Example sentences of "[noun] that 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 | We move on next day over hard packed snow that has been wind-blown into flutes and columns . |
| 3 | For Said , the problem amounts simply to historicism and , the universalising and self-validating that has been endemic to it' : |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Prescriptives , an American range that has been available here for 10 years , offers a unique collection of very wearable , natural colours . |
| 6 | Vadinamia has its own ultra-tight security that has been frustrating spies for a long time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | There , it has not so much been its Calvinism that has been welcome as its emphasis upon the inerrancy of Scripture . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A wall that has been damp will often contain moisture for a long time after the cause has been remedied , so it is better to allow the walls to dry out naturally , although anti-damp paint could be used to allow the room to be decorated before the wall has dried out . |
| 11 | Political culture is a vague abstract concept that has been subject to various definitions . |
| 12 | One of the things that has been hardest for me to deal with in coaching is runners who want to train for both the marathon and the mile at the same time . |
| 13 | Without tucking the shirt in his pants , he pulls a royal red tie over his head that has been pre-knotted , I 'm sure by his wife , Lonnie . |
| 14 | With the precious metal that has been undetected for so long in the folds of these hills , disseminated through the rock in an average ratio of half an ounce to a ton of stone , the sheer volume of likely debris is worrying . |
| 15 | Throughout industry this election day , a host of trade unionists are waiting with acute anxiety , nursing their hopes : a Labour victory will enable them to reassert their influence on factories throughout the land , in a manner that has been impossible for a decade . |
| 16 | It was Esquire 's dubious achievement to be born into an economy that has been unkind to all , but one in which the advertising business has been particularly hard-pressed . |
| 17 | After months of pursuing its quarry , it looks like IXI Ltd has finally nailed down the OEM agreement with DEC for its X.desktop manager that has been long in the making . |
| 18 | Is could be seen as a classic example of the muddle that has been prevalent at the top of Welsh rugby except that the pressures here — unrecognisable from those in other home unions — are so many and varied that it is impossible to respond to them all , let alone resist them . |
| 19 | Then the king will say to those on his right hand , ‘ You have my Father 's blessing ; come , enter and possess the kingdom that has been ready for you since the world was made . |
| 20 | Paste waxes are best when applied to bare wood , while liquid waxes are suitable for use on furniture that has been French polished or lacquered . |
| 21 | A COLLECTION of unusual antiques that has been 30 years in the making will go under the hammer this weekend . |
| 22 | This , in theory , saves lives on the other side — a concern that has been rare in recent wars , but seems to carry some weight in this one . |
| 23 | Both Tustian and Pardoe are among the 600 farmers who are approved by the Soil Association , the largest organic farming body in Britain , whose main criterion is that certified produce must be grown on soil that has been free from artificial additives for at least two years . |
| 24 | Any management training that has been available for ryokan has been almost entirely ‘ in house ’ up to now , although the whole area of hotel management training is being rethought in Japan . |
| 25 | ‘ I was a bit worried about taking a show that has been one of the great musical hits of all time , which I felt was a bit of fluff with one big smash song , ’ he said . |
| 26 | If you doubt this , talk to any private oil company that has been involved in the North Sea . |
| 27 | We are now getting close to the flanks of Akka , a seven-peaked mountain that has been visible for four or five days . |
| 28 | Yet few audit firms have chosen to protect themselves by becoming limited companies , an option that has been open to them since October last year . |
| 29 | I 'm the fifth generation of a family that has been involved in the theatre … they 've built theatres , run companies , been actors , married actresses . |
| 30 | It 's not excess of turkey and plum pudding that has been indigestible ; it 's the surfeit of news . |