Example sentences of "[noun prp] and have been " in BNC.

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1 First , Father Reynard had secretly admired Lady Eleanor and had been near the Galilee Gate the night she had died .
2 His father , also named Rudolf Slansky , had been general secretary of the CPCz and had been executed in 1952 after a show trial at which he was accused of being an agent of imperialism .
3 While she worked she told Sara how fortunate she was to be going to Portugal and to have been found a husband and how , when she was married , it would be her duty to obey him and remain utterly faithful to him , taking the Blessed Virgin Mary as her model and guide in all things .
4 Charles Richardson , who is a priest of the diocese of Plymouth and has been recently working in the Diocese of Cape Town , has been appointed as assistant priest in St Joseph 's , Bradford .
5 With the arrival of Stephen Rowlinson as London Managing Director in May 1985 , total staff were reduced from 42 to 24 , and consultants were replaced , mostly by other McKinsey people : Rowlinson had spent seven years with McKinsey and had been CEO of a group of manufacturing companies .
6 G. affinis is a small ( 4.6 cm long ) , surface-feeding minnow which originated in the United States and has been used for many years in many parts of the world to control mosquito larvae .
7 She is a member of Canzonetta — a newly formed chamber choir directed by David Victor-Smith and has been awarded a place at the Royal Northern College of Music in September .
8 Van in those days was remote from Constantinople and had been visited by few Europeans .
9 Ann has taught Medau for 14 years in both Essex and Surrey and has been a member of the National Display team and joint editor of the magazine .
10 It is quite remarkable how the denial of death , and the denial of the secret wishes for the death of others , persists even among those who have read Freud and have been analysed .
11 For him the Dutch Texel is the original Texel ; it comes from the island of Texel and has been bred there for many generations .
12 The presence of specific anti Giardia sIgA has been demonstrated in human duodenal fluid by ELISA and has been detected on the surface of Giardia trophozoites in human jejunal biopsies using indirect immunofluorescence .
13 ‘ He has come on nicely since the Hennessy and has been working well but he could do with a run this week , ’ he added .
14 It was from Camilla Parker-Bowles and had been written several days before the engagement was officially announced .
15 Class members experiences in ‘ other fields ’ make interesting listening — 78 years old Joy Young one of Freda Lewis 's most loyal supporters was born in Cape Town and has been an inveterate traveller throughout her life .
16 Koriyama Museum 's collection will also include Japanese artists who have studied art in England and have been influenced by British art as well as local artists ' work .
17 Notwithstanding that the royal prerogative as a source of power for the government antedates Acts of Parliament , has been at the root of a civil war and a revolution in England and has been litigated about on countless major occasions in respect of its use both at home and overseas , its scope is still unclear as is the role of the courts in relation thereto .
18 Yet this form of schooling has never really succeeded in England and has been surrounded by hostile controversy and apathy .
19 The Chipmunk is also of interest , its previous identity suggesting it was recently acquired from the MoD but not so — it is an ex Army Air Corps example that was sold many years ago after storage at Kemble and has been kept as a spares source at the gliding site at Currock Hill , Northumberland , for at least fifteen years .
20 Courses have been operating since January and have been well supported .
21 The move , effective from April , created furore at Westminster as Labour MPs complained the measure had almost no support in Scotland and had been pushed through by English Tory MPs .
22 The Bill introduces fundamental reforms to further and higher education in Scotland and has been widely welcomed there .
23 It had been in touch with air control in Athens and had been instructed to alter course over the island of Amorgós — that 's about forty miles north-east of here — and proceed on a roughly north-north-west course .
24 Bahamas has arrived from Keighley the previous day , travelling in tandem with ‘ Princess Margaret Rose ’ from Blackburn and had been kept in light steam .
25 Normidtec covers Halton , Vale Royal and Warrington and has been in operation for 18 months .
26 Known as Jimmy by his friends , he was due to retire in December and has been a weaver with Stoddards for the past 34 years .
27 That shipment too had come from Spain and had been tracked by Customs .
28 They are now certain an explosion was caused by Pentrite , a plastic explosive which requires much less skill to handle than Semtex and has been used by a far wider range of terrorist groups .
29 In 1931 Brian Guinness ( later Lord Moyne ) , the author and poet , who had lived in Ireland and had been spoiled with beautiful architecture , bought Biddesden , recognizing it as one of the most exceptional small houses in England .
30 All students who have become temporary residents in Northern Ireland and have been accepted at the University should apply for a Medical Card through the University Health Centre .
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