Example sentences of "has [been] [adj] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been essential to use light tackle and if he tries a hook any bigger than a size 22 , the fish wo n't even look at the bait . |
| 2 | The papacy has been content to issue periodic exhortations in favour of peace and understanding which , in the context of the wholesale slaughter of priests and laymen , amounts to an abdication of all responsibility . |
| 3 | middle managers TOO MUCH ROUND THE MIDDLE Traditionally , a substantial layer of middle management has been necessary to push large quantities of information around an organisation . |
| 4 | It has been necessary to provide additional staff support for the Committee during the course of the year . |
| 5 | During nineteen ninety one the Board has been delighted to open new areas of work in Inverness where our first designated place and associated hostel was opened on a most happened happy day by Sir Russell . |
| 6 | Just as it has been possible to insert beneficial genes into crop plants , there is scope for eliminating , replacing or masking certain genes which have a deleterious effect on crop production . |
| 7 | The Treasury had accepted the idea that international facilities are a cost-effective way to support large-scale research , but is has been reluctant to provide financial incentives to attract such facilities to Britain , following the example of France and Switzerland , because of doubts that they contribute to the country 's economic wealth . |
| 8 | This problem does not seem to afflict the radical right in the same way ; since the early 1980s the Thatcher Government has been able to implement radical change without alienating its newspaper support . |
| 9 | It seems that the dolphin has been able to eliminate frictional drag and turbulence when it swims , a feat never achieved by any human-made vessel . |
| 10 | The company says it has been able to generate high levels of repeat income from long term contracts in the financial services area and is keen to collaborate with other suppliers to expand its service and product range . |
| 11 | But she has been able to provide brief descriptions and detectives are now looking for three youths . |
| 12 | Unfortunately this has rebounded on local authorities since , operating under the principle of he who pays the piper calls the tune , Central Government has been able to impose severe restrictions on local authority spending , not only by curbing the total amount of the grant , but also by penalising local authorities who exceed targets imposed by the Central Government . |
| 13 | Satellite TV has been able to offer dedicated viewing which the existing channels can not : 24-hour news from Sky News , for example , two sports channels , and now comprehensive coverage of the House of Commons . |
| 14 | This is because government has never lost sight of the primacy of production , and has been able to avoid excessive borrowing to pay for it — in Cameroun because of the availability of oil , and in Kenya as a result of the low-key transfer of assets into African hands without any disruption in production . |
| 15 | These have for long met the needs of groups of people ( from the otherwise homeless poor family to the grant aided student ) for whom neither the public authorities nor the private market has been able to make adequate provision … |
| 16 | With a limited budget it has been difficult to acquire top quality works by artists on the museum 's list , however they have been fortunate in being able to purchase Robert Loder 's ( Honorary Curator of Prints , Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge ) collection of 363 prints , while other works were acquired from Marlborough Fine Art . |
| 17 | One reason for this lack of information is that it has been difficult to obtain pure enzymes that are sufficiently active under in vitro conditions . |
| 18 | In the past it has been difficult to obtain statistical information relating to publishing because the final analysis of the census of production data always produced figures that bracketed publishing with printing . |
| 19 | Although it has been difficult to achieve improved performance , Martin Houldin of KPMG 's environment unit , remains confident that the initiative is progressing well . |
| 20 | This booklet has been prepared to give general information about adapting your homes and about other options that may help you establish and maintain independence . |
| 21 | By April 1954 Gouzenko had become a ‘ problem child partly because of his insatiable desire far publicity and remuneration from papers and partly because he has been ready to exploit present hysteria among the new administration in the United States ’ . |
| 22 | Parliament or , more specifically , the House of Commons , has been jealous to maintain exclusive control over its own affairs , as determined by the House itself , and has thus been reluctant to concede to the courts the jurisdiction claimed by them above . |