Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] have been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tumbled out of the nest , where I 'd been a cosseted only child , and into digs . |
| 2 | Behavioural precursors of schizophrenia included a poor emotional rapport in the psychiatric interview , and parental observations that he or she had been a passive baby , with a short attention span in childhood , and often impolite behaviour , while school reports often noted that the child was isolated , uneasy about criticism , easily upset , and disturbed the class ( Parnas et al. , 1982 ) . |
| 3 | I remember when after a few months in uniform duty , walking the beat , I was on West End Road , next to the Olympic Theatre , where there had been a building site and there was Collins World Fair there . |
| 4 | Later , it was said that where there had been a fundamental breach of contract , that is , if one party fails to carry out his part of the bargain at all or attempts to render a performance totally different from that contemplated , then that party could not rely on an exclusion clause ( see Karsales ( Harrow ) Ltd. v Wallis [ 1956 ] ) . |
| 5 | Also , the USA exported its long experience with trying to deal with its own soil erosion problems , as a part of foreign policy to its sphere of influence in Latin America in the 1950s , where there had been an almost complete lack of government concern over soil erosion . |
| 6 | 8.1.4 any other act or thing by which but for this provision the Guarantor would have been released [ other than a variation of the terms of this Lease agreed between the parties that is prejudicial to the Guarantor ] Until the case of P & A Swift Investments v Combined English Stores Group plc it was believed that the benefit of a guarantor 's covenants could only be enforced by a successor in title to the landlord 's reversion , where there had been an express assignment to it . |
| 7 | In 1992 , considerable exploration activity was focussed in both the Ghadames and Illizi Basins , where there have been a series of exciting new oil discoveries in blocks adjacent to our acreage . |
| 8 | Families where there has been a murder find that people are more reluctant to talk to them than if they had suffered an ordinary bereavement — sometimes even crossing the street to avoid them . |
| 9 | Discipline is thus ‘ a very general notion which is connected with conforming to rules ’ , whereas punishment is ‘ a much more specific notion which is usually only appropriate where there has been a breach of rules ’ . |
| 10 | As Table 9 shows , most of this expansion occurred in the private sector , where there has been a threefold increase since 1980 . |
| 11 | Most of this is in the northwest where there has been a long history of land-use , involving both degradation and successful reclamation . |
| 12 | These payments are tax-free provided that they cover such ‘ essential purchases ’ as : new carpets and curtains when essential ; light fittings , new cooking or heating appliances where there has been a change of power ; and redecoration costs . |
| 13 | Historically , where there has been a demand for sport , the particulars of participants seem to lose significance . |
| 14 | Delay occurs when the operator is doing nothing — usually waiting for a machine to complete a sub-task — it differs from storage where there has been a particular decision to put something aside . |
| 15 | The most important exception is found in regulation 3(c) which permits an action to be brought under the newly amended s.62 by a person who is other than a private investor where there has been a breach of rules prohibiting insider dealing . |
| 16 | The major exceptions have been counties in the mining areas where there has been a basis for Labour support . |
| 17 | Staff senior to the area supervisor play an active part in shaping the standard to be set only rarely , in cases involving what a supervisor described as ‘ very contentious issues : possibly major discharges from the Authority 's own works or from industrial activity where there has been a history of wrangling and debate about standards from that particular section of the industry ’ . |
| 18 | If the discretion can be exercised where there has been a fraudulent misrepresentation , as in the present case , it must be exercisable also where a merely innocent misrepresentation has been made . |
| 19 | ( 3 ) For the quarterly meetings of a licensing board , see s.4(1). 5.13(2) enables a hoard , if it thinks fit , to adjourn an application where there has been a failure to comply with the requirements of the Act , or where an applicant has died . |
| 20 | Where there has been a gang fight , as a result of which one of the participants is injured , it is sometimes impossible to prove who was responsible for causing the injury ( because of the general mêleé , and because of identification difficulties when the incident occurred at night ) . |
| 21 | But where there has been a single incident , the claim to ignorance may carry some plausibility , and be difficult for a prosecutor to overcome . |
| 22 | Where there has been a lapse of more than a reasonable length of time from the time the contract was made . |
| 23 | They include the deregulation of labour markets , where there has been a 29 per cent . |
| 24 | We could then have enjoyed benefits such as those evident in Southend — where there has been a 9 per cent . |
| 25 | Just as Germany was experiencing specific sources of job-related stress due to re-unification , so too in the UK where there has been a trend towards mergers and acquisitions between the UK and other European countries as the European Economic Community becomes a greater reality . |
| 26 | The Disciplinary Tribunal may revoke recognition where there has been a breach of the Rules or other conduct requirements . |
| 27 | The eastern Australian passive margin is one region where there has been a fruitful interchange of ideas and data between geomorphologists and geophysicists , although this has not resulted in a consensus as to either the history of uplift or the mechanisms that have caused it . |
| 28 | ( c ) Enforcement of judgments Where there has been a judgment against the firm , execution may be issued against : ( 1 ) assets of the firm ; or ( 2 ) any person who has acknowledged service as a partner ; or ( 3 ) any person served as a partner who has failed to acknowledge service ; or ( 4 ) any person who has admitted in his pleading to being a partner or who has been found by the court to be a partner . |
| 29 | However , where there has been a contested hearing and : ( 1 ) a money judgment payable in one lump sum is ordered , the debt is registered only when the judgment creditor takes steps to enforce it , or issues an oral examination ; ( 2 ) a money judgment ( payable in one lump sum or by instalments ) including an order for costs to be taxed is entered , registration is effected on completion of taxation ; ( 3 ) an application for new trial has been made or an appeal lodged with the Court of Appeal , registration is effected when the new trial ( if ordered ) or appeal have been disposed of . |
| 30 | In a slightly different context , that of the attitude to be adopted by an appellate court where there has been a change in the circumstances of the plaintiff since the trial at first instance , Harman LJ enunciated the principle that , " the court should never speculate where it knows " : Curwen v James [ 1963 ] 1 WLR at p753 . |