Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Examination Council came into being some erm nine months ago and has already been involved in quite a lot of activity , I mean particularly the erm problem of sixteen-plus examining , whether we should move from a system of erm O-levels and C S E , or to a combined system , Sixteen-plus Examination it would probably be called . |
| 2 | Although it has been argued that most of the ideas central to general systems theory are certainly valuable , they had been applied to it without formal knowledge of the theory ( Jennings , 1973 , p. 124 ) , nevertheless the theory has focused thinking and has probably been responsible for a more comprehensive view of many environmental situations . |
| 3 | Midland has already swapped a substantial part of its Chilean debt exposure for equity and has also been involved in similar , private sector , schemes in Argentina . |
| 4 | In the UK the industry has been losing sales estimated at one million cases a year and has also been concerned about the message being sent from this country to export markets , implying that high excise duty levels may be acceptable . |
| 5 | Lorraine did her doctorate work in the Department of Geography and has since been involved in the Department of Environmental Health and Housing on designing a hazard index for litter ( sponsored by the Tidy Britain Group ) . |
| 6 | From a turnover of less than £50,000 during its first year of business , the company expanded rapidly and has recently been instrumental in negotiating the £3 million Tetley Bitter sponsorship of the England team . |
| 7 | Miss Welty does not take up causes and has never been involved in any movement . |
| 8 | This is a scaled-down version of Blaggdon , and has always been one of my early-season pilgrimages . |
| 9 | According to some press comment he had provided the link between the Mafia and the DC leadership and had thus been important in keeping Sicilian voters solidly behind the DC . |
| 10 | He had been an unsuccessful amateur jockey some fifteen years ago and had then been assistant to a leading jump trainer in Lambourn . |
| 11 | Angie Bowie : ‘ I never realized and had never been involved in who did what , but I suppose that amounts to , if one wants to look at it from Ken 's point of view , being the fly in the ointment , or of one wants to look at it from a real point of view as , in terms of property settlement and management , that I was being David 's manager at that particular time , because it was possible for me to advise him to do something about the things that really troubled him artistically . |
| 12 | She went to Canonmills School , then Broughton Higher grade , and had always been good at reading and spelling . |
| 13 | He had been brought up with a lot of fine furniture and had always been conscious of its value . |
| 14 | These movements have occurred chiefly in the United States and have generally been anti-suburban in tenor . |
| 15 | Colonel with a K the this band , they used to , that they had from the tenth replacement depot used to come down and play at the Town Hall , and they they like I said before they were fellas on the way to join Glen the absolute ultimate musicians of America and it was why I 'm still today erm I 've got a big collection of jazz records and have always been interested in the big band sound . |
| 16 | We 're both Aquarian dreamers and have always been able to be ‘ alone ’ together , or step easily into imagination games , and Max — like me — has a fairy godmother who always seems to save his neck at the last minute . |
| 17 | They do however share one thing in common , they are all quality products , and have always been high in the list of best selling computer games on all hardware formats . |
| 18 | ‘ I was born in Holland , and have always been terrified of chainsaws . |
| 19 | The Wonder Stuff come from Stourbridge , in the West Midlands , and have never been shy about saying so . |
| 20 | They know what it 's like to stand on both sides of the competitive fence and have now been involved with the sport for well over a decade , first as top international competitions and then as manager and coach of the national team . |