Example sentences of "[noun prp] have be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Taylor has been guilty before of overlooking the impact Gazza can have on a game . |
| 32 | But Germany has been peaceful because the East Prussians were under our control . |
| 33 | Though some big firms have boldly marched eastward , investment in the former East Germany has been slower than expected . |
| 34 | It is already widely acknowledged that Germany has been able to augment her political weight , especially in European affairs , by pursuing her interests under the European banner . |
| 35 | The Villa Mabapa has been popular with Citalia guests for over 20 years . |
| 36 | LASMO has been successful in acquiring a highly sought after block offshore Vietnam . |
| 37 | Adams has been absent through injury since a fall at Doncaster six weeks ago left him with a broken tibia in his left leg . |
| 38 | ‘ Although the sales force is relatively small ’ , Harris said , ‘ one of the things that Adams has been careful to do is to focus the activity so that it would actually compete with the majors in its field of respiratory medicine ’ . |
| 39 | Mrs Adams has been unable to speak to anyone since the tragedy . |
| 40 | In the most recent attempt to reconstruct the European Community during 1981-1984 , the role of Altiero Spinelli has been monumental . |
| 41 | All I will say is that in attempting to develop theories about the alleviation of neurological dysfunction as she has , Dr Hari has been one of very few medical scientists to address an important ‘ black hole ’ in the research agenda . |
| 42 | But Perks has been surprised how varied City backgrounds are . |
| 43 | Depo-Provera has been available for short-term use in Britain since 1978 . |
| 44 | Dixons has been one of the first retail chains to suffer from the slowing of retail demand . |
| 45 | Since the acquisition of Mercia Weavers by the Stoddard Group in 1988 , Ronnie has been Chief Designer of the Runcorn Studio which specializes in Contract carpeting . |
| 46 | Like so many survivors , Jean has been suicidal ( calls to The Samaritans are no rarity ) . |
| 47 | I 've never met you but I 've had to think about you a good deal during the past few weeks , mainly because my young daughter Jean has been unable to think of anything or anyone else ! |
| 48 | I feel rather guilty because Richard has been worried about me . |
| 49 | American policy on Afghanistan has been reactive and government spokesmen have been reluctant to define the permissible political bounds of the Afghan regime after a Soviet withdrawal . |
| 50 | You do n't know anything about this , but Kay has been involved with N C V O for more than ten years , she joined the Executive Committee in nineteen eighty-one , I 'm reliably informed , just before I got involved . |
| 51 | Pat has been involved with sport all her life , is qualified to coach Lawn Tennis and Badminton and has experience of sports administration at competitive and recreational levels . |
| 52 | Hungary has been effusive in its help to the Romanians — in the first four days after the revolution no fewer than 550 trucks of aid were sent to Romania . |
| 53 | For many of the society 's members , the fascination with Hampden has been lifelong . |
| 54 | The despised belletrist criticism of an earlier day could make radical judgements in an off-hand manner ; those articles , for instance , with titles like ‘ On Rereading Stendhal ’ , which come to the conclusion that Stendhal has been much overrated . |
| 55 | A Bolivian , born in Paris into the Ortiz-Patino family who made their fortune in tin mining in South America after World War I , Ortiz has been resident in Geneva for the last twenty-five years . |
| 56 | Violet Elizabeth Bott has been married ( and divorthed ) several times . |
| 57 | L'Auberge has been successful in the past because : |
| 58 | He says some overseas players are disasters but Courtney has been great for Gloucestershire . |
| 59 | Though there is a case to be made for its use as an educational medium — and the BBC 's contribution to the Open University at Milton Keynes has been considerable , if politically questionable , and will continue despite the closure of their studios in a fine example of accountant 's false logic — this has not been the main area of impact . |
| 60 | Since mid-January , the Open University 's information service at Milton Keynes has been astonished to receive a record 1711 letters from people who are not OU students but who want to know more about the schedules for OU transmissions . |