Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [adv] [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The educative power of our academic institutions has never been lower : it is journalism that gives the lead . |
| 2 | The recent history of community care projects has not been encouraging ( Grundy , 1986 , p. 22 ) But this is precisely the sort of area to which research needs to be directed in the immediate future of relative demographic stability , because it is so crucial and because our ignorance of future patterns of demand is so great . |
| 3 | However , the SFO 's handling of its investigations has hardly been consistent and it already has set a precedent for the Barrowclough report to be published in full . |
| 4 | Generation of standard useful attitudes has always been one of the main purposes of military training . |
| 5 | Four or five ‘ B ’ and U21 matches a season plus training weekends at full , ‘ B ’ , development and U21 levels mean a bigger commitment to Wales than ever — by baleful coincidence , at the very moment the commitment to clubs has never been bigger . |
| 6 | So far the volume of queries has not been large , but this probably reflects the fact that many users get help from other users at their institution . |
| 7 | The syntactic work of Sankoff and her associates has always been influential . |
| 8 | Pay for leading art-historians has always been lower in Britain than in the United States , but the brain drain has got worse . |
| 9 | After 12 years of Tory government , anxiety about standards in schools has never been greater . |
| 10 | The chance of drama becoming a tradition in our Primary schools has never been realistic . |
| 11 | In an age where the ability of the land to produce more food than is required for many parts of the world is a fact of life , the argument for organic farming methods has never been stronger . |
| 12 | But despite the grand words from Barclays , change in local branches has frequently been slow to take effect . |
| 13 | His choice of roles has always been intelligent , but after starring with Marlon Brando in the screen legend 's first major role for years , is paying the price . |
| 14 | He added : ‘ It is no secret that the atmosphere in the past few months has not been easy . |
| 15 | Secretary John Coker said the fans had not been disappointed on their return , despite Aryle 's 2–1 defeat at Ayresome Park . |
| 16 | Rebus and his successors had not been aware of the true details of this massacre of prisoners . |
| 17 | But he pointed out that drivers had always been liable to pay tax on their allowances if it exceeded the cost of running and maintaining a car . |
| 18 | My clothes , hair , ears , trainers had all been full of broken bits of twig … |
| 19 | Some initiatives may have been initially funded through Urban Programme expenditure : the enveloping of the external fabric of older dwellings and managed workshops ( discussed in Chapter 7 ) were initiated using the Urban Programme , but it would be difficult to argue that these would not have occurred if Urban Programme funds had not been available . |
| 20 | Jews had previously been unable to travel as complete families , and had to post bonds of US$1,000 per person when going abroad . |
| 21 | The challenge of the reformers had been one great reality but the showmen had always been aware of the other reality and that was that very large numbers of ordinary people , and that included the rich and the poor and people from all nations , were fascinated by moving pictures . |
| 22 | Never being lost for words had always been one of Rory 's great talents , but right now it seemed to have deserted her completely , and she was forced to look away from his dark , probing eyes , horribly aware of his apparent ability to see straight through her . |
| 23 | The Scots had never been parochial in their cultural self-perceptions . |
| 24 | To her astonishment , Sally-Anne , who for two dreadful months had hardly been able to bring herself to be near any man , however young and apparently innocuous , wanted to stroke the corner of his mouth — more , she wanted to smooth the scar away — or , rather , since that was impossible , to run her hand down it and tell him that it did not matter , such a thing could only disturb those who were themselves already disturbed ! |
| 25 | Even that seemingly most child-aware artist , Dick Bruna , says ( 1984 , p.43 ) , ‘ I 'm sure that if the books had n't been such a success , I would still be continuing in the same way . |
| 26 | The remaining 42 vessels had always been British . |
| 27 | Milne said : ‘ The beauty of rugby is that fans have always been able to have a pint afterwards . |
| 28 | ‘ The beauty of rugby is fans have always been able to have a pint afterwards . |
| 29 | My legs have never been hairy . |
| 30 | 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 . |