Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] have been [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr 's defence had been legally unusual , that of necessity . |
| 2 | Chairman the St Albans traffic issue , the erm bus for quite a long period of time but throughout that period of time Chairman the County Council 's decision has been absolutely clear . |
| 3 | Matthew 's assessment had been embarrassingly accurate . |
| 4 | But this time Major 's reserve had been more genuine . |
| 5 | Franjieh 's rule had been particularly corrupt ; his son Tony was exalted to the Cabinet through a process of nepotism scarcely rivalled elsewhere in the Middle East . |
| 6 | Elizabeth 's distress had been so evident that even Lydia felt bound to take it seriously . |
| 7 | Michael Anderson 's work has been particularly important in establishing the significance of considering the material gains for either or both parties , if we wish to understand why people lived with relatives in the past . |
| 8 | Clearly , Picasso 's work has been more influential in the sense that Cubism changed the vocabulary of twentieth-century art . |
| 9 | Although there are many other strands involved in Realism generally , Morgenthau 's work has been so influential that it seems sensible to start with it . |
| 10 | I shall take no lessons from the right hon. and learned Gentleman on education , because the Government 's record has been extremely good . |
| 11 | Since 1945 , Britain 's record has been consistently better than that which she achieved in the interwar years — an average of 20 per cent of GDP as compared with 11 per cent [ Matthews et al. , 1982 ] . |
| 12 | Who could doubt that it was a mother 's failure to have been sufficiently vigilant against the fly menace that her child succumbed to some grievous , infectious illness ? |
| 13 | ‘ I am delighted to record that the Group 's recovery has been sufficiently strong for us to undertake two acquisitions during the year , Sekers and Mercia Carpets ’ . |
| 14 | The excitement of Cynthia 's revelation had been too much for her and Cynthia now anxiously rang the bell for the nurse . |
| 15 | Rose Brady 's attention had been as unexpected as it had been sudden and welcome . |
| 16 | Julia was relieved that that was out of the way and that David 's announcement had been so definite . |
| 17 | ‘ Flashman 's behaviour has been too pathetic for words . ’ |
| 18 | Though , since the day the letter came , Kathleen 's nonsense had been all unspoken . |
| 19 | For Zoe , the day 's outing had been reasonably pleasant . |
| 20 | It has been a long time since the women 's game has been so open ; hopefully it will continue . |
| 21 | The article also alleged that the star 's father had been directly involved in rounding-up Jews and homosexuals who were tortured and murdered in Nazi concentration camps , the court was told . |
| 22 | They told me that the girl 's father had been as coy as any nineteenth-century English maiden . |
| 23 | Royal Gait 's career had been remarkably eventful , and his controversial disqualification from the 1988 Ascot Gold Cup is still the subject of fierce debate . |
| 24 | Even though tonight 's debate has been reasonably even-tempered , we shall lose no opportunity when the time comes next year to remind teachers who supported a review body and who opposed it . |
| 25 | To this point Beryl 's manner had been almost peremptory , now she became more relaxed and confiding . |
| 26 | More than a million and a half Palestinians live in the occupied territories , their treatment prompted repeated accusations by western governments as well as those in the Middle East , that Israel 's crackdown has been too harsh , at times undisciplined ; one image of violence by Israeli forces aroused world-wide condemnation . |
| 27 | Since his return home , the prodigal 's life had been rather different . |
| 28 | His father 's life had been similarly unorthodox , for he had kept a second mistress and three daughters , whose existence was revealed only after his death . |
| 29 | Before his conversion in 1756 , Smart 's life had been very different from what it was now to become . |
| 30 | Despite being an affront to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi , the founding father of independent India , the BJP 's attack had been immensely popular . |