Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [been] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both worry about the fishing villages whose livelihood has been commercial whaling . |
| 2 | Another change has been extensive draining of moorland ( Stewart and Lance , 1983 ) and this allied to increased sheep numbers and other factors ( Anderson and Yalden , 1981 ) has led not only to a decrease in moorland vegetation but to a reduction in wildlife , notably grouse . |
| 3 | The competitive procurement policy of the Ministry of Defence has been good news not only for the Ministry and the taxpayer but for the yards . |
| 4 | For years the result has been frequent power blackouts for Orcadians as the birds ' elaborate home-making habits — incorporating everything from barbed wire and steel mesh to tin cans and nails — caused the electricity supply to short-circuit . |
| 5 | Europe 's regional economic development programme has been designated objective to status to Plymouth . |
| 6 | For over 25 years the department has been pioneering AI teaching . |
| 7 | Yet for months the world 's promotions industry has been busy marking — and marketing — the event . |
| 8 | In both examples , a conscious attempt has been made-to segment the market . |
| 9 | Another ambition has been financial reward , and it is a lucky man who escapes a conversation with Jackie without being reminded of his various positions , his bankers , his lawyers , his accountants and his courtiers . |
| 10 | ‘ The college has been great offering to find a school for the children , and after school I will be encouraging them to join in the dance and fitness classes for children at the college . ’ |
| 11 | He had been employed before 1917 in the archives of the foreign ministry and one of his ancestors on his mother 's side had been Russian ambassador in Vienna during the 1814 – 15 congress . |
| 12 | The 22-year old Larne man was devastating in the Baltic country ; indeed , most of his performances on the continent have been top notch . |
| 13 | Members of the Worcester Park Machine Knitters Club have been busy knitting items for the Special Care Baby Unit at Kingston Hospital in Surrey . |
| 14 | The advent of the Reagan administration , and its alliance with the powerful pro-Israeli lobby has been bad news for the UN agencies . |
| 15 | So far their reaction to the take-over has been loudly-voiced support , and angrily expressed sentiments of violence , but no violence itself . |
| 16 | Most influential absentee has been top scorer Brett Angell . |
| 17 | Most influential absentee has been top scorer Brett Angell . |
| 18 | In many cases the consequence has been large scale redundancy , and a reduction in size , or contraction , of the organisation . |
| 19 | The consequence has been fierce rivalry between the two in all areas . |
| 20 | Her last post had been General Secretary to the Association of Headmistresses . |
| 21 | While the ebb and flow to this point had been absorbing stuff , the ensuing capitulation was nothing short of astonishing , far more dramatic and conclusive than that suffered by England two years ago ; but still never totally unexpected on a pitch showing wear and uneven bounce in equal measure . |
| 22 | Defying the need to slump her head dejectedly on to her arms , to howl long and hard that every minute of this evening had been utter hell and that all she wanted now was to curl up safe and warm in her own bed . |
| 23 | Literature — above all fiction — has never been a notably gentlemanly profession in Britain , as Dickens and H. G. Wells illustrate ; and the Bloomsbury group had been upper middle-class rather than aristocratic . |
| 24 | For the last two years his title has been Senior Commandant , Family , Housing and Welfare Service for Catterick Garrison . |
| 25 | Noone has come out to say it ( excepting twats like Emlyn Hughes ) , but even all the Wilko for England stuff has been negative saying he s the same a taylor , ie long ball . |
| 26 | PHYSIOTHERAPY experts at Teesside Polytechnic have been busy helping pupils from a Middlesbrough school make a video about the dangers of developing brittle bones through unhealthy diets . |
| 27 | Apple has been successful selling to schools in other countries , but has so far failed to make an impact in Japan ( apart from selling to private schools ) . |
| 28 | That prospect has been worrying bond investors . |
| 29 | Cramming in the goodies but keeping the price below the £19,250 tax barrier has been occupying car makers , Saab among them . |
| 30 | What is missed is that alongside an increase in centralized control has been persistent dissent ; domination — social , economic and ideological — has been maintained only through struggle . |