Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My words have been grubby confetti , faded , tacky , blown far |
| 2 | Duke of Northumberland 's Archive ( Alnwick and Middlesex ) The Percy family and its successors have been prominent in English history since the thirteenth century , firstly as earls , and later as dukes , of Northumberland . |
| 3 | Joanna Nelson , Dennis Cook , Susanna Lewis and others have visited the country and the Association have been delighted to organise a tour and provide transport and hospitality . |
| 4 | Professional organisations like the Library Association have been conscious of the problem , and have issued a useful policy directive on the dispersal of valuable books . |
| 5 | Fans have been constant in their opposition to all-seater . |
| 6 | He says : ‘ The fans have been frustrated because we have n't scored but all we can do is to try and put it right . |
| 7 | So far , police on the continent have been unable to confirm his identity . |
| 8 | The 22-year old Larne man was devastating in the Baltic country ; indeed , most of his performances on the continent have been top notch . |
| 9 | Visitors through the centuries have been impressed by the beauty and harmony of these proportions . ’ |
| 10 | In its November 1987 Offer For Sale Eurotunnel stated that ‘ safety and security considerations have been central to the overall design of the System and the plans for its operation ’ . |
| 11 | Fortunately , major contemporary building styles have been subject to detailed analysis in terms of their social significance . |
| 12 | Oxfords and brogue styles have been standard office issue for most of this century , but in the last 30 years the loafer has — thanks to its American and Italian perfectors — become a relaxed and stylish alternative to lace-ups , but there are purists who still harbour doubts about its suitability for the boardroom . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , none of the superpowers have been willing to say that they would not actually use these weapons in a second nuclear strike , on the grounds that for the deterrent to be credible the other side has to be convinced that a first nuclear strike would result in nuclear retaliation . |
| 14 | Initial reactions from schools have been favourable : both the content and quality of presentation have been well-received . |
| 15 | There is currently a move towards Community Education in the Urban and Burgh schools ; rural schools have been involved in this , informally for a long time . |
| 16 | We shall see below how different schools have been involved in one or more of these types of situation , but for the present two illustrations should suffice to demonstrate the potential of this classification . |
| 17 | In recent years , strong parish based courses — especially in preparation for the Sacraments of the Eucharist and Confirmation — have grown up and schools have been happy to change their programme accordingly . |
| 18 | ( Some schools have been able to co-ordinate work with the National Film School , where a script has been written for the personalities in a group and then filmed on location , and this worked effectively . ) |
| 19 | Hitherto , few secondary schools have been able to do this consistently . |
| 20 | Despite the much-needed rain , schools have been able to play a substantial amount of cricket before turning to address the examiners rather than their opponents . |
| 21 | Since 1 August , the self-drive hire firms , private taxis and driving schools have been able to reclaim tax paid on cars purchased for their businesses . |
| 22 | Under PNP , schools have been able to break away from the traditional conception of primary school professional life centring on just two roles : those of head and class teacher . |
| 23 | Has my right honourable friend had time to study the recent annual survey of grant maintained schools which shows that since becoming grant maintained , schools have been able to recruit more teachers , improve their results and offer better facilities for their pupils . |
| 24 | In Tasmania , however , schools have been responsible for allocating resources for some time . |
| 25 | In understanding brains , some of the crucial steps have been technical . |
| 26 | What strategies for reducing expressed emotion have been effective ? |
| 27 | Certainly not by direct experience , for few who ‘ know ’ about schoolroom or football violence have been present at its manifestations . |
| 28 | In those years in which claims have exceeded premium income , the profits on the investment of premiums have been sufficient to produce an overall profit . |
| 29 | The stables have been open for one year this November . |
| 30 | These solutions have been successful in providing users with the ability to fire off queries to multiple databases . |