Example sentences of "[noun sg] been a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are suggestions in the judgment that the decision would have been otherwise had the buyer been a property speculator . |
| 2 | " She 's allus been a favourite and by gaw I 'm glad she 's back . " |
| 3 | There have in addition been a number of casual appointments . |
| 4 | DIANA Ross turned up on Des O'Connor Tonight with the song that has alrady been a hit in America , As Clouds Roll By . |
| 5 | There has unfortunately in my opinion been a change of attitude about which cases to prosecute |
| 6 | Had Hause Point been a dream ? |
| 7 | ‘ Since when has a metaphorical gym-slip been a deterrent when a beautiful adolescent sets her sights on a young and virile man ? ’ |
| 8 | Had the complainant been a woman it would have been easier to spot . |
| 9 | In none of the patients had the syndrome been a masquerade for a more serious disease . |
| 10 | Had last night been a dream ? |
| 11 | Had the dog been a Retriever or a Setter , no problem . |
| 12 | Since they are primarily concerned with the rights of commoners , and the Forestry Commission with timber production , there has naturally in the past been a divergence of interest and policy in the New Forest between these two authorities . |
| 13 | P.S If this letter does nt get there I 'm gon na give up , so if it does will someone acknowledge it so I know it has'nt been a waste of time . |
| 14 | Mr Copley had in youth been a curate at Larksoken when the Victorian church was still standing . |
| 15 | It had without doubt been a day to remember and now whenever I look at my LNWR Boilerhouse Private plate , I think of poor unfortunate Fred Grisenthwaite and his tragic demise , and then recall the Railway Hotel bar room and the kind friends I met that night . |
| 16 | William Charles had no doubt been a success in his own terms , for all that . |
| 17 | Has fundholding been a success ? |
| 18 | has the company been a parent company of an undertaking which was then limited . |
| 19 | It is well known that the UKCC has to this date been a bastion of conservatism , its appointments being made through the patronage of the secretary of state or the national boards . |
| 20 | The geographical concentration of the relatively high per capita income services — especially in finance — in London and the South East has for a long time been a feature of the British economy [ Brown , 1972 ] . |
| 21 | She was a nurse , and had at one time been a nun . |
| 22 | The nature and degree of insanity which will afford a defence to a criminal charge has from time to time been a matter of considerable discussion . |
| 23 | His father , the son of a Yorkshire grazier , had at one time been a journeyman packer in London . |
| 24 | The manager of Goddards , ‘ Wiggy ’ Harris , had at one time been a teacher at the local ‘ School of Art ’ where his father Mr. Joseph Harris was Headmaster . |
| 25 | Has it in fact been a peace process at all ? |
| 26 | One of the most oft-cited statements in cases after 1964 has in fact been a dictum of Tucker L.J . |
| 27 | Whether strictly order twenty eight , er order sixty , rule twenty eight for erm applies in this case is not amount entirely clear to me because the obligation to lodge a bill of taxation under rule twenty nine provides that he must begin proceedings for the taxation either within three months after the judgement direction or order of the terminations enter sides are otherwise perfected , and that is presently on it 's face which seemed to be debited May of nineteen ninety three and er accordingly that is right , it 's not in fact been any failure to comply with order tw order sixty two , rule twenty nine , one , and that has n't been disregarded , it 's not entirely clear to me that erm there is any matter come from paragraph sub paragraph A of rule twenty eight , four , it may already require , still nevertheless erm fall within paragraph B of rule fo , erm there has in fact been a delay in lodging the bill of costs for taxation , the delay being really and truly , the delay in having the order of Mr Justice perfected and it seems to me that although in chasing matters generally speaking it is the court will itself draw the order , nevertheless where er it seems to be clearly in this case would contemplate it that counsel would sign a minute erm that counsel do sign a minute and that minute has been signed having forwarded by the defendants solicitors to the defendants solicitors seems to me it must be the case that erm the obligation to , as it were , forward that minute to the court , it is an obligation which would lie upon the plaintiffs solicitors and it maybe said that erm there has been delay and erm on the best it should be lodged with the court sealed , er shortly after it was received and that therefore on that footing there has been delay lodging the bill of costs for concession , er Mr , doctor does n't seemed to be take any point in relation to that er because it 's not in his interest to do so , it seems to be that he does have to say if it has been delayed , with an order of twenty eight rule four that 's a rule , rule , rule twenty eight er four if he is to have interest disbarred and er Mr er he 'll apparently have the matter of read before the taxing master , it seems that the taxing master did not chew any sympathy with that er suggestion , that er there was in fact no breach of the requirement rule twenty , four , Mr he said , very probably , that erm , look on text upon it , he really is concerned to erm have this case dealt with as you put it on the merits , it seems to me it 's in the interest of all parties that erm I should deal with the case on merits have on the assumption erm that er , that that was lodged properly I think , I ca I , a matter of which found within rule twenty eight , four and that the taxing officer give our interest under that rule . |
| 28 | Rather , it was the product of near-collapse in the state supply and distribution system , of technical breakdown , and of storage , transport and labour problems which meant that up to half of what had in fact been a bumper harvest in 1990 had been allowed to rot . |
| 29 | Henry Edward Coe had in fact been a pupil in Scott 's office , where in conjunction with Street he had produced a fine set of elevational drawings of the Hamburg Cathedral . |
| 30 | The impact of fiscal policy on interest rates and on crowding out private investment has , then , to some extent been a consideration of policy-makers.3 More generally , however , the model and the equations defining the slopes of the functions point to those variables that will be important in explaining the impact of fiscal policy on the level of output . |