Example sentences of "of [noun] have be [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new ministers soon find that there is remarkably little room for manoeuvre , and that most of the quick and easy panaceas to the intractable problems of Defence have been tried many times before . |
| 2 | He had a strange sensation that for many minutes he had been holding his breath , though he could n't of course have been doing that . |
| 3 | An astonishing repair of sorts had been effected some time in the last century : a young fruit tree was nailed vertically to the back of the panel and held in place with iron bands . |
| 4 | Both sets of data have been normalised such that the lowest value is equal to 1 . |
| 5 | The process of management and the functions of management have been analysed many times in various ways by different writers , who have taken the view that : |
| 6 | Subjects of the King of England had been doing this in Ireland ever since Strongbow 's invasion in 1169 . |
| 7 | ‘ Hundreds of companies have been duped this way , ’ said a detective with the Northumbria Fraud Squad , which is investigating the Brandmakers ' case . |
| 8 | Millions of parents have been saying this for months . |
| 9 | A further gift of £1000 has been received this year for this purpose . |
| 10 | In ( b ) to date only certain shapes of inclusion have been considered such as spheres , ellipsoids , rods and discs . |
| 11 | The reaction of governments has been to resist such initiatives and view them as threats . |
| 12 | Hundreds of people have been auditioning this week for the chance to be one of the faces in the crowd . |
| 13 | The pages of magazines have been filled this year with the usual crop of controversies . |
| 14 | The Secretary of State has been awaiting this advice for sometime . |
| 15 | We must check to see whether the lady 's slipper survived the winter — only six species of orchids have been seen this year . |
| 16 | Differences among accents of English have been mentioned several times in the course , and this is a subject that many students of English find interesting and wish to know more about . |
| 17 | But Professor Cizek of Vienna has been putting these ideas into practice for the last thirty years , with the results you may see exhibited . |