Example sentences of "[verb] been [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it was , it might , could 've been dark grey |
| 2 | Well I know I know is the only one that realised I would 've been more shocked if had yeah I would have been out on the pavement here whistling with a banjo whistling Dixie there you are that one no not yet no . |
| 3 | AEA 's Commercial and Planning Director , James Bretherton , commented that the ‘ MMC Report has been useful external validation of what we are trying to achieve . |
| 4 | So it 's going to take a very long time , because it has been male orientated , but until we get the attitude of the work place , which is encouraging their piers to apply for jobs instead of , oh , of course , I do n't think I will apply for that job . |
| 5 | If there has been one major impediment to successful religious achievement by humankind throughout the ages , it is surely this completely false assumption that the god to be worshipped was also creator of all matter , and of all life . |
| 6 | But there has been one major repercussion from Monica 's failures to toe the official line . |
| 7 | Ideology has been one major determining factor in the strategic approach adopted by unions . |
| 8 | There has been one nasty moment . |
| 9 | You are all I 've got , all I 've got left to build my life on ; my life has been one long frustration , and to stand aside and see you throw yourself away on scum like … ’ |
| 10 | His life here has been one long series of decisions taken with difficulty , of crises resolved . |
| 11 | If the cartel mentality has been one striking component of ICI 's culture , commitment to research and development , and the fostering of individual scientific brilliance , has undoubtedly been another . |
| 12 | But should you become an undergraduate , the encouragement comes through the roof ( there has been one recent award of £200 ) . |
| 13 | Several hundred people have been attending a nightly candle-lit vigil , and there has been one other small protest . |
| 14 | Earlier this year the mission was greatly encouraged when one woman was led by God to donate £36,000 towards the Crisis Centre and since then there has been one other substantial gift of £1,000 . |
| 15 | From travels in search of head-hunting tribes in Indonesia to trekking across India on an elephant , Mark Shand 's life has been one big adventure . |
| 16 | There has been one undoubted benefit of the cold fusion saga : it has stimulated interactions among scientists from different disciplines and thereby brought together expertise that might otherwise have remained untapped on individual islands . |
| 17 | There has been one important non-technical change over the past few years . |
| 18 | Until now the medical profession has been one British people can be proud of . |
| 19 | There has been one fatal accident on the crossing in recent years which was the tragic death of a young baby . |
| 20 | There has been one dramatic innovation since the days of Dicey , though he would not have approved of its European focus and its impact on British law is confusingly oblique . |
| 21 | In other cases , strong feelings have been aroused , and there has been one electronic punch-up. stated quite reasonably that Sheffield United are crap , and Julie Donnelly , a list member with Blade tendencies , told him what she thought of that in many words of few syllables . |
| 22 | Since far fewer females than males commit crimes , this preoccupation has been one main source of sexism . |
| 23 | There has been one independent study of the open farm system ( McCabe 1986 ) . |
| 24 | I do n't anyway this is just one of the highlights of what has been two marvellous days at the Mackeson meeting sponsored of course by Whitbread and the big race today is the fifty thousand pound Mackeson Gold Cup confirming fifteen runners over two and a half miles . |
| 25 | Since there has been such extensive research on both systems we have had to be selective : we have therefore confined ourselves to discussing just one line of work in connection with each . |
| 26 | This is when there has been such heavy use that the pile eventually flattens or there is excessive ‘ tracking ’ in a doorway . |
| 27 | At the same time there has been extensive sliding , especially at the front of the nappes . |
| 28 | There has been extensive theoretical discussion about how this affects the Kolmogorov result , suggesting that with n a little larger than 5/3 but not exactly known . |
| 29 | Penelope Lord ( Mrs Baines ) since 1988 has been Principal Clinical Psychologist with the North Devon Health Authority , based in Barnstaple . |
| 30 | THE OFFER for sale of five million shares at 20p each in Millwall Holdings , which owns London 's Millwall Football Club , has been one-third oversubscribed . |