Example sentences of "but [pron] has [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know she is old and wo n't last forever , but she has been a good and loyal friend to me and I will stand by her . |
| 2 | ‘ Alaska has a lot fewer , but larger , assets than XEU but there has been a major reorganisation there , ’ he says . |
| 3 | But there has been a gradual shift in attitudes within this bastion of British ballet . |
| 4 | Losing the toss in both Tests did not help England 's cause , but there has been a collective lack of confidence against spin that has clearly concerned Fletcher . |
| 5 | Turning from the functions of legislating and authorizing both expenditure and taxation to the other traditional function of pressing the government , the procedures involved have also undergone change but there has been a greater effort made to keep this weapon sharpened and up to the armour it has to pierce . |
| 6 | The chap there said , ‘ I really should n't tell you this , but there has been a political dispute over the spelling of ecu . ’ |
| 7 | There has been little sociological work on this topic but there has been a good deal of interesting history , much of it carried out under the aegis of the North East Labour History Society . |
| 8 | It is generally known , of course , that standard English enshrines sporadic residues of approximations between these vowels , for example in doublets of the type strop/strap , catch/ketch , but there has been a good deal of dispute about EModE evidence for overlap and merger in this part of the vowel-system . |
| 9 | But there has been a good deal less successful cross-border brand-building in the confectionery division . |
| 10 | You probably consider that my remarks are a little wide of the debate , Mr. Deputy Speaker , but there has been a recent discussion about contextual factors in education . |
| 11 | Ken , if we could er look at what 's actually happening out there to pensioners at the moment , I think of which we 're all very concerned , but there has been a small item of good news to balance against the concerns we have for those pensioners that are still suffering from uncertainty and that is some money has started to come in as a result of legal actions and settlements out of court . |
| 12 | In Norway and Denmark there continue to be high levels of popular support for state-provided welfare but there has been a marked and sustained shift against state control and intervention in the economy . |
| 13 | At a more popular level , CEPRA has organised occasional radio production workshops for community groups and trades unions , but there has been a growing awareness of the need for more structured , in-depth training schemes . |
| 14 | The saga still continues but there has been a severe clampdown on the activities of babyfood companies , and undoubtedly millions of Third World babies ' lives have been saved . |
| 15 | But there has been a relative neglect of the general institutional and discursive form of the liberal-democratic , capitalist nation-state and its effects in the production of contradictory discourses around ‘ race ’ . |
| 16 | Spokesman Peter Kessler said : ‘ Negotiations are progressing pretty well , but there has been a little bit of foot-dragging on the Serbian side . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ But there has been a massive change in public opinion . |
| 18 | Again , here , the social relationships of the professional market have persisted , but there has been a significant and growing development of some new relations , within an increasingly capitalized corporate sector . |
| 19 | I do not want to say that there has been a huge leap in the past year or so , because that would not true , but there has been a big leap since 1980 . |
| 20 | I think it 's fair to say that know more about it than I do , but there has been a High Court case recently which has , seems to have er torpedoed the er prospect of er including affordable housing in new housing deals , so I 'm informed . |
| 21 | Tristan Garel-Jones is not a household name but he has been a key player in British , and particularly Tory , politics over the past two years . |
| 22 | ‘ But it has been a great triumph for Hochhauser , Willi . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's easier to manage a team playing in defence because you can see the game developing , but it has been a real problem up front , especially with all the pushing and shoving . |
| 24 | I thought I would go home when I left but it has been a long time . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't usually do that , but it has been a long day . ’ |
| 26 | But it has been a rough 18 months for him and there is still a gauntness about him , even if he does claim he has never felt fitter and that his swing is closer to being ‘ on track ’ than for a long time . |
| 27 | But it has been a busy and peripatetic decade for Taylor , Heglund and their co-workers . |
| 28 | The 26-year-old Shannon clubman , an inspirational figure in Irish rugby 's long overdue renaissance said : ‘ It was great to get the try , but it has been a 15 man effort all along the line . |
| 29 | But it has been a universal feature of modernity that the larger family unit , the so-called ‘ extended ’ family , has given way to a much smaller unit , the ‘ nuclear ’ family . |
| 30 | ‘ But it has been a wonderful year and a wonderful time for me . |