Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] be [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I know everyone has been drinking Bulgarian Cabernet Sauvignon for ages , but Bulgaria has much more to offer , with original grape varieties such as Melnik , Gamza and Mavrud which are not grown elsewhere . |
| 2 | Everyone has been asking this questions since it was announced that Holiday '91 Presenter Anne Gregg will be leaving the programme later this month at her BBC bosses ' request . |
| 3 | In terms of bed numbers it has substantially more relative to population than either London or New York , but like them has been closing short stay beds steadily since the mid-1970s . |
| 4 | The objective of the other forms of nationalization was clearly similar and the effect of each of them has been to reduce foreign ownership in the corporate sector to a relatively modest level . |
| 5 | Nothing has been decided either way . ’ |
| 6 | They looked like they acted quite properly erm and er unfortunately someone 's been shot dead . |
| 7 | Salim presents himself in a light which requires the reader to be told that , although he himself has been making good , he is grieved , or affects to be , by the discovery that the slavish Metty has been getting on : ‘ You 've been very much getting on as though you 're your own man . ’ |
| 8 | And then the bucket too which has been kept full of water to keep it from expanding and leaking which otherwise it would do . |
| 9 | Why should the Tory rebels vote for a wrecking amendment which has been rendered futile ? |
| 10 | Then there are the eyeshadow compacts with squares of immaculate , untouched shades — except for one per tray , which has been brushed bare . |
| 11 | One example of an hypothesis which has been given serious attention in recent years is the possible link between electromagnetic fields generated by high-voltage power lines or supply cables and ill health . |
| 12 | The group , which has been given 18 bins , is building setts to replace those dug-up by badger-baiters . |
| 13 | Another facet of the problem of rural services , which has been given considerable publicity in England , is the demise of the village retail store due to economies of scale and retailing and stringent food hygiene regulations . |
| 14 | The valley is the habitat of at least 21 species of the insect , which has been highlighted this month by a travelling exhibition . |
| 15 | The valley is the habitat of at least 21 species of the insect , which has been highlighted this month by a travelling exhibition . |
| 16 | Until it is quite inescapable that inside the three barrels , distributed , playing together a familiar tune which has been heard three times before , are the TRAGEDIANS . |
| 17 | This weekend 's referendum was supposed to be the Bosnian Serbs ' last word on the Vance-Owen peace plan , which has been rejected three times by their self-styled parliament . |
| 18 | It 's being tested at Blackthorn railway bridge near Bicestesr , which has been hit four times in the past year . |
| 19 | ‘ On the question of whether the material which has been made available is sufficient to justify the initiation of a prosecution against Patrick Ryan he ( Mr Barnes ) has come to the clear conclusion that it is not sufficient for that purpose and that a prosecution would not be justified , ’ the statement said . |
| 20 | ( R had , incidentally , one of the finest collections of African music , much of which has been made available on commercial disc . ) |
| 21 | ‘ For the purposes of this Article an article or substance is not to be regarded as properly used where it is used without regard to any relevant information or advice relating to its use which has been made available by a person by whom it was designed , manufactured , imported or supplied . ’ |
| 22 | This will be based on information which has been made available to me or which I have requested in accordance with clause [ specify ] of the Agreement . |
| 23 | Section 2 of the Act expands on the meaning of " new " and says that an invention is new if it does not form part of the " state of the art " ; this expression comprises all matter which has been made available to the public in the United Kingdom or elsewhere , by written or oral description , by use or in any other way . |
| 24 | The committee also decided in future to pay the CAB quarterly grants in advance , rather than in arrears which has been causing some cash flow problems . |
| 25 | The exhibition of ‘ The Cosmological Pictures ’ which has been touring Eastern and Western European cities since autumn 1991 , opens at the Tate Gallery 's Liverpool branch towards the end of this month ( 23 January-14 March ) . |
| 26 | And still to come is Replay Theatre Company , with its current production ‘ The Zoo Story ’ , which has been touring special schools around the province . |
| 27 | In the field immediately south of Port Charlotte there is a four-part chambered cairn with a substantial forecourt in which recent excavation discovered neolithic pottery , two leaf arrowheads , and flint knives , and which has been dated 2650 BC . |
| 28 | A Bosnian art gallery , which has been bombed nine times since the civil war started , has been recreated in Cheltenham . |
| 29 | There is also a fairly large picture with a dark brown mount around which has been drawn three gold lines , enclosing a spray design , and a small square picture with a brown handmade paper as a backing , which is one of my favourites . |
| 30 | For this up-dated version of the Romeo and Juliet story , producer Michael Poynor has assembled a large , youthful cast which has been rehearsing all summer . |