Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [vb base] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Candidates have the right to complain if they believe a governing body 's decision or procedures have been discriminatory and the latter will be answerable before an industrial tribunal . |
| 2 | Kylie and Jason have been inseparable since their teens |
| 3 | Their dedication and support have been invaluable in both accounting for the Association 's funds and managing them effectively . |
| 4 | Although the flow and use of information about TVEI and NCVQ have been patchy and limited , the aims , in contrast , of Training and Enterprise Councils ( TECs ) are all-embracing . |
| 5 | Questions about possible friction between the disparate corporate cultures of Time and Warner have been current ever since the merger . |
| 6 | The history of Glasgow Rangers Football Club , for example , makes it clear that riots , violence and vandalism have been well-established since at least the 1870s . |
| 7 | It has also shown that these groups of people and institutions have been involved in widespread breaches of the law . |
| 8 | In recent years the Employment Department and the Department of Trade and Industry have been responsible for appropriate interventions but they have been more of a fire fighting nature than a sustained development of policy and role — which in any case , has not been the way government departments have tended to behave since they are organised to implement government policy in the immediate rather than long term . |
| 9 | The ‘ aristocratic ’ character of landowning has been a central basis for social status and political power in Britain for centuries , and the divisions of interest between land and industry have been fundamental to the political development of the upper class . |
| 10 | I have known Rob and Sarah for ten years and their constant support , encouragement and friendship have been invaluable . |
| 11 | I would not want anyone to think that all my interactions with editors and referees have been unrewarding , many of my papers have been improved substantially as a result of the feedback I have received . |
| 12 | It has been gratifying to learn that the panel 's work stimulated so much discussion and presbyteries and sessions have been generous in their acknowledgement of this . |
| 13 | Inevitably single women with children and elderly women form an important part of this group , and indeed , housing associations and co-ops have been important in providing groups with an opportunity to live collectively as a positive alternative to the nuclear family . |
| 14 | The SAS and LBS have been subject to a process known as ‘ Barnardisation ’ , in order to blur them and make sure that individuals or households can not be identified . |
| 15 | These changes have also been socially differentiated , because in-migrants and out-migrants have been selective in terms of age , sex and socio-economic characteristics . |
| 16 | If that is the case , then Annabelle and Steven have been fortunate in enjoying the most wonderful beginning . |
| 17 | In recent years , strong parish based courses — especially in preparation for the Sacraments of the Eucharist and Confirmation — have grown up and schools have been happy to change their programme accordingly . |
| 18 | Since there are so many alleged dope smugglers languishing in Mexican jails , some claimed to be unjustly accused , relations between the U.S. and Mexico have been taut of late . |
| 19 | Their maturity and intelligence have been two vital possessions for survival in a business that is often evanescent . |
| 20 | There is no question here of portraying our heroine as a normal woman whose energy and intelligence have been frustrated . |
| 21 | In comparison to the way in which fraud , obfuscation and inanity have been able to hold out in other fields — from politics and religion to scholarship and law — it is an impressive record . |
| 22 | I think that one important strand in the rejection of feminism by many women has been a feeling that feminists are saying that their lives have been of no value , and that their activities and concerns have been trivial . |
| 23 | whether your job performance and attitude have been satisfactory over the years ; |
| 24 | For example , one partner facilitated the removal of carpet tiles so that our staff and parents have been able to carpet most of the school . |
| 25 | Some values , attitudes and emotions have been subject to modification over time , but the essential orientations outlined above have not been discarded . |
| 26 | The affinities between music and poetry have been familiar since antiquity , though they are largely ignored in the current intellectual climate . |
| 27 | The role of music , song , and poetry have been important to the YCCC as well , and this too is a central theme of Highlander . |
| 28 | Do you know me and Ted have been married thirty year no not thirty , they 've been going out together thirty years |
| 29 | George and Helen have been married forty-five years . |
| 30 | We 've been lucky in that companies and organisations have been supportive of our appeal . |