Example sentences of "been [adj] [prep] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had been used to seeing bigger names travel here but somehow or other they never showed top form . |
| 2 | Having come to the village with certain expectations they may only see what they expect to find and , since the local working population has long been used to avoiding overt conflict in the face of those who have the capacity to create trouble for them , the superficial calm of village life may remain . |
| 3 | As a student in Trinity College he had been used to doing six hours a week . |
| 4 | Though the engine was 17 years old and had been used to pulling 40-tonne loads at 60mph , Mr Tomlinson did n't need to touch it . |
| 5 | 6–8–1880 Archibald Currie etc appeared and " mutually acknowledged that they had been guilty of quarrelling some time ago in a way scandalous to religion in the community where they reside . |
| 6 | We found that researchers had often been guilty of assuming male dominance . |
| 7 | In the past , I have been guilty of reinforcing this icon ; now I am committed either to destroying it or affecting major reconstructions . |
| 8 | His emphasis on the independence of theology , on refusing to allow any other intellectual discipline to dictate to it , reflected an awareness that his own earlier thought might itself have been guilty of imposing inappropriate categories and of squeezing theology into a strait-jacket . |
| 9 | Despite its reputation for fine engineering , Rolls-Royce has never been shy of using outside technology and components , inevitable now for a company of its small size . |
| 10 | It is essential for archaeologists to approach their subject without personal or political prejudice , since past and present governments have not been averse to misusing archaeological data for nationalistic purposes . |
| 11 | For Pound may have been wrong in selecting Fascist Italy as the modern society than came nearest to satisfying his Ruskinian demands , and yet right in thinking that societies should be judged according as they met , or failed to meet , that standard . |
| 12 | Thus , the worries about the nature of resource misallocation which have been instrumental in influencing national policies have also been important in determining the shape of EC policy . |
| 13 | FET has been instrumental in blocking experimental release of genetically engineered organisms into the environment ; has helped halt a BioWar facility in Utah : and has fought successful court battles with the US Department of Agriculture , the National Institute of Health , the Environmental Protection Agency and the Defence Department . |
| 14 | ‘ We would have been interested in signing Czech rider Gaspar Forgac who impressed us on Press Day . ’ |
| 15 | It has been well-used in writing this book . |
| 16 | The University has been fortunate in attracting high quality staff to fill new lectureship posts although there has been some difficulty in filling senior posts , particularly in business and management , which is an area of acute national shortage . |
| 17 | Many Branches have been fortunate in making successful collections in their local Tesco stores for several years . |
| 18 | If the Sudan Defence Force had been unsuccessful in capturing this oasis , they would be in grave difficulty , stuck in the desert without fuel , water or rations . |
| 19 | At the same time , local authorities have been subject to increasing financial constraints , resulting in the level of provision of accommodation by social services remaining static or even contracting slightly . |
| 20 | The allegation was that a doctor had been negligent in administering electro-convulsive therapy to a patient without a relaxant drug or restraining convulsive movements . |
| 21 | The House of Lords held that for the directors to have been negligent in taking this course they would have had to have been ‘ cognisant of circumstances of such a character , so plain , so manifest , and so simple of appreciation , that no men with any ordinary degree of prudence , acting on their own behalf ’ would have entered into the transaction . |
| 22 | He 's always been quick at picking another job up |
| 23 | She had been halfway through wallpapering one room when the pull of the sun had grown too strong to resist a second longer . |
| 24 | So it was that Henry Smith , who during his lifetime had been famous for avoiding any kind of malicious gossip and for his ability to reconcile opposing factions , was , after his death , at the centre of an international controversy . |
| 25 | John , you 're clearly very passionately involved with this , and have been involved with studying German history for twenty years plus . |
| 26 | Apart from holding public meetings and publishing pamphlets , the Group has also been involved in advising private companies , and even some government agencies , about the implications of EC law . |
| 27 | Er , certainly in the last well , all the time I 've been involved in developing these schemes , twenty seven twenty eight years now , we 've had a gradual increase over the years of involvement in the public , with the public and we 've been criticized where we have n't done so . |
| 28 | OFFICIALS of Amerada Hess , the US oil group which has been involved in developing several North Sea projects , warned yesterday that its drilling programme could be cut in half by tax changes proposed in the Budget . |
| 29 | Can I conclude Madam Deputy Speaker , once again , by expressing my gratitude to the auditing practices board and the many other professional bodies who 've been involved in considering this legislation . |
| 30 | Many of the victims have been involved in advocating human rights or taking part in peaceful activities in support of Tibetan independence . |