Example sentences of "have [been] [adj] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If sections have been pre-impregnated in a cold-setting resin such as Epo-tek , then they should be bonded with the same material . |
| 2 | If I remember right , first home matches have been similar for a few years now . |
| 3 | The effects of the net changes in social class have been modelled explicitly for the university sector in a number of forecasts ( Diamond and Smith , 1982 , 1984 ; Diamond , 1985 ; AUT , 1983 ; Collins , 1983 ) as well as implicitly by the DES ( 1984a , b , 1986b ) .4 These effects have been the most important single factor for which data have been available at a national level albeit only for the university sector . |
| 4 | The company claims the product , originally developed by the Cambridge University Engineering Department Speech Group and available through an exclusive alliance with Cambridge University Technology Transfer Co , marks the first time these capabilities have been available in a single commercial product . |
| 5 | The company claims the product , originally developed by the Cambridge University Engineering Department Spaach Group and available through an exclusive alliance with Cambridge University Technology Transfer Company , marks the first time these capabilities have been available in a single commercial product . |
| 6 | Disciplined political parties and a system of parliamentary and Cabinet government have been conducive to a restrained , impersonal style of political leadership . |
| 7 | Thick weathering mantles will only form in regions of minimal local relief where rates of erosion have been low for a prolonged period . |
| 8 | In other words , party leaders in the UK are selected from experienced national politicians whose competence and party loyalty have been regularly tried and tested , who have been subject to a careful process of peer review and have come to the fore not as a result of their electoral appeal , but because they have won the confidence of the people with whom they would have to work in government . |
| 9 | Rural groups have been vulnerable for a long time . |
| 10 | Instead of pointing out the errors you may be told that it is very good but have been better in a darker wood ! |
| 11 | The trend towards equality of attainment is especially marked in schools that have been comprehensive for a long time . |
| 12 | Parents Barry and Carmen Daniels have been involved in a legal battle to force Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley to reopen London 's Westminster Children 's Hospital , where a transplant was to have taken place . |
| 13 | Parents Barry and Carmen Daniels have been involved in a legal battle to force Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley to reopen facilities at Westminster Children 's Hospital where a transplant was to have taken place . |
| 14 | Tomorrow Aileen goes to Mossend in Lanarkshire where some residents have been involved in a ten-year long row with travelling people who live on their doorstep . |
| 15 | The meeting had been called by the Premier Division club 's majority shareholders , Hamish and George Deans , who have been involved in a bitter dispute with fellow club directors . |
| 16 | What the analysis of the corporate strategy literature suggests is that , while it may be possible to ascertain the relevant factors in this way , the findings will be more reliable if those managers have been involved in a careful strategic analysis of competitive strengths . |
| 17 | Some take a little longer to persuade than others , and , like many of my colleagues , I have been involved in a few " Sweeny " type incidents ashore and afloat . |
| 18 | If you have been guilty of a fundamental breach of your obligations under the contract , you will , of course , have been lawfully dismissed and therefore entitled to no compensation . |
| 19 | I have been convinced for a long time that people could not love , accept or respect me for the person I am , only for the amazing amount of exercise I can do . |
| 20 | I have ample evidence that persons who are very aware of matters of public interest in general have been unaware at a critical stage of the washed-over status at that time of Skelton . |
| 21 | ‘ The breadth of knowledge and expertise which each person brings to the team is enormous and by working together we have been able in a short space of time to see the company woods from the departmental trees . ’ |
| 22 | May I congratulate my right hon. Friend on what he has done at Maastricht in limiting the powers of the Commission , about which my constituents have been concerned for a long time ? |
| 23 | Because of these difficulties artificial bile solutions have been prepared to a total ionic strength of 0.295 mmol/l . |
| 24 | When asked why she allowed the computer so to dominate in this way , she replied ‘ It 's the first time they have been quiet for a whole week ! ’ , reflecting the second cause in the list above . |
| 25 | The Secretary of State has pretensions as a political heavyweight , but his performances have been more of a light banterweight . |
| 26 | If you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long time you have two additional problems to overcome . |
| 27 | At the very least , the discipline of being involved in some form of training will help counteract the feeling of lethargy that creeps over many people who have been unemployed for a long while — a characteristic which is very counterproductive in an interview . |
| 28 | To summarize : if you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long period : |
| 29 | I think I have been dead for a long time now . |
| 30 | I have been dead for a long time and by day I circle the huge air above the hills and by night I sleep in the quiet rock , as quiet as the rock , and the little worms mean consolation as they eat me . |