Example sentences of "this [noun sg] have been [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless welfare provisions for school children had made progress during the 1930s although because of the frequent economic crises this progress had been rather erratic . |
| 2 | and Euston , I believe all those parish councils have written to the county surveyor , erm , wilfully the er H G V ban and saying how successful they think it is , now the proposals in this paper do n't have any particular effect on them , but I would want to pass on to the officers here in case it has n't erm quite registered , but this ban has been very much welcomed on the northern section of the A ten eighty eight where although it 's not a formal ban the affect on villages particular such as |
| 3 | Longitudinal studies of this kind have been very limited , and the study should provide an excellent basis for the critical examination of self-identity theory . |
| 4 | We 're actually in a part of Barley Hall now accidentally except that this part has been so Georgianized that we have n't incorporated into the medieval house it 's used as an office . |
| 5 | The accuracy of this technique has been steadily improving and measurements can now be made over thousands of kilometres to an accuracy of a few millimetres . |
| 6 | Discs ' efforts in this direction have been decidedly half-hearted . |
| 7 | The struggle against the powerlessness encouraged by the medical model , especially in certain political settings , has been at the core of many liberation movements and this struggle has been especially powerful within women 's liberation movements . |
| 8 | It has become apparent that the lifts in this building have been increasingly subject to abuse . |
| 9 | This effect has been most noticeable , for obvious reasons , in the most highly capitalized forms of production . |
| 10 | So far this chapter has been largely relevant to social work both within the community and in the residential area . |
| 11 | Brooke of the College of Arms to the editor of Archaeologia gave an account of her funeral : ‘ As the funeral of this princess has been hitherto unpublished , I have sent , for your entertainment , the procession , from my collection of ceremonials , No . |
| 12 | But this cold has been so bad today . |
| 13 | This focus on experience ( in Greek empeiria ) is expressed in the standard description of Hume 's type of philosophy as empiricist rather than rationalist ; and empiricism of this stamp has been especially influential in British philosophy in more recent times as well . |
| 14 | And er they said they wanted a nurse , this child had been very sick and they did n't quite know what was wrong with him . |
| 15 | There is no doubt that this work has been enormously fruitful in pointing out the detailed strategies and rhetorical manoeuvres involved in the expression of racism . |
| 16 | ‘ This work has been very flexible and has fitted in very easily with holidays ’ . |
| 17 | It says : ‘ This attitude has been particularly noticeable since the appointment of two area directors . |
| 18 | England 's batting in this Test has been as dodgy as the plate of prawns which ruled out captain Graham Gooch . |
| 19 | The weather this winter has been very harsh with a lot of snow and wind . |
| 20 | ‘ This winter has been relatively mild and frost free , so birds like lapwing and golden plover have delayed their departure south to the farms and coastal areas of Scotland and England , and many are still finding enough food in Shetland . |
| 21 | It is , however , possible that the experimental data would not be thought conclusive either ; most of the experiments that have been done of this type have been rather artificial ( Marsh 1985a ) . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , this proposal has been so remodelled that , in reality , the old First Division has simply been given a new name . |
| 23 | I am most happy to live in the room here , this lady has been so kind in accommodating me . |
| 24 | Indeed , this reluctance has been so marked that on occasions , as in 1985 , it was said to produce ‘ round-tripping ’ . |
| 25 | This package has been very successful in meeting the needs of those wishing to use macroeconomic models as an aid to their understanding of the economy , for example it is now widely used in teaching . |
| 26 | " Why , as a matter of interest , " said Martin , calmly , as though the discussion up to this point had been quite unreliable , " did you have so many children , Candida ? " and Mrs Denham , strangely , took off her glasses , and frowned , and began to speak as though she had indeed up to this point been talking nonsense . |
| 27 | This protectiveness has been especially strong in Sian , as before we got here there was an ‘ incident ’ in which an Australian girl teaching at the Foreign Language Institute was attacked and injured ( a fractured scull ) by a son of one of the workers who worked in the Institute . |
| 28 | This movement has been especially evident under the pressure of economic conditions in an increasingly corporate market . |
| 29 | ‘ This season has been far better . |
| 30 | Response to this strategy has been very encouraging in Newtownards . |