Example sentences of "have [be] [adj] [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are hopes that help may be forthcoming later , once the SAC has been convinced that the orchestra 's recent problems have been resolved . |
| 2 | Lord Lane personally rejected the second appeal of the Birmingham Six in January 1988 saying , in words which returned to haunt him : ‘ As with many cases referred by the Home Secretary to the Court of Appeal , the longer the case has gone on , the more this court has been convinced that the jury was correct . ’ |
| 3 | The group acknowledge that Scotland has been slower than the rest of the country to produce credible dance music . |
| 4 | Speed has been essential because the Secretary of State 's timetable is formidable ( see below ) . |
| 5 | In a small number of cases the JMU 's evidence has been such that the committee has decided the firm should not be registered , or that registration should be granted , but with restrictive conditions ( where , for example , a partner may be precluded from acting as a ‘ responsible individual ’ ) . |
| 6 | The process has been efficient but the message has faulty content . |
| 7 | In recent years , however , Brolly , once Paul McCartney 's manager , has been keen that the group should diversify further into book publishing and recording , and the failure of a bid to buy an ( unnamed ) major publishing house hastened his departure . |
| 8 | Apparently the Class Teacher has been unaware that the Welfare Assistant asked the Deputy Head for help . |
| 9 | Moreover that growth has been greatest where the decline in manufacturing employment has been least — that is , in the regions of ‘ the south ’ . |
| 10 | But Germany has been peaceful because the East Prussians were under our control . |
| 11 | Hopkinton , Massachusetts-based EMC Corp reported first quarter net profit more than twice what they were in the year-ago period — figures , page five — and says that demand for the Symmetrix 5500 series disk arrays has been greater than the company expected , so that it has had to increase the build plan for the remainder of the year . |
| 12 | It appears that " the Free Church in the year 1855 and since that time have worshipped in a loft over a stable — the supply of ordinances has been irregular but the attachment of the adherents of the Free Church has been steadfast . " |
| 13 | We have used them to great effect from boats or for getting baits in under trees or undercut banks where casting has been impossible but the wind has helped to carry the bait into inaccessible areas often inhabited by pike . |
| 14 | Past experience of implementing soil conservation programmes has been disappointing and the paper tries to identify the more important reasons . |
| 15 | This has been possible because the interiors of regions I , II and III are all flat . |
| 16 | This has been possible because the phrase ‘ sufficient interest ’ is very vague and leaves it largely up to the courts to decide what interests are sufficient . |
| 17 | So far as I am aware , we have no evidence , for example , to show whether male unemployment which in some areas has been higher than the rate for females , has enabled tending tasks of old relatives to be taken on by men who remain at home . |
| 18 | For example , if a school has attempted to improve its image in the neighbourhood it may feel that it has been successful if the number selecting the school for the following academic year increases . |
| 19 | For several months it has been obvious that the oil market is , as Joseph Stanislaw of Cambridge Energy Research Associates puts it , long on crude . |
| 20 | Diffusion of microcomputers into R&D has been rapid and the pace will increase , except perhaps in small establishments . |
| 21 | ‘ This indulgence by journalists and sadly a small number of politicians has been transparent since the shadow cabinet elections in August . ’ |
| 22 | The participation rate has been high and the method of eliciting responses , which identifies individual reactions and then tests them out in two other contexts , has produced a reliable collective record of student experience . |
| 23 | Ward , the world No 2 looking forward to being packaged as ‘ Dazzling Daz ’ , has been unemployed since the sale of his father 's butchery business and still lives with his parents . |
| 24 | Holly Park , once the home of South Liverpool FC , has been empty since the club gave up the battle against vandals in 1990 . |
| 25 | The Holly Park site in Garston has been empty since the club gave up the battle against vandals in 1990 . |
| 26 | Ever since the ‘ permissive ’ sixties , the moral Right has been concerned that the distinctions between public and private morality have become blurred . |
| 27 | Since its report on the problem in July 1989 , the commission has been concerned that the gene pool and ecosystem may be irrevocably changed should man-made mutants escape into the environment . |
| 28 | My P L C under the Chairmanship of Chester Tabler Mark has been wonderful and the encouragement I have received from seeing the enthusiasm and commitment of the very young Tablers as I purposely invited twenty year old Tablers to be involved in the P L C has given me considerable optimism for the future of Round Table . |
| 29 | So localism is a Major political reality , and the tendency towards localism has been stronger than the tendency towards a national identity . |
| 30 | Progress since then has been slow but the principle has remained the same . |