Example sentences of "[conj] they have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there are always attendant risks with taking people out of an environment where they have been successful and moving them , mid-career , into a completely different style and sector and trying to make them successful there . |
| 2 | Productivity-enhancing research and development in many lesser developed countries have often been harmful , where they have been accessible to farmers of those areas . |
| 3 | Either they have been slobby , and it has eventually got depressing having to argue the case for owning a toothbrush ; or they have been scrupulous — in which case I have started longing for a bit more rough-and-readiness . |
| 4 | ‘ They said there was little they could do about it , although they have been excellent and have stepped up their patrols . |
| 5 | Although they have been reluctant to disclose their plans they would like to tax people 's property and tax their income . |
| 6 | This gave rise to the resentment and hostility which Phizacklea and Miles regard as a characteristic form of modern , inner-city , working class white racism , although they have been mindful that the findings may only apply to particular sections of the class and in particular areas . |
| 7 | Although they have been quieter than their conservative counterparts , liberal Democrats , and especially the members of the black caucus , have been deeply unhappy at the way policy has developed during the spring . |
| 8 | A more unified European climate offers building and construction students significantly better career prospects than they have been privy to in recent UK history . |
| 9 | Even without this problem , it should be our objective to advance negotiations , contract drafting and due diligence as far as possible with the preferred bidder before the remaining offerers realise that they have been unsuccessful . |
| 10 | In fact , what we have witnessed has been the spectacle of governments running so hard to get away from this concept that they have been unable to hear the voice of the British business community , pleading that the interest it would like the government to show in its affairs is of a different nature altogether . |
| 11 | The only figure that they have been prepared to come up with is bad enough — the initial cost of all the preparatory work involved in making drawings , hiring expensive barristers to put the Bill through the House , and so on . |
| 12 | First , bankers are so used to thinking of intangibles as chiefly useful for pricing takeovers and then minimising taxes after them ( intangibles can be amortised for tax purposes ) that they have been slow to see them as a way of wooing investors . |
| 13 | One important point is that they have been able to determine the temperature profile of the gas and this shows that , within the central 75 kiloparsecs , the temperature decreases as one goes towards the centre of the cluster . |
| 14 | ‘ In our dealings with North West companies we find that many have shown increases in productivity and earnings , even during the recession , proving that they have been able to compete effectively in the international arena , ’ she said , adding that there was nevertheless no room for complacency . |
| 15 | ‘ It is a tribute to the French people here that they have been able to work with customers and develop such confidence in Grimsby 's service . |
| 16 | Now for some of our members choice is is not something that they are fortunate enough to have because they are very needy and they do not have perhaps all the education that some of the tory party perhaps have , that they have been less fortunate in many , many ways . |
| 17 | Even Humberside county council is launching a campaign to show the people that they have been wrong all these years and should have loved it . |
| 18 | Quantitatively , they are by no means negligible : the 1982 census indicated some 402,000 people originated from the departements and territoires d'outre-mer ( of whom two-thirds were from the Caribbean ) and they have been one of the fastest-growing migrant groups , escaping the immigration controls on foreign nationals imposed during the 1970s and 1980s . |
| 19 | I have sent many patients there and they have been delighted with the treatment and the care they have received on Merseyside . |
| 20 | New thinking in rural development planning in general has only been taken up piecemeal by conservation planners and commentators in the international literature and they have been idealistic and exhortative in tone . |
| 21 | Children put out shoes filled with hay and , if they have been good , Saint Nicholas leaves them a present . |
| 22 | If they have been upset or ill-treated , however , they can become very unpleasant and will creep into a bedroom at night , place a clammy hand on the unsuspecting victim 's face , then snatch all the blankets away . |
| 23 | But most of us experience periods of low self-esteem at different times and some — particularly If they have been unhappy in their early life — seem to be permanently stuck with such a poor impression of themselves and their own worth that ‘ self-esteem ’ is to them just a word which applies to other people more fortunate than themselves . |
| 24 | If they have been used to rushing home from work or watching the clock during any stolen time with friends , they may find it hard to adapt to the fact that there is no longer any need to hurry back . |
| 25 | This means that not only can aspiring professionals come back to play in the Home Internationals afterwards , even if they have been successful , but also that they are in a position to change their minds if successful . |
| 26 | Third , it has long been known that sows farrow best in conditions similar to those they are familiar with : if they have been unconfined previously , they should be unconfined at farrowing . |
| 27 | The walls look as if they have been fire-blasted , and there is a smell of sulphur hanging in the room , with faint wisps of smoke . |
| 28 | If they have been accustomed to carrying a baby on the hip , they start to curve in that direction without realising it . |
| 29 | If they have been able to discuss things with the person who is dying , if there has been a time of preparation , then the shock of facing the loss caused by death is perhaps not so great . |
| 30 | On occasions , especially if they have been sick repeatedly , some dogs may be reluctant to enter a car . |