Leonora , has been celibate for a long time . |
| 8 | The IBOA is very conscious of the fact that this issue has been outstanding for a considerable length of time and it is hoped that the proposals will pave the way for a speedy resolution to the problem . |
| 9 | The political emphasis for these and other initiatives has been crucial to a Conservative government set on a course of action that can best be described by the phrase ‘ small is beautiful ’ . |
| 10 | The council has been involved in a separate row over Bellarmine because it is insisting that staff must apply for jobs at the school to which their pupils would transfer . |
| 11 | For the past nine months it has been involved in a nightly Royal Mail operation out of the airport . |
| 12 | I have recently been made aware that your Council has been involved in a public inquiry relating to an appeal for the erection of a football stadium and associated commercial development within the Oxford Green Belt . |
| 13 | Spracklen , who has accepted the position of coach to the Canadian men 's team , has been involved in a long-running disagreement with the director of international rowing , Penny Chuter . |
| 14 | Since then there has been less of a general shortage of labour , but rather a shortfall in skilled , rather than unskilled labour . |
| 15 | It has been clear for a long time that where land adjoining the highway is unintentionally entered , i.e. as a result of a car accident , that the plaintiff must prove negligence ( River Wear Commissioners v Adamson ( 1877 ) 2 App Cas 743 ) . |
| 16 | Leaving aside the growing use of the term ‘ support teacher ’ in a much wider sense ( i.e. to apply to any work undertaken by the non-school-based LEA support staff ) , even in its original sense ( I.E. providing support in the classroom rather than withdrawing children ) , the support teaching role has been open to a whole range of different interpretations . |
| 17 | The Commission on Analytical Nomenclature of IUPAC has been active for a long time in establishing nomenclature for chromatography . |
| 18 | The second attraction is that the Town and Country Planning Association is a fascinating case study of a pressure group that has been active over a long period . |
| 19 | As I see him sitting there now , sheltered under a derelict building 's covered way , one which has been empty for a tedious never-ending era , with an unchangeable lifestyle , erected for nothing but with such a prospect for life , if used properly . |
| 20 | Very often I spend long days on my allotment , and cook quite nice dinners of , say , breast of mutton and peas and fruit off the allotment for myself and a [ woman ] friend who has been ill for a long time … . |
| 21 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 22 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 23 | We all know that what he terms his ’ meandering ’ round private Bills has been responsible for a good deal of heartache and not a little management time in British Rail spent trying to meet some of his objections . |
| 24 | Aleksandr Sergeyevich Yakovlev is probably one of the most well-known of all Soviet aircraft designers and his OKB has been responsible for a wide variety of aircraft types . |
| 25 | It goes without saying that the definition has been responsible for a major literature . |
| 26 | This is a very lethal condition and has been responsible for a great many accidents and much loss of life . |
| 27 | This belt , named after Kuiper who suggested it would be left over from the formation of the planets , has been much-discussed as a possible source of short-period comets . |
| 28 | The time out lasts only until the child has stopped the undesirable behaviour and has been quiet for a short time . |
| 29 | I think he 'd been better for a long time on and off |
| 30 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |