Example sentences of "[been] [adj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several organisations have been signed-up to the rebuild and the schedule has the aircraft flying on the 50th anniversary date . |
| 2 | It 's hard to imagine now the armies of men working here and at Beldi Hill , but at one time the area must have been loud with the noise of men and their picks , crowbars , shovels , barrows , crushing hammers and water-wheels . |
| 3 | Geoffrey 's appointment was appropriate , as he had been assistant to the marshal in the Welsh war of 1282 . |
| 4 | Jonathon is a graduate of the Northern College of Music and has been professional as a viola and violin player for 6 years . |
| 5 | Santa shivered when Suzanne wrapped his body in cold , clammy bandages which had been pre-soaked in a solution of menthol , camphor , marine algae and alcohol . |
| 6 | It is in the field of its own procedures that the Court of Appeal , in the past , has been receptive to the claim of substantive justice . |
| 7 | He wondered whether he 'd been asleep for a while , or just deep in thought . |
| 8 | She felt heavy-lidded and drowsy , as if she had been asleep for a week . |
| 9 | I 've been asleep for an hour . |
| 10 | Have I been asleep under a hedge with a strange man not my husband ? |
| 11 | Had he been asleep at the time ? |
| 12 | By the embers of the fire in the grate of the long kitchen , the burly man had been asleep in a chair . |
| 13 | He 's been asleep in the car . |
| 14 | He was also the most relaxed of batsmen , often having been asleep in the dressing-room before going out to the middle . |
| 15 | Then there are the poems of Persia and India that I love above all others ; they have gone the farthest and have been freest of the world 's gravity . |
| 16 | I had been poorly for a while and could n't eat and the doctor thought it may be appendicitis so he sent me to Darlington Hospital . |
| 17 | Much of the research into the social psychology of racism has been narrow to the extent to which it has concentrated upon images of outgroups , rather than on the image of ‘ prejudice ’ or ‘ racism ’ itself . |
| 18 | The Chinese leaders appear to have been dissatisfied with a number of aspects of the Sino-Soviet treaty of 1950 , and at the 20th Congress of the CPSU in 1956 they were reportedly unhappy about the manner in which Khrushchev had denounced the actions of Stalin . |
| 19 | In fact it seems more likely that Picasso felt that the Demoiselles as he decided to accept or leave it represented a truly astonishing challenge with which he himself must come to terms ; obviously if he had been dissatisfied with the look of the painting he would not have left it as it is , and it has been argued that the stylistic discrepancies within the painting are essential to its iconography , to the message which it is intended to convey . |
| 20 | The appointment of Tapie — who was not a member of the ruling Parti socialiste ( PS ) although as a deputy for the " presidential majority " he had voted along with it — had been controversial within the PS . |
| 21 | Both proposals , little changed in respect to the previous , have been controversial within the Commission itself and are still causing problems among the member states . |
| 22 | It would have been opportune for the committee to examine the whole purpose and function of A levels , to see whether they were needed at all ; or whether , if retained , they should be radically changed . |
| 23 | Both establishments had open fronts so that conditions for employees could not have been pleasant during the winter months . |
| 24 | Mr Morley is understood to have been depressed since the death of his wife from cancer nearly two years ago . |
| 25 | Third , Indian exports have been depressed by a combination of politics and nature . |
| 26 | I happened to see Sir John Woods [ Permanent Secretary to the Board of Trade ] tonight and he told me that Sir Stafford Cripps had been reading the minutes of Cabinet committees during his absence [ in India , where he had been for nearly four months trying to reach a settlement which would lead to independence ] and had been depressed by the amount of time and energy taken up in the Ministerial Committees with the discussion of quite minor matters which individual Ministers ought to settle in their discretion . |
| 27 | this morning this beautiful day had been rich with the promise of some wonderful event before nightfall . |
| 28 | Mum jumped up straight away and began rearranging the furniture which had been upset in the commotion . |
| 29 | He was put on probation and ordered to do community service after a solicitor said he 'd been upset by the death of his mother . |
| 30 | He began by saying he had been asked to speak on censorship and that he had been upset by the reception meted out to Sinead O'Connor at the Madison Square Garden Bob Dylan tribute . |