Example sentences of "have [be] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Ma McKeown said thirteen must 've been her lucky number because she never had no more after that one .
2 I was a flying boy , came in here and all of a sudden was involved in an operation that , that was er quite intense erm the , the noise of the aircraft erm the erm hustle and bustle that we went through , the , the briefings and the er experience of , of erm having a meal that could 've been your last meal .
3 We must accept that for any given F , if x has F , x has it necessarily ; i.e. all the properties that x has are its defining properties .
4 The damaging feature of oralism in the last hundred years or so in Great Britain has been its total rejection of any other method of educating deaf children .
5 He has been involved with the organisation for 30 years and has been its regional head for a decade .
6 One reason for Germany 's popularity has been its cumbersome process of checking claims for asylum .
7 Less immediately obvious has been its powerful influence on the training and recruitment of the civil service for most of the period under review .
8 The main reason has been its long standing commitment ( still evident in some quarters ) to the idea that each of the different forms of functional psychosis is really a distinct type of brain disease , equivalent to those studied in neurology .
9 A long-standing contention among geographers has been the importance — if not uniqueness — of their discipline as a bridge between the natural and the social sciences ; to some , its raison d'être has been its integrating function .
10 Swaziland gained its independence from Britain in 1967 and this has been its national flag ever since .
11 Michelle 's starring role opposite Jack Nicholson , Cher and Susan Sarandon in The Witches Of Eastwick is the one that first brought her to the attention of British audiences , however This month we 'll see her as saucy , sexy restaurant manageress Jo Ann Vallenari alongside Mel Gibson in Tequila Sunrise , and in Dangerous Liaisons- But it has been her straight lead role in the comedy Married To The Mob that has ignited the American critics ' praise .
12 ‘ It has been her acting experience , being in front of cameras from an early age which sets her apart .
13 That , says Mr Tyson , has been their only blessing .
14 In the past , one of the most serious barriers to the growth of online services has been their unfriendly character .
15 Their two eldest sons returned home from school to find their parents loading a furniture van … but worst affected has been their youngest BJ .
16 A constantly recurring theme of The Wedding Present has been their overriding normality .
17 The Wedding Present violently oppose most rock 'n' roll ethos , but perhaps one of the few areas where they have shown loyalty to tradition has been their gluttonous appetite for live work .
18 However , the toenail in the pint of real ale , for me , has been your relentless inability to represent Christian music positively , as represented again by your article ‘ For Easter 's A Jolly Good Fellow ’ .
19 So , for instance , when asked : ‘ What has been your greatest achievement ? ’ the philosopher 's reply will start with ‘ Well , it depends what you really mean by ‘ greatest achievement ’ and the context in which you 're using it . ’
20 What has been your proudest moment this year ?
21 What has been your best holiday ?
22 What has been your best club or warehouse experience ?
23 The computer part of the study has been my personal research interest , but it has also over the years provided stimulating final-year projects for students in the Engineering Mathematics Department .
24 So this has been my first step towards designing something different .
25 Throughout my political life , I 've received restain sustained help from the G M B. In a very real sense , the union has been my political family .
26 Over the past twelve months it has been my great privilege to become more closely involved with those with disabilities , I have seen the enormous efforts being made to encourage participation at a very high competitive level as well as tremendous strides being made at many clubs to bring disabled people into sailing at all levels .
27 Roger Carr has been my close friend and musical director for the past fourteen years , and , until my marriage to Kenneth in 1985 , shared my life and my flat in Sheffield .
28 He said : ‘ It 's been a fabulous two years for me at Leeds and the lack of goals has been my only disappointment .
29 ‘ I would say the overwhelming influence on my artistic interpretation of the world has been my early training as a sculptor .
30 ‘ I would not say this has been my best season .
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