Example sentences of "been [adj] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the old regime 's power survived intact — eg , in the parliament — that power has been used to the country 's detriment . |
| 2 | A member of the outgoing politburo and a hardline conservative aligned with Florakis , she succeeded Grigoris Farakos , elected in July 1989 [ see p. 37515 ] , who had been conciliatory towards the party 's reformists . |
| 3 | Part of this success must have been due to the Dottridges ' persuasive advertising : |
| 4 | To some extent this may have been due to the Stanleys ' own efforts , since they had the firmer territorial base in the region , but it must also reflect the king 's wishes . |
| 5 | To some extent this may have been due to the Stanleys ' own efforts , since they had the firmer territorial base in the region , but it must also reflect the king 's wishes . |
| 6 | There were 37 attempted and full burglaries and once more hi-fi and electrical equipment has been top of the burglars ' list . |
| 7 | Floy had been interested in the Gnomes ' sketches ; like Fenella , he found the Gnomes rather attractive , friendly people and he thought their designs were clever and subtle and beautifully drawn . |
| 8 | Ever since March , when Clinton recalled smoking marijuana , he 's been unconvinced by the candidate 's own version of events . |
| 9 | The action of the Sandinista-controlled Army ( EPS ) , in obeying a government order and clearing the barricades away on July 10 , and the constitutional loyalty also of the police force ( which was similarly linked with the FSLN ) , was generally considered to have been crucial to the government 's survival . |
| 10 | Too much apple pie ’ , kicked its way into many ears that had previously been unaware of the band 's existence . |
| 11 | In 1723 , for example , the member of parliament for Stirlingshire was John Graham of Killearn , the chamberlain of the Duke of Montrose , a man chiefly remembered for having been relieved of the duke 's rents at pistol point by Rob Roy MacGregor . |
| 12 | The economic impact of the arts in New York has not however been obvious to the city 's business leaders or to its city government , says William Luers , president of the Metropolitan Museum . |
| 13 | Besides creating the conditions for success as the examination approaches , the employer should also have been involved in the candidate 's preparation from the start of the training contract . |
| 14 | Members of the Advisory Committee are drawn deliberately not only from those who have experience of the system , for example , former panel members , but also from people who have not previously been involved in the Children 's Hearing system at all . |
| 15 | Peter married a woman with two sons , aged non and 12. he had always been impressed by the boys ' good behaviour and had n't realised it was because their mother hits them whenever they do the slightest thing wrong . |
| 16 | The Russians have apparently been impressed by the cars ' reliablity . |
| 17 | For example , we have the form of expression ‘ when I said ‘ Napoleon was crowned in 1804 ’ I meant the man who won the battle of Austerlitz' and we are inclined to interpret the use of the past tense ‘ meant ’ as meaning that the idea of Napoleon having won the battle of Austerlitz must have been present in the speaker 's mind when he said that Napoleon was crowned in 1804 . |
| 18 | Such logic does not seem to have been present in the court 's decision in R v. |
| 19 | The Medellín drug cartel in a message broadcast on Inravision Television , Bogotá on April 27 denied responsibility for the assassination , stating that Pizarro had been opposed to the government 's current policy of extraditing drug traffickers to stand trial in the United States . |
| 20 | When ivy is seen growing throughout the crown of a dying tree it has rarely been responsible for the tree 's decline but has taken advantage of the crown which now lets through enough light for the ivy to grow away . |
| 21 | Although the assassination of Buckingham could have provided a fresh start , on the assumption that he had been responsible for the King 's policies , there was no redress of grievances . |
| 22 | Joining Rhenania in 1973 , he has been responsible for the company 's finance and accounts since 1976 . |
| 23 | Kintanar , 42 , was believed to have been responsible for the NPA 's post-Marcos strategy of trying to increase the organization 's capacity to extend its guerrilla war from its traditional rural sphere . |
| 24 | It was Allen he asked as though he believed it was he who had been responsible for the verderer 's disappearance . |
| 25 | He has been managing director of LASMO North Sea for the last four years and has been responsible for the group 's activities in the UK and Netherlands . |
| 26 | Neither jet-lag nor anything going wrong has been evident at the tourists ' training , which has been comfortably the most impressive seen in Cardiff since … well , since the last time the All Blacks were there in 1980 . |
| 27 | The maid would have to be dismissed of course … the girl had brazenly admitted allowing Patrick back into the house , and Katherine was n't sure which annoyed her more — the fact that the boy had managed to creep back into the house or the fact that he had been alone in the girl 's bedroom . |
| 28 | This view , he argues , had previously been unheard in the game 's chronicles : ‘ Basically the history of cricket has been written by the establishment and lacks any social context . |
| 29 | Now can we look at his pay cos you all been busy on the directors ' pay and this chartered secretary is really important and so that he could be available on a Saturday afternoon if he was wanted . |
| 30 | More recently it has been concerned about the University 's financial and management difficulties . |