Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Research Councils , through the Advisory Board for the Research Councils ( ABRC ) have commissioned a number of studies of research policy , in order to determine the best measures for the objective assessment of research productivity , and those carried out by the Science Policy Research Unit ( SPRU ) at Sussex University have been fundamental in reviewing existing measures , and suggesting new indicators which may be used singly or in combination . |
| 2 | Obviously Devlin Parnham had been prepared to agree to any sort of conditions to get the count to accept this mission . |
| 3 | Captain Bernard Davidson had been one of Otto Schiff 's adjutants on the Refugee Committee before his appointment by the War Office as recruiting officer for the aliens and refugees . |
| 4 | Tour sponsors Tetley Bitter have been unable to persuade customs to allow supplies in for the players . |
| 5 | Donald and Sheila Baughan had been married for 20 years . |
| 6 | Puddephat had given evidence , saying Melanie Gandell had been one of his brightest students , and he had gone out of his way to encourage her academically as a result . |
| 7 | ‘ It is declared that a good wife is a crown to her husband , but Mrs. Crawley had been much more than a crown to him … she had been crown , throne and sceptre all in one ’ . |
| 8 | It bucked wildly in the night sky , as if deciding whether or not Richard Branson had been lucky enough already , then righted itself and plied on through the night sky , swift and inviolate . |
| 9 | Arsenal supporters have been luckier than most of late ; we have at least had something to spend it on . |
| 10 | Emilia Frere had been right after all . |
| 11 | DARLINGTON striker David Cork has been transfer-listed at his own request . |
| 12 | Considering Renault 's pioneering work in turbocharging for both road and track , it comes as little surprise that the power delivery is so smooth and strong though even Renault engineers have been unable to iron out the last fraction of a second of lag between the throttle being floored and the turbo-pressure rising . |
| 13 | With financial support from the Ancient India and Iran Trust in Cambridge , the Fitzwilliam Museum has been able to mount a loan exhibition of antiquities of ancient Afghanistan and Pakistan . |
| 14 | Mother Jacobsen had been right ! |
| 15 | He had spent his time in a lodging house on the Strand , eking out the small amount of money Edward Morris had been able to lend him . |
| 16 | Edward G. Robinson had been good in the previous year 's Little Caesar and there was to be great acclaim for the explicitness of the following year 's Scarface but it was Cagney 's 1931 performance in The Public Enemy that occasioned the most significant debate . |
| 17 | The reaction from Ulster Unionists has been an almost automatic rejection , but Downing Street has been keen to point out that Foley has been vocal in his criticism of the IRA and his appointment might not be such a bad move . |
| 18 | Nick was so thrilled with my caddying that he told everyone on television in an interview that ‘ Andy Prodger has been great . |
| 19 | David Dale had been worried by the anarchistic stirrings in France and Europe and was anxious to provide a working environment that would satisfy and care for his work force , as well as increase production . |
| 20 | Safely there , she lit the gas , with one of the solid and reliable wooden matches Signor Fixit had been able to find for her , and put on the kettle . |
| 21 | He did not know how long Miss Hepburn had been ill . |
| 22 | Glenys and Neil Kinnock have been regular customers for several years and it was Glenys who had the honour of cutting the ribbon . |
| 23 | I say this in the light of a number of considerations , the effect of which is cumulative : ( a ) Miss T. had been involved in a road traffic accident four days earlier with effects which were not fully known . |
| 24 | Operations geophysicist Erik Havarstein has been responsible for mobilising the seismic vessel for the survey and has spent time in Lagos ensuring the technical specification and safety standards are in place for the survey . |
| 25 | David Mairowitz had been active in Berkeley 's Free Speech Movement ; the one-time editor of the Insect Trust Gazette Bill Levy 's interest was Ezra Pound . |
| 26 | Overseas , the Kuwait operation has been successful in managing the contracts won in the early part of last year . |
| 27 | Baghdad radio reported on May 15 , 1989 , that Hashim Hissan had been relieved of his post as Minister of State due to illness and to " the inability to carry out his duties " . |
| 28 | Eleanor Thorne had been proud , blue-eyed , a widow in her late fifties , energetic and generous . |
| 29 | Eleanor Thorne had been thin , even then , but an upright woman , straight as a twig , straight in the old way they were all taught , books on heads , stiff-corseted . |
| 30 | The sight of Eleanor Thorne had been disturbing , unreal , something that should not have been allowed to happen . |