Example sentences of "have [been] [adj] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The growth and international expansion of the hotel and catering industry has been phenomenal during the past decade , ensuring a constant demand for trained and skilled staff and providing ample opportunity for those who are temperamentally suited to the industry . |
| 2 | Chris Patten has been sworn-in as the new , and probably final , Governor of Hong Kong . |
| 3 | The other important sub-sect to figure prominently in recent biblical scholarship has been familiar for a long time , but under a different name . |
| 4 | It would be impossible to better Paul 's summary of the practical and devotional potential of the Bible : " Your mind has been familiar with the holy scriptures , which can open the mind to the salvation which comes through believing on Christ Jesus . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The growing numbers of underemployed middle- or upper-class women , for whom unpaid charitable work was one of the very few socially acceptable occupations , supplied a willing and almost endless supply of volunteers for such activity , such as has been available at no other period of British history . |
| 7 | D. For a long time South West England has been remote from the main population of England . |
| 8 | But the snow , which has been slight in the past half-hour , suddenly begins to fall fast and furiously again , limiting her vision . |
| 9 | Sponsorship forms will then be sent which should be signed by a sponsor who has been present in the Royal Enclosure for at least eight years . |
| 10 | They will require a sponsor who has been present in the Royal Enclosure for eight years . |
| 11 | Terry Venables has been keen on the 23-year-old for months and armed with over £2million from the Stewart sale , is set to move in on the £1.2m-rated player . |
| 12 | This has been central to the Catholic tradition as we well know . |
| 13 | At times it has been acrimonious to an extreme and very public . |
| 14 | Unlike other higher profile running mothers , returning to training after the birth of a healthy son has been gentle for the 44-year old . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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) ) . |
| 17 | Since the directive came into force in July last year only one fish farming application has been subject to an environmental assessment : a plan last October by Marine Harvest for salmon cages in Lamlash bay on the island of Arran . |
| 18 | There is very considerable evidence which I have reviewed at length elsewhere that , since parting company with the ancestors of today 's great apes and since acquiring numerous gelada-like adaptations , the human race has been subject to an evolutionary process known as neoteny or foetalization . |
| 19 | Since it has been weak for the past two months , calling for cheaper money is as irrelevant as wanting trees to blossom in an Arctic winter . |
| 20 | Despite the greater emphasis on additional facilities , it has been necessary for the ordinary financing arrangements to be enlarged by regular increases in quotas . |
| 21 | Each entry has been hand-crafted by a skilled specialist in lexical analysis . |
| 22 | Surprisingly , consumer reaction to the Amie has been strong among the general public . |
| 23 | What part of any contraction in the demand for elderly workers has been caused by state action over the setting of pension eligibility terms , and what part has been due to the autonomous decisions of employers , must for the moment remain an open question . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The reason for this is that UK per capita consumption of alcohol has been static from the late 1970s , as shown in Figure 5.2 . |
| 26 | Mr Clifford , for anyone who has been asleep through the entire summer , is to jilted mistresses what Zimmer frames are to decrepit old ones . |
| 27 | It has been far from an edifying election . |
| 28 | ‘ And this man , Leonora , has been celibate for a long time . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Doug Williams , a manager in the bank 's insurance group , says the operation has been profitable for the past two years and is already seen as a significant part of Chase 's retail service . |