Example sentences of "[noun] they have be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result they have been weak in the diplomatic arena . |
| 2 | By constantly shuffling alliances with smaller satellite parties they have been able to prevent the left from taking office . |
| 3 | It is an experience they have been prepared to share with other communities , and Jim Killeen has spoken against mining at meetings in Westport , Co . |
| 4 | It is not necessary that Traditions and Ceremonies be in all places one , and utterly like ; for at all times they have been divers , and may be changed according to the diversities of countries , times , and men 's manners , so that nothing be ordained against God 's Word . |
| 5 | These three genera seem to form a natural grouping ( Box 2 ) and in the past they have been confused with one another : in commenting on the original description of the Buluk specimens , Deslon suggested that they should be attributed to Kenyapithecus ( rather than to Sivapithecus , as they then were ) , and in an addendum to their original description of Heliopithecus , Andrews and Martin recognized the affinities of that genus to Afropithecus , which was published just before Heliopithecus . |
| 6 | By locating these and hammering stakes into the ground at strategic points they have been able to divert or stop the streams and return the house or area to a healthy state . |
| 7 | God subsequently led the Burnetts to accept the challenge of establishing a new work in Albania ( in conjunction with the European Baptist Federation ) and since summer of this year they have been resident in Tiran together with their two young sons . |
| 8 | Sadly the very dry weather we have had over the last two summers has meant that even young bulbs have not been able to bulk up their energy supplies and so the following year they have been unable to produce flowers . |
| 9 | But since April they have been able to lead-underwrite offshore bond issues by Japanese companies . |
| 10 | In all previous stratification systems they have been able to divert blame from themselves for their lowly status by providing reasons for their failure . |
| 11 | Earlier this century they broke through the Liberal-Conservative two-party system without the help of proportional representation , and under the established electoral system they have been able to form governments on their own with less than 40 per cent of the popular vote . |
| 12 | Just as the inhabitants of the barrios here defend their pathetic shanties to the last , defying the well-meaning efforts of the authorities to relocate them , so the poor in intellect cling to whatever feeble idea they have been able to fashion out of the odds and ends they have foraged . |
| 13 | The characteristic of all those areas is that for a long time they have been Labour controlled , although Conservatives have been in control in Brent for the past year and the Liberal Democrats have recently been in control in Tower Hamlets . |
| 14 | Not too much has been done in the mountains , hardly surprising given the length of time they have been dry , but Dai Lampard snatched a great ascent with Mother of Mercy E5 6a . |
| 15 | Since that time they have been selectively-bred throughout the world to produce the 100 or more different varieties that are available today . |
| 16 | At the same time they have been reluctant to support the extension of legal aid in libel cases , or to put their own house in order by strengthening the Press Council ( see Chapter 13 ) . |
| 17 | When asked why she allowed the computer so to dominate in this way , she replied ‘ It 's the first time they have been quiet for a whole week ! ’ , reflecting the second cause in the list above . |
| 18 | The requirements for military or test pilots place less emphasis on the number of flying hours required and this is compensated for by the more stringent type of flying they have been involved in ( though it is true that a large proportion of airline pilots learned to fly and served in military aviation before becoming civil pilots ) . |
| 19 | By definition , therefore , if the Government has been using oil revenues to create jobs they have been unsuccessful . |