Example sentences of "[adv] have [been] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when all has been considered the next and final step is the survey itself . |
| 2 | To counter these claims he tempers the language slightly : ‘ The article should perhaps have been entitled the ‘ implications ’ rather than the consequences of literacy . ’ |
| 3 | Very heavy Syrian casualties would apparently have been deemed a lesser price to pay than the probable failure of anything less than what the general 's men say was planned : a full-scale armoured and infantry assault involving 40,000 men on five main axes along a 50-kilometre front . |
| 4 | In the meantime , of course , he had become a Schopenhauerian , the relevant effect of which can only have been to confirm the validity of his preoccupation with music and his suspicion of the new musical idiom . |
| 5 | Not only that ; we would be breaking the law if we ‘ interfered ’ with him in any way ; the sand lizard is considered rare enough to have been designated a ‘ protected species ’ ( Wildlife and Countryside Act , 1981 ) . |
| 6 | Some members were housed in an annexe , but they were fortunate enough to have been allocated the spartan , but adequate rooms in the main building . |
| 7 | The single women who hitherto had been considered a good influence on the girls were relegated to obscurity whilst the married heterosexual women were left to emerge as the ( acceptable and healthy ) role models . |
| 8 | A standard rumour was that someone the story-teller knew personally had been hitching a lift one dark night . |
| 9 | Women and disabled drivers who feel at risk of breaking down alone have been thrown a lifeline by a motoring organisation . |
| 10 | Where there is a formal announcement of a royal proclamation to dissolve parliament before the special meeting referred to in paragraph ( b ) above has been held the provisions of this section ( other than this paragraph ) shall be suspended and the said Member of Parliament shall be reselected as the prospective parliamentary candidate unless he or she intimated his or her intention to retire in which case the provisions of section ( 4 ) of this clause shall apply . |
| 11 | Each is eager to present himself as the most qualified man to head off protectionist measures and to restore Japan 's good name , which lately has been looking a little tarnished . |
| 12 | And that means this hay meadow which would normally have been cut a month ago is still standing to let wildflowers seed and fledgling birds fly . |
| 13 | It would just have been having a good time . |
| 14 | Bowe might just have been demonstrating an innate sense of psychological testing techniques . |
| 15 | This book , which might as easily have been entitled The Triumph of Realism , might equally have been subtitled The Return of the Native . |
| 16 | London police chiefs are understood , however , already to have been planning an initiative early next year which would lower height requirements . |
| 17 | He can hardly have been wearing a ski mask in the street at that hour of the morning , whether it was snowing or not . ’ |
| 18 | Léonie had discovered that , without ever having been taught a single rule of grammar , she spoke the language perfectly . |
| 19 | ( It was just as well I did n't know at the time that Jack would once have been called a psychopath , which to most people effectively means ‘ murderer ’ ) Untreatable ? |
| 20 | The latest goal to Brann was given on a dubious penalty in overtime and there should probably have been given a free-kick for handling — for — Lyn just before the last Brann goal — the ref admitted this after seeing the whole situation on video-tape . |
| 21 | Although the SSC , like most things , could probably have been designed a bit better and made to cost a bit less , physics dictates its overall scale . |
| 22 | Moin , nightwatchman , was beaten for pace on the pull-shot , but no declaration came at lunch ( 480 for 5 ) , nor after a rain interruption during which 12 overs were lost , it being believed that the runs were best scored in the first innings , and England would probably have been offered the light soon after their innings commenced . |
| 23 | You will also have been earning a salary meanwhile , so you are likely to be considerably better off as a result . |
| 24 | A hospital in the Bradford district had renovated some ward space for geriatric patients who subsequently ended up elsewhere , the purchasers presumably having been made an offer they could n't refuse . |
| 25 | For instance : ‘ My greatest achievement so far has been supervising the Brillo campaign . ’ |
| 26 | His most effective action so far has been to deflect the corruption allegations by recruiting Spain 's ‘ Mr Clean ’ to stand alongside him as a Socialist candidate . |
| 27 | On the other hand , Major 's strategy so far has been to initiate a secret review of intelligence gathering in Northern Ireland . |
| 28 | The favoured strategy so far has been to introduce a cooling-off period before industrial action could be taken . |
| 29 | To my mind , the major contribution of econometrics to our understanding of advertising so far has been to establish the relatively marginal effect of advertising expenditure level changes in comparison with price changes : typically , price movements relative to competition seem to account for as much as 70–80 per cent of the changes in brand shares in a market . |
| 30 | The only problem so far has been to anchor the device when the current gets too strong . |