Example sentences of "that we have been [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one who contemplates the brutal war that has racked Croatia over the last few months can do so without a deep feeling of sorrow and shame : sorrow that such devastation and misery should disfigure our continent in 1991 , and shame that we have been unable to do anything to halt the carnage and destruction . |
| 2 | Indeed , we make an effort not to use the phrase for a number of reasons , one of which is that we have been unable to figure out what it means ’ . |
| 3 | In the long run I think this is probably the most exciting investment that we have been privileged to have in the town , and this really confirms Telford 's position as number one Japanese investment in the United Kingdom ; we now have 20 companies here . |
| 4 | ‘ This means that we have been able to deal with the cash position , which earlier in the year had reached crisis proportions . |
| 5 | This is consistent with the hydrogen-bonding scheme of the tetrad ( Fig. 1b ) , and all other base associations that we have been able to devise are not consistent with all the data . |
| 6 | I think the people of Wiltshire recognise that we have been able to set a budget that enables all the departments to have more money in real terms to spend on delivery of service for next year , and I think that 's something that we can some credit in , and I think it does reflect a new partnership between councillors , officers and those that are delivering services to the public across the county . |
| 7 | We have been trying for years , centuries , to establish this and it is only because of help from outside that we have been able to do it now . |
| 8 | Please note that we have been able to incorporate our successful appeals into these figures but we are still awaiting the national post-appeal figures . |
| 9 | The progress towards our erm , compliance with our ethical investment policy though , has been achieved while considering the need to secure the best returns possible on our investment , and we have done it through a series of progressive sales of investments at the appropriate times according to the market conditions , and so I 'm happy to say that we have been able to achieve both our responsibilities as trustees , our responsibility both to secure the best return on investment and , to consider wider policy implications of our investment policy . |
| 10 | We have since visited many Trust properties , but never left one without feeling gratitude that we have been able to share the pleasures of visiting such fine examples of our heritage . |
| 11 | At a consultation you will be able to assess for yourself the excellent facilities that we have been able to develop ( with the assistance of the Area Health Authority ) specifically for patients seeking improvement through cosmetic surgery . |
| 12 | I am delighted that we have been able to present Embassy with what I consider to have been our best tournament yet . |
| 13 | In my own university , for instance , the number of first year students of biology that we have been able to accept this year has been entirely constrained not by the quality of our applicants but the physical size of our teaching laboratories . |
| 14 | Over the past twelve years , in regard to the Conservative government 's radical course of action , changes have been made to the Welfare State and life in Britain that we have been powerless to resist . |