Example sentences of "have be [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent years , however , some scientists have been trying a new approach , ‘ cold fusion ’ , which involves ‘ changing ’ the behaviours of atoms at room temperatures . |
| 2 | I have been trying a new range of foods from OSI , an American company with a good reputation in the States , which manufactures a massive range of both freshwater and marine food products . |
| 3 | Recently some people have been trying a different approach , seeing if they can change the nature of the atoms such that fusion can occur at a useful rate even at room temperature . |
| 4 | But can I just make the point that we have been investing a great deal in British Rail , and the idea that er all over the piece we 're talking about non-modernized railways simply not true . |
| 5 | So far we ( and he too , perhaps ) have been imagining a dark animal : an American brown bear , a Russian black bear , a reddish bear from Savoy . |
| 6 | To test this hypothesis , six methanogenic subjects have been fed a low sulphate diet for 34 days supplemented with sodium sulphate from day 11 to 20 . |
| 7 | I would wish to express my very great anguish to all those women concerned if I have been taught an inadequate technique , ’ she said . |
| 8 | Schoolchildren have been getting a helping hand with their nature studies — from a world famous expert . |
| 9 | The three Masses and the Gradualia have been championed a great deal in recent years , sometimes meshed with one another in the ‘ liturgical reconstruction ’ manner , although there are reasons for believing that Byrd did not have that in mind . |
| 10 | In the last year we have been developing an occasional series to respond to this demand — the Survivors ' Guide . |
| 11 | Scientists have been holding a one-day strike in an attempt to get the same pay as their European colleagues . |
| 12 | In Swindon 's council parks and gardens , ponds in hot houses have been accumulating an unwanted collection of the American reptiles ; large and small . |
| 13 | Not only am I forced to share bed and board with a woman for whom I feel nothing but disgust , but for my pains I have been branded a disreputable opportunist by all and sundry . |
| 14 | If they have been taking a prescribed drug this is likely to have been methadone , and if the daily dose can be established this can be prescribed . |
| 15 | The walls have been painted a deep coral pink with mouldings picked out in white . |
| 16 | The front door opens directly into a large living-come-dining room where the walls have been painted a natural oatmeal colour and the carpet is a plain beige . |
| 17 | St Petersburg 's palaces have been given a new chance . |
| 18 | Right across Britain they have been given a new lease of life . |
| 19 | The gymnasium , swimming pool and even classrooms have been given a new lease of life as part of a timeshare development — such facilities having been a positive attraction to buyers . |
| 20 | I HAVE been given a new camera but have lost the instructions . |
| 21 | THREE welfare organisations in West Cumbria have been given a tremendous boost , thanks to the golfers who took part in last year 's Sellafield Pro-Am golf tournament . |
| 22 | Complacency about recession could destroy the Tories yet : they have been given a sharp warning by the electorate and they disregard it at their peril . |
| 23 | In the author 's constituency , for example , there is a company whose main competitor in Germany has been given switchgear free of charge by the local electricity board , and they have been given a twenty-year loan at no interest for generating plant . |
| 24 | Now that Grundig has priced its own recorders at dumping levels , however , the Japanese have been given a heaven-sent opportunity to welch on their promises to the EEC . |
| 25 | In practice registry work and the storage of ‘ dead ’ records have been given a low profile and few resources . |
| 26 | In general , however , Haycocks III has been regarded as the least important of the three reports and the difficult financial climate of the last few years has meant that its recommendations have been given a low priority . |
| 27 | But these concerns perhaps reflect that the last two of the eight key tasks — on staff training and informing users — have been given a low priority in some areas . |
| 28 | Sadly , all too often they end up shelling out for mechanical write-offs which have been given a quick paint job and put up for sale at outrageous prices . |
| 29 | Patricia Cahill and Karyn Smith , who were jailed for drugs smuggling , have been given a royal pardon by the King of Thailand . |
| 30 | I feel that some sort of ceremony of blessing of the place may be in order , now that the remains have been given a proper burial , and I have asked for his opinion . |