Example sentences of "[verb] [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could 've been a real trendsetter , you could 've put Ghostbuster stripes on it |
| 2 | In particular Donal Lunny 's assured production allows for moments of rain-washed clarity in what could 've been a groggy hotchpotch . |
| 3 | Er where would with er would 've been a front room that was another house . |
| 4 | There must 've been a little bit of snow |
| 5 | Would that 've been a full time then or would she have done other |
| 6 | Yeah , but if they 'd have , if they 'd have said look , we 're onto erm a job now which would 've been a big job and it looks like it finishing up in Yorkshire , finishing up in Lancashire , be ready if we give a call out . |
| 7 | You 'd 've been alright if it 'd 've been a mass murderer slept for years . |
| 8 | Got the ball away when it might 've been a fourth Pisa corner . |
| 9 | ‘ It would 've been a bad time for t'road between t'two farms ti be blocked wi' snow . ’ |
| 10 | There has been a parallel argument about the lax stock-taking procedures for plutonium . |
| 11 | Rather it points to the fact that there has been a subtle change in the composition of the teaching force . |
| 12 | Since then ‘ Charity Golf ’ has been a consistent element in the Ladies ' calendar . |
| 13 | There has been a consistent failure to direct the fruits of growth to the areas , industries , and groups that need it most . |
| 14 | Late-night scheduling has been a consistent feature of lesbian and gay programming , exploiting the gay audience 's motivation to watch these programmes while keeping them on the edges of broadcasting . |
| 15 | There has been a consistent pattern of uninvestigated deaths in custody in Malawi , usually resulting from torture , harsh conditions or denial of medical treatment . |
| 16 | Yet there still remains Peter Golding 's interesting finding : in the past ten years ( through such surveys as have been carried out , which are not many and with no great scientific basis ) , there has been a consistent public appreciation of social work , even though the public has equally consistently held social workers in low esteem , below teachers , doctors , and nurses . |
| 17 | More generally , MITI has been a consistent promoter of recession cartels which would facilitate an ‘ orderly ’ reduction in excess capacity . |
| 18 | As Table 8 shows , there has been a consistent gap between the earnings of the two groups . |
| 19 | There has been a consistent increase in the number of well qualified applicants of about 30% to the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine , and we are able to admit only one in 18 applicants . |
| 20 | In the USA , in national opinion polls conducted since Chernobyl , there has been a consistent two-to-one margin of opposition over support for new construction of nuclear power stations . |
| 21 | This link between the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf regions has been a consistent theme in Soviet statements . |
| 22 | That there has been a consistent theme to British economic policy over many years is clear ; how successfully it has been implemented within the EEC is more obscure . |
| 23 | Self taught , Albert , who is a relative of George Barron , of BBC TV 's Beechgrove Garden fame , has been tending the gardens for 16 years and has been a consistent winner in the gardens competition over the years . |
| 24 | If the Minister had given those figures , would they not have shown — especially those relating to the number convicted of terrorist offences — that , over the past decade , there has been a consistent and significant decline in the number of people convicted ? |
| 25 | The Leader of the Opposition claims that he has been a consistent supporter of the Common Market for years , but everyone knows that he was a consistent and bitter opponent of it for many years . |
| 26 | The regular CBI surveys and the regular Department of Employment labour force survey show that over the 1980s — this is the answer to the hon. Member for Newport , East ( Mr. Hughes ) — there has been a consistent increase in employers ' commitment to training , even in this current recession . |
| 27 | That has been a consistent record of the Government since 1979 . |
| 28 | He has been a consistent advocate of ensuring that the law of the land is adhered to . |
| 29 | Having said that , his aerial ability has been a consistent source of goals . |
| 30 | However letter-bombing has been a consistent feature — one device addressed to the then Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher , in the mid 1980s injured a Downing Street worker . |