Example sentences of "[noun] have [adv] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Milne said : ‘ The beauty of rugby is that fans have always been able to have a pint afterwards . |
| 2 | ‘ The beauty of rugby is fans have always been able to have a pint afterwards . |
| 3 | My legs have never been hairy . |
| 4 | For example , business schools have not been able to show that the Graduate Admission Test ( verbal and mathematical abilities ) correlates with subsequent performance as a manager . |
| 5 | Managers in schools have long been involved in the management of change of various kinds and at various levels — particularly in relation to the curriculum or elements of it . |
| 6 | YOUR local primary schools have never been busier . |
| 7 | Schools have always been involved in issues of resource management such as the allocation of capitation allowances . |
| 8 | My hips and thighs have always been bulky , making me feel uncomfortable in trousers/tight jeans . |
| 9 | He acknowledges that FI is the cutting end of technology and yet his solutions have always been simple , economical and remarkably ‘ easy ’ in their handling . |
| 10 | But thanks to advances in long-term care and support for children and adults with Down 's syndrome , their prospects for a happy and fulfilling future have never been brighter . |
| 11 | A few reporters , shunning the handout , gave an impression that the American press was opposed to the war , and indeed played a large part in bringing it to an end , an impression that journalists have since been content to foster . |
| 12 | ‘ Journalists have always been keen on the idea of a ‘ Punk Revival ’ and now that a few bands like the Buzzcocks , Sham 69 and X-Ray Spex are back together they 're having a field day . |
| 13 | But the dynamics of his thinking have never been easy to explain . |
| 14 | Organizations have not been slow in devising reward systems . |
| 15 | The women 's organizations have not been able to work with the communities of displaced people in El Salvador , nor with refugees in Honduras or Guatemala , for fear of reprisals . |
| 16 | A further major problem is that voluntary organizations have hitherto been able to choose the particular client group within the field on which they wish to focus . |
| 17 | The ties have always been close and have become stronger during the long years of friendship and co-operation . |
| 18 | To make matters more complicated , where aid programmes have sought to channel funds to small-scale farmers , or small businesses , the real priorities of the target beneficiaries have seldom been identical to those of the donor or the government . |
| 19 | Attempts to allow individual locations to reply directly to the appropriate Government department have also been fraught with similar difficulties . |
| 20 | Marxists have often been reticent on these questions . |
| 21 | In the battle for Jalalabad , which appeared to have reached deadlock this week , the mujaheddin fighters have not been prepared to fight as a single force , and the most famous guerrilla commander , Mr Ahmad Shah Massoud , has declined to join the battle . |
| 22 | So far , sales of the Packman have not been massive , admits the company . |
| 23 | Writers of porn in the States have also been quick to acknowledge their role in helping us to face the epidemic . |
| 24 | The factors/invoice discounters who form the bulk of the industry have nevertheless been quick to exploit any competitive advantage for their products that they can discover . |
| 25 | In Type I disease , the calves have usually been set-stocked in one area for several moths ; in contrast , Type II disease often has a typical history of calves being grazed on a field from spring to mid-summer , then moved and brought back to the original field in the autumn . |
| 26 | All five London Pest Control branches have recently been involved in intensive council flat cockroach and pharaohs ant treatments . |
| 27 | In fluid mechanics two methods have always been available for the description of motion — Lagrange 's and Euler 's . |
| 28 | THE ELECTION has now become so thunderingly dull that I believe the viewing ratings on telly have never been lower . |
| 29 | Profits on a £1m turnover have not been spectacular . |
| 30 | Matt shades for lips and eyes have always been chic and even exotic , but difficult to apply . |