Example sentences of "[adj] have [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would that 've been a full time then or would she have done other |
| 2 | The task ahead has been clearly recognised and 1992–93 has been a year in which we have continued to apply our skills and core technologies across the wider spectrum of human endeavour from healthcare to the care of the environment in which we live . |
| 3 | In the past I have had to carry all my stuff with me and that has been a drag . |
| 4 | Even that has been a mixed blessing . |
| 5 | That has been a measure of the little big man ; the best brought out the best in him . |
| 6 | ‘ That has been a stylish gown . |
| 7 | That has been a keenly disputed question in Britain for more than a hundred years . |
| 8 | That has been a source of strength . |
| 9 | And erm the only other outstanding sponsor from last year was Northern Rock and that has been a bit of a qu a problem because er it 's , we have n't had a closing gala event which might attract them but just recently erm Paul who as you know performed last year with his band so er well er is , had rang me and said that they are doing something in Venice and they could in fact take the boat to Hull rather than to Dover and bring it here and I 'm , so I 'm working on the assumption that we might have that . |
| 10 | One result of that has been a proposal I made in 1983 with Jim Hartle of the University of California at Santa Barbara : that both time and space are finite in extent , but they do n't have any boundary or edge . |
| 11 | Cos that , that has been a bit up and down , |
| 12 | That has been a continuing trend . |
| 13 | That has been a big feature of today 's debate , so I want to take the matter a bit further . |
| 14 | If we do , we now have a model and can say that he and his family have been through it and have borne it with great fortitude , resilience and courage — as has been said , only through their deep religious faith — and that that has been a great lesson to us all . |
| 15 | In that case , how does the hon. Gentleman explain how , under both the Labour Government and the Conservative Government , inward investment has been at its peak when there has been a floating currency , where that has been a possibility ? |
| 16 | That has been a consistent record of the Government since 1979 . |
| 17 | and that has been a long time coming but it now appears to be |
| 18 | That has been a primary objective . |
| 19 | That has been a reflection of the numerical constraints under which it has been operating . |
| 20 | There has been nothing to fire the voters ' imagination — no spectacular clashes over policy , no exciting face to face confrontations between leading personalities , no suspense even as to the outcome , for that has been a foregone conclusion for months : the Right will win , and in all probability with a thumping landslide majority . |
| 21 | That has been a great |
| 22 | Last year was the centenary of the Borough Charters , so on the one hand I was trying to restore the traditions of the thing — erm we tried to reintroduce some of the pomp and ceremonial — and then on the other hand I felt that the mayoralty often did n't seem terribly relevant to people of my generation , and so I tried to involve a lot of young people in various activities and the offshoot of that has been a Youth Advisory Committee which I 've set up , which at the moment is in the process of trying to negotiate with the County Council for some premises to try and increase the sort of Youth Club type evening provision in the town . |
| 23 | And then on the other hand , I felt that the mayoralty often did n't seem terribly relevant to people of my generation , and so I tried to involve a lot of young people in various activities , and the offshoot of that has been a Youth Advisory Committee which I set up , which at the moment is in the process of trying to negotiate with the County Council for some premises to try and increase the sort of youth club type evening provision in the town . |
| 24 | The fact that these efforts go unrecognised has been a major element in the ‘ failure ’ labels attached to many deaf schoolchildren . |
| 25 | This has been a major demand by the National Licensed Victuallers Association , who hailed the decision as a victory for their campaign . |
| 26 | This has been a focus of his first year and will be of his second . |
| 27 | He denied angrily that he had ever sought compensation of up to £1m ‘ although this has been a very expensive operation ’ , adding : ‘ I could have proceeded had I been totally selfish for there were several options on the table , financially very attractive . ’ |
| 28 | By his flamboyant standards , this has been a disappointingly low-key year for Snow Bride 's trainer , Henry Cecil . |
| 29 | THIS HAS been a very good week for fishermen and a very bad week for Findus , Bird 's Eye and all the other producers of frozen peas and pizzas . |
| 30 | This has been a source of some less than harmonious comments from my beloved . |