Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many are extremely tense , not only since the infarct , but have been for many years , and it is possible that the inward tension that they suffer has been a contributory factor to their disease . |
| 2 | Of course , there also appear to have been a good number of people who regarded her as an eccentric or a ‘ mope ’ . |
| 3 | Within the post-war period , the two most enduring changes appear to have been a marked transfer from rough pasture to either woodland or farmland , and Parry et al . |
| 4 | I hope these problems wo n't discourage your company from continuing to run the service , which I hope has been a success this year . |
| 5 | I happen to have been a keen supporter of the way of Margaret Thatcher 's attitude to Europe , highly sceptical . |
| 6 | Trading forecasts On this there does not , at least , seem to have been a great internal dispute . |
| 7 | There seem to have been a lot of people who took up painting for a while and then dropped it : often enough , like the young Roger Vadim , to become a cineaste or a designer in the lively world of small theatres ( which are also extensively documented in the Pavillon des Arts . ) |
| 8 | If one takes the views of the architects explicitly asked this question in the AMERG survey then the reforms seem to have been a mixed blessing ( 42 per cent thinking them to be beneficial and 29 per cent not to be ) . |
| 9 | Naturally , he took a great interest in horse-shoeing , and horseshoes seem to have been a main interest in his continental journeys– He had a great fondness for the application of setons , particularly in cases of lameness — a curious lapse for such a humane man . |
| 10 | ‘ Symptom substitution ’ was notable for its absence , and the ‘ underlying psychological problems ’ seem to have been a result rather than a cause . |
| 11 | From their shapes , these marks seem to have been a form of writing . |
| 12 | And , as we noted , the movement of which Jesus and his followers seem to have been a part regarded the Maccabean regime as a prototype for their own aspirations . |
| 13 | By this period he was seriously addicted to the tranquillizer , nembutal , and there seem to have been a number of objects to which he attached his fears — lifts and large animals among them . |
| 14 | Even then , there were land development issues associated with local state support for the new system of owner-occupation but , in comparison with developments after 1975 , the 1930s seem to have been a period during which previous social forms were suspended rather than transformed . |
| 15 | Comfrey is one of the herbs that seem to have been a remedy for all ills , and one that the mediaeval and Elizabethan physicians and herbalists would never be without . |
| 16 | Reliefs or statues on Attic graves in this period seem to have been a fashion among the rich aristocracy , especially for those who died young . |
| 17 | ‘ Your interviews seem to have been a great success , ’ said Melissa casually as she helped herself to cheese . |
| 18 | ‘ I seem to have been a shock to a number of people . |
| 19 | The bombardment destroyed our first system , of course , and there seem to have been a lot of gas shells landing amongst our gunners — those that were n't killed — and they say the Hun did a lot of damage with his trench mortars and those awful Minenwerfers . |
| 20 | I suppose in the nineteen fifties we all thought that was the answer to energy production , but there seem to have been a lot of problems over these since then . |
| 21 | SEEKING information on Peter Roberts , who I believe to have been a bomber pilot during World War Two . |
| 22 | Personally , I sincerely hope that we will be able to continue with these open lectures , which I think have been a significant feature of the university 's life and of our relationships with the community . |
| 23 | A lively lad in his youth , Thomas Borrow had been a champion wrestler in his time , but his fondness for the martial arts had led to his enforced banishment from the county . |
| 24 | Will a great management-swindling of shareholders prove to have been a fellow-passenger ? |
| 25 | ‘ You have to have been a variety artist or a dependant , ’ says Elliott , formerly a dancer and the late Dick Emery 's manager . |