Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until we came to the Furka I 'd been impressed by the Spirit R/T , surprised by the agility of its handling , the sensitivity and accuracy of its power-assisted rack-and-pinion steering , the breadth of the uninterrupted acceleration from its powerful turbocharged engine , the lightness of the controls and the quality of the gearchange . |
| 2 | Before I began the formal research I had been aware from the few parents of children with trisomy 21 I knew that there was more disquiet about their negotiations with professionals and the treatment of their children than had made its way into the academic and professional literature on parents and families . |
| 3 | In this chapter I have been concerned to draw out some of the implications for socialist politics of the analysis of capitalist property relations given earlier . |
| 4 | And now I have to interrupt the first bit of pleasure I 've been able to take in I do n't know how long and put you all to right . |
| 5 | Since her torture she has been unable to stand or walk . |
| 6 | On a week 's package holiday at the time , the first break she had been able to afford since leaving drama school , it had taken her all of five minutes to make up her mind to stay . |
| 7 | ‘ The recession has had a severe impact upon the advertising market but by sheer hard work , backed by increasing readership we have been able to increase revenues over our last financial year — we would like to have done better but we are pleased to have held our own in a difficult market . ’ |
| 8 | So far in this chapter we have been concerned with the determinants and consequences of collective bargaining structures as they appertain on an inter-country basis at national level . |
| 9 | In this chapter we have been concerned with interpreting patterns of variation in speech communities with reference to the norms that can be shown to exist at varying levels of abstraction and generality . |
| 10 | In this chapter we have been concerned with the sharp end of the political process — with the institutions on which rests the job of maintaining order and of enforcing the decisions of the political process , however reached , on any citizens or foreign persons who do not voluntarily accept them . |
| 11 | From our study we have been able to show that at least 5% ( 6/122 ) of patients will not have polyps at 30 years of age on sigmoidoscopy and , as only 36/ 123 in our series were shown to definitely have polyps under 30 years , the real figure may be somewhat higher . |
| 12 | As a result they have been weak in the diplomatic arena . |
| 13 | Even in their heyday they had been fluid entities which could be dormant in specific areas for years at a time , but the decline at the turn of the century was much more widespread than earlier fluctuations . |
| 14 | On the question of whether as adviser he had been privy to confidential information , he said : ‘ Any ( management ) buyout is party to information other buyers wo n't have . ’ |
| 15 | When he returned to the Gold Coast he had been absent for 12 years : he had departed far too young to have made any mark . |
| 16 | Even with Palottino he had been discreet , not mentioning what the kidnapper had said to him . |
| 17 | As a result it has been possible to provide donations to both RAFA and other local charitable causes until a major RAFA project in the area is identified . |
| 18 | Husameddin offers nothing in the way of specific evidence to support his statement either about Molla Yegan 's resignation or about Molla Fenari 's appointment , however , and is indeed at pains to say that in spite of much research he has been unable to find any signatures of Molla Fenari 's dating from this second kadilik . |
| 19 | There was no logical reason why they should add to the vague tension he 'd been conscious of all day . |
| 20 | Perhaps because this was an interview he had been glad to postpone , even temporarily . |
| 21 | One of the things I want to argue is that in order to construct certain exemplary models of antiracist policy and practice it has been necessary to operate in terms of a reductive representation of racism , one which not only scales down its reality , but ignores its more complex features . |
| 22 | As a student in Trinity College he had been used to doing six hours a week . |
| 23 | In the year under review he has been involved in 20 seminars , 18 counselling workshops and has undertaken 92 company visits . |
| 24 | The Deputy Director of the SIS was a man you could pass in the street without noticing , an effect he 'd been careful to cultivate . |
| 25 | But the shed at the side of the road had been unlocked , and when he peered into it the outline of the covered carriage he had been able to make out in the darkness promised adequate protection and a degree of comfort . |
| 26 | By producing precisely controlled changes in the concentrations of nutrients or salts in the blood it has been possible to explore the role of factors like blood glucose level or cellular dehydration in eating and drinking ( LeMagnen 1985 ; Rolls and Rolls 1982 ) . |
| 27 | As they listened and watched the news from their former homeland it has been distressing for the five native speakers and difficult to maintain their professional distance from events . |
| 28 | I mean , wha what I would like to go on and say is , that er , which the change of administration it has been necessary to er , adopt a different way of , of developing the budget , and I think you 're quite right to erm , pay credit to the effort of the er , budget review er , sub-committee . |
| 29 | In my work I have been involved with many families who have needed to arrange a funeral . |
| 30 | No wonder she 'd been desperate to have contact with the Foundling Hospital . |