Example sentences of "have [been] [adj] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It would 've been best with a bigger piece , bigger programme because then we could 've it was easy to see where we were slipping
2 The other important sub-sect to figure prominently in recent biblical scholarship has been familiar for a long time , but under a different name .
3 N. American Star has been available for a few years here in the UK .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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) ) .
7 Each entry has been hand-crafted by a skilled specialist in lexical analysis .
8 In fact Mr Gardam has been deserving of a larger audience for sometime .
9 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 .
10 This fairy castle in the clouds has been asleep for a hundred years and the briars are beginning to take over .
11 ‘ And this man , Leonora , has been celibate for a long time .
12 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 .
13 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 ’ .
14 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 .
15 For the past nine months it has been involved in a nightly Royal Mail operation out of the airport .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 Since then there has been less of a general shortage of labour , but rather a shortfall in skilled , rather than unskilled labour .
19 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 ) .
20 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 .
21 The Commission on Analytical Nomenclature of IUPAC has been active for a long time in establishing nomenclature for chromatography .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 After making her name as a prisoner of war in Tenko ( in which she appeared with Renee Asherson ) , Stephanie has been busy with a second series of the TV comedy Waiting for God about a group of crumblies living in an old folks ' home .
25 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 … .
26 Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February .
27 Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 It goes without saying that the definition has been responsible for a major literature .
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