Example sentences of "[subord] we have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Investing for the future although , although we 've been keen to drive for cash er , we really wanted to , to use the benefit of having a strong balance sheet and so where investment has seemed sensible and sound , we 've made those investments , of course we 've put er , cash in the B Sky B er and we 've also invested further in the er Spanish group , the Recollectors Group taking our stake in expansion , adding some cash and getting a stake in the bigger bigger grouping . |
| 2 | Another effect of high fertility plus high mortality in the nineteenth century was a much wider age spread between siblings than we have been familiar with in the twentieth century , with the older siblings ( if they survived ) being on the verge of adulthood while their younger brothers and sisters were still being born . |
| 3 | I shall seek to show clearly where the hon. Gentleman went wrong on public expenditure and how other nations , which are much more balanced , have been able to develop their real economies , their manufacturing bases and their wealth-creating processes so much more effectively than we have been able to do in the United Kingdom . |
| 4 | Our club membership consists of a large number of ‘ Taffs ’ , so we have been shocked and horrified that the W.R.U . |
| 5 | Mr Tony Cove , Pilkington 's public relations manager , said : ‘ Fortunately we opened a new production line recently and the building industry is down on its orders at the moment , so we have been able to cope . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Fortunately we have been investing heavily in new plant and equipment , so we have been able to respond quickly to this rapid demand growth . ’ |
| 7 | We have been having lovely weather , so we have been able to get out quite a lot . |
| 8 | There is nothing left either in womanpower or funds to devote to blowing our own trumpet , so we have been unable to impress you with the extent and importance of our work . |
| 9 | ‘ IN APRIL 1992 , a researcher from the BBC 's dramatised documentary programme ‘ 999 ’ contacted our Community Education Department asking if we had been involved in any unusual incident where rescues had been carried out . |
| 10 | I can tell him that , if we had been involved in the process during the years in which this Government were involved , proper priority would have been given to the very stipulations that we laid down some time ago about convergence , the accountability of institutions and the need for a change in regional and structural funding — as well as several other considerations , some of which are now contained in article 2 of the treaty . |
| 11 | If we had been 6-0 up at half-time no-one could have complained . |
| 12 | The driver seemed as concerned to show off his excessive acceleration as if we had been prospective buyers and he a salesman . |
| 13 | But Gustave used to write me letters describing what it would have been like if we had been married . |
| 14 | If we had been alone , he would have complained bitterly about the hotel . |
| 15 | But what , I think we do need to have is quite a a a a a we 've not a no solution body who would agree with me , er you know , some of the things that have gone on within the er er agricultural industry in terms of gang masters , which is if if surely if if if we had been more clearly defined if would enforce probably the whole industry into disrepute , and I feel that we do need a a a a a a a framework , with a with a supply into Europe , because in the end we will not just be competing against other European countries we will be competing against the third world and some producers that are producing very different situations , so , I I think er , and and I 'm concerned that it is the , it is that delegation , and it is the interpretation that our own government will put on it , because there 's been so much mythology surrounding Europe . |
| 16 | If we had been aware of the remarks , I suppose it might have been better not to have made the appointment . ’ |
| 17 | It is possible that a greater difference would have emerged if we had been able to age-match the Crohn 's disease and control groups , as age has been shown to be inversely correlated with intestinal blood volume . |
| 18 | As skipper Ian Butterworth said : ‘ If we had been top after six games you could have called it lucky — but not after 17 matches . |
| 19 | ‘ What if we had been bad people ? ’ they kept asking . |
| 20 | He looked up and his eyes were dark , and we were both embarrassed in a way that we would n't have been if we 'd been close together , but it was better that we should stand on our own for this . |
| 21 | If we 'd been alone , God knows what might have happened . ’ |
| 22 | If we 'd been secretive , the children would have worried more . |
| 23 | It would all have been different if we 'd been able to have children . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , of course we 'd have carried on if we 'd been able to make a living at it . |
| 25 | so in the end I said to him look we 've so really it could have perhaps done with , I suppose if we 'd been sensible it could , because it needed , the gas fire needs to come out , it does need a lot of , still really needs a lot of things doing to it . |
| 26 | And of course it would n't if we 'd been more accurately given the address , but |
| 27 | We 've put in for the club entry and we 're just waiting to hear , you know , if we 've been lucky or not . |
| 28 | " If we have been unable to give Spain greater well-being " , he said , " let it be very clear that this has been due to foreign incomprehension . " |
| 29 | The complication has been that because last year 's trading profits were lower than expected we did n't have any taxable profits against which to claim back this A C T so as this would be the first year in which taxable profits would arise unless we 'd not been unless we 'd been able to find some other way of dealing with it the A C T which we pay would not have been recoverable till January ninety five . |
| 30 | A full and concise response ( together with an offer of compensation if appropriate ) will follow within the next 28 days unless we have been unable to investigate your claim fully within that time , in which case you will receive a detailed explanation for the delay and a full reply within 56 days from receipt of your initial correspondence . |