Example sentences of "[num] [noun] have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will he now answer the question why in the other 11 countries of the European Community the total rise in unemployment in the past 12 months has been 130,000 , while in this country , for which the right hon. Gentleman is responsible , unemployment has risen by nearly 800,000 ? |
| 2 | Does the Minister accept that the virtual destruction of the British Merchant Navy in the past 12 years has been one of the most severe crimes committed against this country by the present Government ? |
| 3 | Does not that answer confirm that the increase in crime in the past 12 years has been greater both in proportion and in number than the increase in crime over the previous 12 centuries ? |
| 4 | In 1917 a mere fifty-three households had been able to sell off excess grain . |
| 5 | By the end of 1992 more than 300 people had been involved in ITED , which as applications across the spectrum of working environments , from finance to manufacturing . |
| 6 | ‘ My husband has put a lot of work into Maastricht and the last six months have been awful for him , ’ she said . |
| 7 | THE last six months have been tough for John Major . |
| 8 | RIBA Services Ltd , whose 1991 result had been poor , managed to produce a small profit in 1992 . |
| 9 | The major portion of the consumption of energy over the past 100 years has been due to the industrialisation of what is now called the Developed World . |
| 10 | His thinking over many years lead to his innovative Lotus 78 , the car that pioneered F1 's ground effect era , and his creative energy over the past 10 years has been instrumental in galvanising Lotus , once a car maker with a fragile future , into an engineering consultancy of huge standing worldwide . |
| 11 | Yet the past five-ten years have been remarkable for the amount of attention given in America to such principles . |
| 12 | The past six weeks have been full . |
| 13 | A pilot scheme involving 2,000 people had been successful and £500,000 for a further survey of 20,000 people had been promised by the Health Education Authority and the Economic and Social Research Council ( ESRC ) . |
| 14 | Up to 1,500,000 people were estimated to have voted , although congestion at the polling stations meant that some 30,000 voters had been unable to vote when the polling stations closed at midnight . |
| 15 | The descant accompanying it for fifty years had been one of complaint . |
| 16 | Up to five pairs were present annually from 1950 to 1960 , a single pair bred in 1965 and up to three pairs have been present annually since 1969 . |
| 17 | The initial reaction by the banking community to the CMI Rules has been skeptical . |
| 18 | These three conceptions have been subject to various criticisms : that many of the discretionary powers are vested in officials and public bodies , that many officials and bodies have powers and immunities that the ordinary citizen does not have , and that certain rights have been modified by or enacted in statute . |
| 19 | Of the 2,329 youngsters registered with Hampshire County Council Careers Service , 21 percent have been unemployed for six months or more . |
| 20 | ‘ Never thank me , ’ he husked , for the three days had been hard on his injured throat . |
| 21 | Much of the publicity that drug usage has received over the last two or three years has been counter-productive . |
| 22 | Any politically informed Briton knows that two of the most politically controversial issues during the last three years have been monetary issues : exchange rate policy ( membership of the ERM ) and interest rate policy . |
| 23 | ‘ We know the last three years have been hard for you , Shai Tung . |
| 24 | The continuous presence of Douglas in the studies of the 1946 sample has been important to the success of that work . |
| 25 | ‘ Each of the last three quarters has been profitable and results continue to be encouraging . ’ |
| 26 | One of the three members had been unable to attend the meeting at which these appeals were heard and a decision made on all the appeals . |
| 27 | Twenty-seven CABx have been involved in piloting the Lawtel service . |
| 28 | Our findings showed that about one in three pupils had been absent from school at least once during the survey weeks . |
| 29 | Formula Three racing has been popular in Great Britain since the early 1950s , when Formula Three cars were powered by 500 cc motor cycle engines . |
| 30 | well , yes sh yes well , this , well this was only the highlights unless the last two or three , no the last two or three parts have been live . |