Example sentences of "and [verb] be a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The question of washing-over and insetting is a technical planning matter in which the population as a whole is not well versed .
2 Yes , I mean er something to er mitigate or er evade and evade is a bad word is n't it really ?
3 Over the last 30 years , research has become big business , and has been a key element in the formation of new academic disciplines .
4 After bodyguard work he turned to full time military journalism in 1985 ; and has been a frequent and major contributor to the French magazine RAIDS .
5 He was Isaac Woolfson Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Oxford from 1966 to 1992. was part-time chairman of AEA from 1982 to 1984 and has been a part-time member since then .
6 The Washington attorney was a close friend and adviser to Guinness 's former chairman , Ernest Saunders , and has been a major target of the SFO 's investigation of the corporate scandal .
7 The terminal has expanded its storage capacity five-fold since its initial inauguration and has been a major and consistent profit earner in the intervening years .
8 You will no doubt be familiar with the Tesco Healthy Eating campaign which started in 1985 and has been a major success .
9 Stainrod has scored six goals from just five starts and has been a major influence in Dundee 's recent run of good form .
10 Mr Canavan , who is fighting for re-election as MP for Falkirk West and has been a prominent member of PLCND , said : ‘ I have always been proud to be a member of CND and will continue to campaign vigorously for unilateral nuclear disarmament within the Labour Party .
11 Self taught , Albert , who is a relative of George Barron , of BBC TV 's Beechgrove Garden fame , has been tending the gardens for 16 years and has been a consistent winner in the gardens competition over the years .
12 He underwent three operations on the long haul back to fitness and has been a helpless onlooker as Leeds floundered in their title defence .
13 Finally , the Gatwick Express service between London ( Victoria ) and Gatwick Airport was launched by InterCity in May 1984 and has been a great success .
14 Under normal circumstances small favours of this type could be obtained by a politician with government connections , and it was only circumstances of a temporary nature which made job provision difficult for Scots politicians , such as the effective block which appeared in 1737 following the lynching of an officer of the City Guard of Edinburgh , when as a writer remarked , the hanging of Captain Porteous ‘ sticks vastly in his majesties stomach and has been a great detriment to our countray-men in getting any thing done ’ .
15 There is and has been a great temptation to design many types of record sheets which involve complex systems of ticks , crosses and shadings to represent attainment .
16 This type of relief is of great benefit to the retiring director upon the disposal of his shares in the company , providing he has kept a sufficient percentage holding of shares and has been a full-time working director until this point in time .
17 ‘ He is a decent fellow , and has been a good skipper .
18 The last-swimming oceanic Dall 's porpoise is a popular food item and has been a favourite target of Japanese harpoons in the province of Iwate ( north-eastern Honshu ) for many years .
19 As well as years of service to the R Y A , Scot di R Y A Scotland , Staveley has twice served in the R Y A Council and has been a distinguished member of the Yacht Racing Divisional Committee .
20 Isabel has worked with great energy for the Society , and has been a much-welcomed participant and calm presence at many Society functions .
21 In 1932–3 it was extended by a further 80m and has been a popular promenade for tourists and Madeirans ever since , as well as a good place from which to observe the activity in the harbour and marina .
22 Because the prodigal son came back , and stopped being a black sheep , and became the accepted son , again .
23 Smiling and laughing is a terrific tonic for everyone .
24 Does the Minister accept that board and lodging is a second-best provision for those families ?
25 Tell Clifford to hang on to his job and stop being a bloody fool .
26 The act of faith required to permit children to judge and to choose is a simple one .
27 ‘ Well , I feel lying and waiting is a poor man 's deal , and I feel hopelessly weighed down by your eyes of steel ! ’
28 ‘ Well , I feel lying and waiting is a poor man 's deal , and I feel hopelessly weighed down by your eyes of steel ! ’
29 As a result a one day seminar was held in August and enclosed is a complimentary copy of the report from the seminar .
30 What he spotted and exploited was a huge gap in the market — the provision of all-in accommodation and entertainment , the all-round holiday package .
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