Example sentences of "has [been] [adj] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The DES has been anxious to promote a national system of transferability and , to this long-term end , it set up a working party in June 1977 to examine all aspects of a national credit transfer agency , under the chairmanship of Peter Toyne , formerly of Exeter University and now Deputy Director of the West Sussex Institute of Higher Education . |
| 2 | Tom Watson , for example , resigned from a Kansas City Club because a Jewish businessman was unsuccessful with his application for membership , while the Augusta National has been obliged to accept a black member in order to continue as hosts of The Masters . |
| 3 | But there is a mysterious group of British engineers , who are not allowed to let us know what they 're doing — I suppose they are helping the Chinese build a factory or something — anyway , it has been refreshing to hear a homely Lancs. accent at the next table . |
| 4 | In this short article it has been impossible to give a full account of the increasing impact of bioceramic research in medicine and dentistry . |
| 5 | During the year the University has been fortunate to attract a wide range of excellent speakers to an expanded public lecture programme . |
| 6 | With the support of the local manager of Barclays Bank Plc it has been possible to open a high interest account . |
| 7 | Elegant and closely-analyzed work has shown that , formed by photolysis of , probably contains a semi-bridging carbonyl group ; in the complicated photolysis of , it has been possible to deduce a great deal about the forms of the intermediate and about the photochemical processes by which it is formed and reacts . |
| 8 | He has been able to formulate a general model which encompasses existing models and enables tests to be made of the robustness of the results reported in The Population History of England by varying the projection parameters . |
| 9 | Using its patented Low Pressure Casting technique , Cosworth has been able to incorporate a high degree of stiffness in the compact unit . |
| 10 | While the power of dismissal may be of limited use , where the government has been able to appoint a new rail chairman , it has the opportunity to shape a management team more in tune with its thinking . |
| 11 | This involvement has meant that the school has been able to open a new technology suite — pictured above . |
| 12 | We have not yet come across anyone who has been able to offer a reasonable explanation for a rather disheartening introduction to diving . |
| 13 | As Robinson put it : ‘ even with a less persuasive argument he has been able to get a democratic decision in his favour but the democratic process is used throughout the party ’ . |
| 14 | With the $10,000 she received from the sale of Let Me Speak , her harrowing account of life and political struggle at Siglo XX , she has been able to buy a two-roomed house in the poor neighbourhood of Hayrakasa . |
| 15 | Despite this snub , Johnston has been careful to avoid a public row at Goodison . |
| 16 | So far , Britain has been slow to implement a nationwide recycling programme which will take into account all possible methods of re-using raw materials . |
| 17 | President Walesa has been unable to form a stable government , usually because one or more of the coalition partners have been unwilling to share responsibility for unpopular economic policies . |
| 18 | Even the SIB suffers ; Mr Large has been unable to establish a new retail financial regulator , the personal-investment authority , because he can not get agreement from banks , building societies and life insurers . |
| 19 | The great weight of Scottish opinion finds it difficult to understand why , contrary to its Standing Orders , the House of Commons has been unable to establish a Select Committee to scrutinise Scottish affairs . |
| 20 | The picture drawn is a static one , and it has been unable to provide a convincing account of how and why changes have occurred in the pattern of industrial relations . |
| 21 | An older and smaller satellite , the International Ultraviolet Explorer ( IUE ) , has recorded the ring 's changing brightness , but has been unable to produce a clear image of it . |