Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] have [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The idea that dreaming is essential for sanity has been prevalent in popular science since the eighteenth century .
2 GLASTONBURY is dominated by the dramatic and mysterious Glastonbury Tor , which towers above the flat landscape of the Somerset Levels , where peat digging and withy growing for basketmaking have been traditional occupations for generations .
3 Even the most powerful of the Duke 's vassals , the Counts of Angoulême , who for generations had been accustomed to act as though they were independent princes , had twice conceded defeat , in 1176 and 1179 .
4 First , the role of government , direct and indirect , in providing finance for industry has been distinctive but also controversial .
5 A much smoother implementation of this system would have been possible if the team had been involved much earlier and/or more forward planning for computerisation had been possible .
6 The design process has been unnecessarily slow on many projects because the exchange of information between designers has been ineffective .
7 LIBF director Brian Bradford said this week that demand for stands had been considerable and the fair was already close to being a sell-out .
8 These assaults on the fundamental objective of antiracism and the attendant practice of multiculturalism in education , social work and other municipal services have passed largely unanswered and vocal political support for antiracism has been hard to find .
9 One can debate whether gatherings after Constantinople or after Trent have been ecumenical , but it is a sterile argument .
10 For matters to have been different , a far deeper knowledge of those forces would have been required , plus the willingness and ability to handle conflicting tensions long before they built up to breaking point .
11 His campaign for peace has been original , gimmicky and , above all , successful in securing publicity for a cause .
12 It 's the same story up the road in Blaisdon … a village that for decades has been famed for its plums .
13 The mile of shining water between him and the Forest of Dean had been devoid of a single ripple .
14 I THINK his charisma and style of play have been fantastic for our tour and for golf in .
15 The Zollverein is historically unique because previous unions of states had been military , not economic .
16 Signs of change had been evident within various protest movements , like the Teetotallers , from the 1850s when they realized that without state action they could not achieve their goals .
17 A number of projects have been successful in which the supply of inputs and the marketing of the product are managed on a commercial basis while the bulk of production comes from small farmers .
18 There are many other examples in which this type of protection has been effective .
19 Much of the research into the social psychology of racism has been narrow to the extent to which it has concentrated upon images of outgroups , rather than on the image of ‘ prejudice ’ or ‘ racism ’ itself .
20 The two companies said the Ministry of Defence had been supportive of their approach and they did not anticipate any regulatory problems .
21 The competitive procurement policy of the Ministry of Defence has been good news not only for the Ministry and the taxpayer but for the yards .
22 The Ministry of Defence has been obliged to freeze its own orders to British industry in the run-up to the election , but a Downing Street spokesman said last night the civil service guidelines allowed the announcement of foreign arms sales .
23 Although the reduction in coca growing in this part of Bolivia has been significant , drug dealers in the Andes have the same easy access to coca today as they had five years ago .
24 Your contribution to the work of CPRW has been considerable , spanning many years .
25 All the same , rumblings of discontent have been detectable around Wantage Road over the past few weeks , prompting conjecture over a parting of the ways between Northamptonshire and their prized import , even though his contract still has a year to run .
26 I have always liked cat fish in general , but the more interesting species of Synodontis have been hard to get hold of in my area .
27 The same , of course had been true of the period of intensive ‘ peace efforts ’ , 1967–73 .
28 There will of course have been new developments but I am confident that little will have changed in the fundamental agenda of those truly concerned about the health of their nation .
29 If , when it was in a position to do so , Consumers ' Co-operation had reverted to the Pioneers ' intention to develop independent and self-governing factories and workshops , the story would of course have been different .
30 But the cost of resistance has been high in blood , in material destruction , in local misery and humiliating international paralysis .
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