Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] has been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shall continue to put pressure on local authorities with stock that has been empty for more than a year . |
| 2 | But it is clear that if , as we have said , death from suicide is relatively common in Britain and most funeral services take place within the Christian context , then it would seem that the church needs to look at this whole subject again with a great deal more openness than has been possible up to now . |
| 3 | We move on next day over hard packed snow that has been wind-blown into flutes and columns . |
| 4 | For Said , the problem amounts simply to historicism and , the universalising and self-validating that has been endemic to it' : |
| 5 | It quite frequently happens that a horse that has been used to drinking out of a dam or stream , will always refuse water from a trough or bucket , irrespective of how thirsty it may be . |
| 6 | But Ian Shiels , who works in the warehouse and has been responsible for football activity in the past , is aware of this and is hoping for better things to come . |
| 7 | This is a very lethal condition and has been responsible for a great many accidents and much loss of life . |
| 8 | Short 's preparation has been under way for six months and has been intensive . |
| 9 | English Nature has been opposed to peat extraction but has been powerless to prevent it . |
| 10 | Britain is due to have four submarines armed with the new Tridents but has been worried that recent votes in the Senate to cut funding for production of the missile could delay delivery of the weapons , scheduled to start next year , to the Royal Navy . |
| 11 | In general , the sale was characterised by more trade bidding than has been evident over the past year , while competitive bidding between private collectors was responsible for the morning 's most surprising result : £21,000 ( $31,500 ; est. £6,000–8,000 ) for Joe Tilson 's ‘ Ziggurat 1967 ’ ( lot 79 ) |
| 12 | Prescriptives , an American range that has been available here for 10 years , offers a unique collection of very wearable , natural colours . |
| 13 | He has attempted to come off on several occasions and at the time of interview was undergoing methadone withdrawal and has been heroin-free for two months . ‘ |
| 14 | Tracy , 27 , said : ‘ Jamie is always having colds and chest infections and has been poorly since he was born . |
| 15 | Lotus , being in the Anglia region , has found a new sponsor and has been able , at last , to bring out its long-awaited cheap saloon — the Flan . |
| 16 | of the directors of the company must be nationals of that member state ; ( b ) that the said legal owners and beneficial owners , charterers , managers , operators , shareholders and directors , as the case may be , must be resident and domiciled in that member state ; ( c ) that the vessel in question must be managed and its operations directed and controlled from within that member state ? ( ii ) Is the answer to question ( i ) above different where the power exists to dispense with the nationality requirement in respect of an individual in view of the length of time such individual has resided in the member state in question and has been involved in the fishing industry of that member state ? |
| 17 | He was apprenticed as a toolmaker at Vickers Armstrong and has been thirty five years as the college lecturer at Colchester Institute . |
| 18 | Parliament has thus recognised the unsatisfactory results of the common law privilege against self-incrimination and has been willing to abrogate or modify that privilege . |
| 19 | Mayrhofen is one of the most popular of the Tyrolean resorts and has been welcoming British guests for many years . |
| 20 | The PFA chairman no longer figures in Bassett 's first-team plans and has been available at a bargain £70,000 since the end of last season . |
| 21 | Lawrence is settled at Middlesbrough and has been pleased with the progress of his first season . |
| 22 | Very recently David Davis ( 1982 ) has made a scholarly contribution to this field and has been fortunate enough to have the chance to put theory into practice at Birmingham Polytechnic where under the leadership of Brian Watkins a specialist course of considerable merit and vision for P.G.C.E. students has been introduced . |
| 23 | Vadinamia has its own ultra-tight security that has been frustrating spies for a long time . |
| 24 | Separately , the company moved Richard Poulsen over to become president of Digital Europe , a post that has been vacant since Pier Carlo Falotti quit in June to join Ask Computer Systems Inc . |
| 25 | There , it has not so much been its Calvinism that has been welcome as its emphasis upon the inerrancy of Scripture . |
| 26 | The second attraction is that the Town and Country Planning Association is a fascinating case study of a pressure group that has been active over a long period . |
| 27 | Mr Avi is an ordained minister of the United Church of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands and has been involved in WACC 's regional activities since the late 1970s . |
| 28 | Catholic Caring Services is an approved adoption agency for the Diocese of Lancaster and has been involved in this work for 60 years . |
| 29 | A leading member of WACC 's North American Regional Association , Dr Chain has also served on WACC 's Central Committee for several years and has been influential in ensuring greater participation by women in WACC 's activities . |
| 30 | Easthall Residents ' Association ( ERA ) has been in existence for 20 years and has been involved in numerous issues affecting the community . |