Example sentences of "that [noun prp] have been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Summing up , Nick Carey believes that ICI has been innovative in its approach towards the rationalization of its petrochemicals business — necessary because production capacity in europe was far too high . |
| 2 | But it was impossible to forget entirely the rumours that William had been involved with some very undesirable people over the last few years . |
| 3 | Although no evidence had been found that Gnassingbe had been present during the attack , the report said he had been at the scene of the attack " immediately beforehand " . |
| 4 | The court had heard evidence from Kelly , who said that Blissett had been involved in an ‘ ordinary aerial challenge ’ . |
| 5 | The reaction from Ulster Unionists has been an almost automatic rejection , but Downing Street has been keen to point out that Foley has been vocal in his criticism of the IRA and his appointment might not be such a bad move . |
| 6 | Later James McInally , a forensic scientist with Lothian and Borders police , told the court that after tests on the accused 's clothing and in the burned house , they had concluded that Sutherland had been involved in splashing petrol in the house . |
| 7 | Indeed , it should be emphasized that Picasso had been dissatisfied with the limitations imposed on pictorial volumes by a scientific or linear system of perspective for some time before he became aware of the fact that Cézanne 's painting suggested a new concept of form and space . |
| 8 | The Jockey Club 's Disciplinary Committee upheld the York stewards ' judgement that Eddery had been guilty of interfering with Green 's Bid and Splendent in the Gimcrack Stakes . |
| 9 | This showed him nothing except that Ross had been skilful in the way he had chosen to combine places with times . |
| 10 | Of course John , her husband , told Elizabeth that Ivy had been right about the fuse-boxes : they just had n't come to her notice , so she had to eat humble pie . |
| 11 | But there was no suggestion that Gray had been involved in anything improper and Jefferson continued to be involved in youth work . |
| 12 | She knew that Hugh had been wrong in what he had tried to do , but she also knew that no real intimacy had taken place . |
| 13 | From then onwards , ‘ Fred T. Jane ’ became a recognized signature on bold black and white illustrations in a number of books and magazines ; so realistic was the picture in the Illustrated London News of the torpedoing of the ironclad Blanco Encalada in the Chilean revolutionary war of 1891 that a legend grew that Jane had been present at the action . |
| 14 | The document also alleged that Montazeri had been involved in a gang whose members had been executed in Iran in 1987 after smuggling explosives to Saudi Arabia during the pilgrimage to Mecca the previous year [ see pp. 35541-42 ; 35677 ] . |
| 15 | The Medellín drug cartel in a message broadcast on Inravision Television , Bogotá on April 27 denied responsibility for the assassination , stating that Pizarro had been opposed to the government 's current policy of extraditing drug traffickers to stand trial in the United States . |
| 16 | Punch published two harsh cartoons and , when at the end of February 1858 the government was defeated , The Times , with possibly a touch of exaggeration , declared that Clanricarde had been able by his ‘ mere presence ’ in the cabinet to destroy an exceptionally strong administration . |
| 17 | What he did not mention was the fact that Scotland has been involved in the processing of vegetable raw materials of medicinal use for some 200 years . |
| 18 | The Miller spokeswoman confirmed that Sainsbury had been aware of the plans , and that as it was a non-retail development , there would be no conflict of interest . |
| 19 | ‘ I am delighted that HCIMA has been instrumental in its formation and look forward to a closer working relationship with our partners . ’ |
| 20 | Belinda blurted dismissively , disturbed to find that Tom had been aware of at least some of Greg 's attentions to her that evening . |
| 21 | She put her head on one side , trying to make him understand from the look in her eyes that Stephen had been upset by the references to his mother 's death . |
| 22 | On one level I knew that Robert had been unfaithful to Lili and on another I knew that he could n't possibly have been . |
| 23 | The police suspected that Samuel had been involved in a serious armed robbery at a building society in Birmingham . |
| 24 | In his appearance before the House government operations subcommittee in May Pierce denied any personal knowledge of malpractice , but subsequent testimony , particularly from his special assistant , Joseph Strauss , indicated that Pierce had been instrumental in providing assistance to friends , aides and others in housing schemes . |
| 25 | Wallis was critically afflicted with consumption and William Foster , in a letter published in Peck 's Annals , claimed that Wallis had been sick for thirteen years . |
| 26 | The only blot on an otherwise clean campaign came on the eve of the poll when the communist newspaper Sovietskaya Rossiya published a report implying that Yeltsin had been involved in an illegal deal to sell billions of roubles at a cheap rate to a British company . |
| 27 | Not that Ulster has been alone in being so treated . |
| 28 | Komarek said on April 9 that Reichel had been relieved of his posts because he wanted to concentrate on election work for the Czechoslovakian People 's Party , of which he was a member . |
| 29 | Commentators suggested that Hezbollah had been immune from the disarming process because of its close connections with the Iranian government , which itself had close , but increasingly tense , relations with Syria . |
| 30 | Though none of the hearing details were revealed by the BAF , it is believed that Johnson had been impressed by the evidence delivered by the sprinter . |