Example sentences of "[verb] been [adj] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would 've been better but erm I think that these terms have now become so widely known there 's , there 's no way of changing it back . |
| 2 | And the barrel would 've been more or less , well about that in height sir . |
| 3 | A girl who has been shy or awkward can become quite self-possessed as she cares for her new baby . |
| 4 | A pharmaceutical salesperson will discuss with doctors the problems which have arisen with patient treatment ; perhaps an ointment has been ineffective or a harmful side-effect has been discovered . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ Up to now , the Irish-American lobby in the US has been unfocused and largely impotent in relation to the Anglo-Irish conflict . |
| 6 | Moreover , the process of financial liberalization in Japan has been gradual and therefore a simple ( 0 , 1 ) dummy variable will not suffice . |
| 7 | For nearly twenty centuries , the figure known as Judas Iscariot — Judas the Sicarius — has been accursed and despised , cast in the role of most heinous of villains . |
| 8 | The offer of shares in the group , which was listed on the USM this week , has been two and a half times oversubscribed . |
| 9 | ‘ Matador has been two and three tenths ( of a knot ) over every boat here ’ , said Dennis Conner , summing up both the last regatta of the series — the Moët & Chandon Grand Prix in St Thomas , Virgin Islands — and the two previous regattas , in Newport ( RI ) and Miami . |
| 10 | The response from Medau teachers has been good but we can still take a few more . |
| 11 | We do not actually know , of course , if this effect has been good or bad ; but the tourists keep coming , potential undergraduates keep applying and companies do relocate into the area . |
| 12 | ‘ Until now , information about his death has been second or third hand . |
| 13 | Reports on the armed conflict in the former Yugoslavia , however , suggest not only that rape and the sexual abuse of women have been carried out on a massive scale , but that it has been systematic and organised . |
| 14 | Hampden Babylon is unmistakably Scottish in its love of football but like all love-affairs , Scotland 's relationship with the game has been stormy and impetuous . |
| 15 | The learning process from this project has been invaluable and it 's allowed Save The Children to move forward in several other countries . |
| 16 | She feels the union has been ineffectual and even the so-called industrial action four years ago when members refused to set or mark exam papers seemed , quite unjustifiably , to be taking things out on the students . |
| 17 | But the Conservative response to that proposition has been uncertain and diffuse . |
| 18 | Because mature teeth are far less complex , biologically , than most tissues , restoration of their shape and function has been straightforward and David Watts discusses the use of certain polymers and composites for this purpose . |
| 19 | Platt , who has yet to make his Italian League debut for Juventus , said : ‘ My nose has been X-rayed and confirmed as broken , although I thought I was fit enough to play today . |
| 20 | The work of the new convergence has been best and most frequently done , either in general theory and in studies of ‘ ideology ’ , or in its distinctively new areas of interest , in ‘ the media ’ and ‘ popular culture ’ . |
| 21 | The practical reason is that of all the Caribbean Creoles , Jamaican is that which has been best and most accessibly described . |
| 22 | But since the 1950s , hormone replacement therapy , or HRT , has been available and some famous names pay tribute to its effects : Theresa Gorman , Miriam Stoppard , Jill Gascoigne , Kate O'Mara — even , it is rumoured , Margaret Thatcher . |
| 23 | Since its inception in 1981 the largest field for the Rehearsal has been six but its winners have included Bregawn in 1982 and Burrough Hill Lad in 1985 . |
| 24 | The process has been efficient but the message has faulty content . |
| 25 | There is no doubt tremendous strides have been made in certain sections of the North 's economy but that progress has been partial and there have also been many setbacks . |
| 26 | The events of the century up to 1945 convey an impression of Japanese domination and aggression in Asia , but in reality the nature of the relationships between Japan and her neighbours has been fluctuating and ambiguous . |
| 27 | This usually happens after damp summers , when growth has been lush and unchecked . |
| 28 | Where a solicitor realises himself that he has been negligent or his client makes a claim against him on that ground , the client must be told of the circumstances ( if he is not already aware of them ) and be advised to seek independent advice . |
| 29 | Counsel for Mr Maitland , Edward Wooley , of West Sussex-based Holmes Campbell , alleges the bank has been negligent and is demanding compensation . |
| 30 | Hardcore porn is openly traded in the cities and exhibited in cinemas and video shops across the country , despite experimental zoning restrictions in certain areas , yet there has been little or no attempt in the courts or the legislatures to discriminate between the greater and lesser dangers it represents . |