Example sentences of "a [noun sg] that have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1963 , Butler and Stokes began a series of surveys which set a new pattern , and a new standard , for the study of voting behaviour in Britain : their sample was large , nation-wide , and was interviewed several times between 1963 and 1970 ; and the authors were concerned to apply a rigour that had been absent from most of the earlier single constituency studies of electoral choice . |
| 2 | It was woven to represent a field that had been horse-ploughed in the old narrow stetches . |
| 3 | He spelt out a clear conception of force as the cause of acceleration rather than motion , a conception that had been present in a somewhat confused way in the writings of Galileo and Kepler . |
| 4 | It quite frequently happens that a horse that has been used to drinking out of a dam or stream , will always refuse water from a trough or bucket , irrespective of how thirsty it may be . |
| 5 | Gen Noriega 's provocations may simply have accelerated a plan that had been ready to be unleashed at any time . |
| 6 | Separately , the company moved Richard Poulsen over to become president of Digital Europe , a post that has been vacant since Pier Carlo Falotti quit in June to join Ask Computer Systems Inc . |
| 7 | And further , he said that it was his determination to see me again , to persuade me to live with him , that had streng-thened in him the desire to go on living , a desire that had been weak since the death of Montaine . |
| 8 | They reflected a concept that had been current for a number of years , that experiments in planning free zones ought to be devised ( Banham et al . , |
| 9 | A wall that has been damp will often contain moisture for a long time after the cause has been remedied , so it is better to allow the walls to dry out naturally , although anti-damp paint could be used to allow the room to be decorated before the wall has dried out . |
| 10 | Throughout industry this election day , a host of trade unionists are waiting with acute anxiety , nursing their hopes : a Labour victory will enable them to reassert their influence on factories throughout the land , in a manner that has been impossible for a decade . |
| 11 | Ridiculously , a song that had been popular in her childhood flooded her mind . |
| 12 | Men and women who are now in their forties and fifties grew up in a society that had been first shocked , then revolutionized by the ‘ revelations ’ of American sex researcher Alfred Kinsey . |
| 13 | But one thing that 's definite about all this , as you step into the artist 's comfortable home , with his admirers and relatives and his stacks of music awards and pictures of his celeb pals ( Keith , Bonnie Raitt , Eric Clapton ) all over the place , is that ‘ Boom Boom ’ is the punchline to a life that 's been big and astonishing and bloody eventful … |
| 14 | This , in theory , saves lives on the other side — a concern that has been rare in recent wars , but seems to carry some weight in this one . |
| 15 | ‘ I was a bit worried about taking a show that has been one of the great musical hits of all time , which I felt was a bit of fluff with one big smash song , ’ he said . |
| 16 | He was returning to a world that had been kind to him , a past he could be sure of . |
| 17 | Meanwhile Dennis Peck , the erstwhile president of Interactive Systems Corp and the man who presided over the sale of half of it to SunSoft Inc , has joined Sequent Computer Systems Inc as senior vice president of marketing , a position that 's been open for over a year . |
| 18 | I 'm the fifth generation of a family that has been involved in the theatre … they 've built theatres , run companies , been actors , married actresses . |