Example sentences of "[conj] we 've been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Investing for the future although , although we 've been keen to drive for cash er , we really wanted to , to use the benefit of having a strong balance sheet and so where investment has seemed sensible and sound , we 've made those investments , of course we 've put er , cash in the B Sky B er and we 've also invested further in the er Spanish group , the Recollectors Group taking our stake in expansion , adding some cash and getting a stake in the bigger bigger grouping . |
| 2 | is that we 've been involved in health strategy for the past over five years . |
| 3 | The objective to funding from the old objective programme is we 've now learnt that we 've been successful in getting a grant made towards the Centre feasibility study , Shropshire welcomes Japan television advertisement on the Japanese , Japan area , towards the pipeworks promotion and the fly-drive marketing initiative because , er , to get people from North America into the marches and staying here , so it looks as those projects will be almost fifty percent funded from Europe to objective two . |
| 4 | But there have been so many of these little mistakes , you see , that we 've been obliged to have a warrant made out . ’ |
| 5 | And much of the concerns that we 've been able to express about the Health Service has been as a direct consequence of us having information as to for example the numbers of bed closures , as for example the numbers of people on waiting lists . |
| 6 | I hope that we 've been able to convey the way that Control Servers will enable you to control the client server environment as if you 're controlling a mainframe , and I sincerely hope that we 've been able to talk erm knowledgeably knowledgeably about our tool strategy and how we can address the needs of each different group of users with different desktop devices in a consistent manner . |
| 7 | I hope that we 've been able to convey the way that Control Servers will enable you to control the client server environment as if you 're controlling a mainframe , and I sincerely hope that we 've been able to talk erm knowledgeably knowledgeably about our tool strategy and how we can address the needs of each different group of users with different desktop devices in a consistent manner . |
| 8 | In the last Simon Star we reported how excited we are about the fact that we 've been able to start the work . |
| 9 | And as you 've seen with previous closures of our homes , the last three , is that we 've been able to utilize some of those resources to provide that shift in policy which has been very successful , and has , er , a process that we 've got has allayed people 's fears who 've been used for those residential home agreements . |
| 10 | I 'm only glad that we 've been able to sort it all out so quickly . |
| 11 | We 've found that we 've been able to help them er in various aspects of their life . |
| 12 | seventy five degrees I mean , and it was really cold and when we got back it was cold as well , it 's only the last four weeks that we 've been able to use the outdoor pools again |
| 13 | And I know colleague directors in the country who are green with envy at some of the things that we 've been able to do even in these difficult times . |
| 14 | And the thing , the biggest thing that we 've been afraid of is death and the things that lead to death like sickness and like infirmity like weakness . |
| 15 | You very humbly describe yourself as an absent Pro-Chancellor , but you have taken a considerable interest in this university over the years , and we 've been grateful for it . |
| 16 | It is very different from our usual trip programme — there is so much to do and see , and we 've been selective in choosing only the very best . |
| 17 | We 've had people working excessive hours to meet deadlines and we 've been profitable . |
| 18 | Our relationship between any lottery director and G Tec as a company has always been professional and above reproach and as far as our relationship with the current director in California , we 've had instances were we 've been successful in California in gaining business while she was a director , and we 've been unsuccessful . |
| 19 | He certainly does n't like publicity and we 've been unable to track him down . |
| 20 | Oh yes very much so and we 've been these er lots secretaries and presidents and all miners and that they 've been coming up you know and er you had a chat with them and they put us do n't let this happen , do n't let that happen , and make sure that erm you know people do n't suffer and er oh it 's been quite a vast experience for us yeah . |
| 21 | ‘ We 're all fine , there 's no damage to the building and we 've been able to continue broadcasting without interruption , ’ she assured him , her voice sharp as resentment rose , and she went on to inform him of the decision she had taken . |
| 22 | We 've put in for the club entry and we 're just waiting to hear , you know , if we 've been lucky or not . |
| 23 | But we 've been involved with two specific projects that we 've worked on in conjunction with the tenants ' association , |
| 24 | But we 've been honest with our people , we have not paid anyone off , in the fifteen years I 've been at , that did n't want to go . |
| 25 | A more accurate term would have been desktop layout or desktop typesetting and page makeup but we 've been stuck with the words he used . |
| 26 | But we 've been unable to track down an official aid organisation which has worked with her . |
| 27 | I 'm only in this business for my own enjoyment , yet because we 've been successful and made a lot of money people automatically assume I 'm a raving Conservative and resent.my criticisms . |
| 28 | I said , it hurt the captain because we 've been used to you know , ferrying everybody about , and I said , do n't d say that people are unkind because they they 're not taking you and carrying you about . |
| 29 | I feel very uncomfortable therefore , to sit in a room full of members , sitting here proposing to add five percent to the limit for members allowances , simply because we 've been unable to control our own behaviour , and to come in within that , I think it 's a very poor example , and it 's an example that I 'm not prepared to set . |
| 30 | If you 've snapped up one our handsome binders you 'll find , towards the end of the year , that because we 've been able to pack so many pages into Britain 's newest , brightest gardening magazine , things are getting , well , rather full . |