Example sentences of "have [been] [adj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would 've been best with a bigger piece , bigger programme because then we could 've it was easy to see where we were slipping |
| 2 | The report proposes a new structure for the centre , which it says has been underused as a TNO institute . |
| 3 | Since the late nineteenth century , the problem has been one of a surplus of labour . |
| 4 | Whenever Keith has been good for a day Mr Smith should watch a programme on the television with him . |
| 5 | The Enterprise Centre 's ‘ local ’ LEC — LEEL has been supportive of a number of areas of the centre 's activities and sponsored the 1993 Napier Enterprise Lecture . |
| 6 | Jonathon is a graduate of the Northern College of Music and has been professional as a viola and violin player for 6 years . |
| 7 | The other important sub-sect to figure prominently in recent biblical scholarship has been familiar for a long time , but under a different name . |
| 8 | N. American Star has been available for a few years here in the UK . |
| 9 | According to Professor Ian Fells of Newcastle University , the technology has been available for a while . |
| 10 | Since May 1991 the Clio has been available with a fuel-injected 1.8-litre petrol engine and October 1991 saw the introduction of the 16-valve high-performance model . |
| 11 | The PFA chairman no longer figures in Bassett 's first-team plans and has been available at a bargain £70,000 since the end of last season . |
| 12 | This is the first time that such a service has been available at a tennis event . |
| 13 | The increase has been slight at A level , but considerable at O level and CSE , as Figure 11.1 shows . |
| 14 | The issue of commodity bundling has been central to a number of celebrated competition policy cases , including those involving IBM in both the United States and Europe . |
| 15 | ‘ I am not saying she has been subject to a temptation to exaggerate , but I merely remind you of those matters which can exist in relation to a woman 's evidence . ’ |
| 16 | This effect , sometimes referred to as ‘ encoding specificity ’ ( e.g. Tulving and Thomson 1973 ; Tulving 1983 ) has been subject to a range of interpretations but what concerns us here is the general possibility that contextual factors might determine test performance by modulating the ease with which stored information is retrieved . |
| 17 | For a long time reading has been subject to a variety of fads and fashions . |
| 18 | A criminal bankrupt and a person who has been subject to a previous bankruptcy can only apply for their discharge after the end of five years from the commencement of their bankruptcy ( s 280(1) ) . |
| 19 | This is an emotive case , which has been subject to a full investigation by the special investigation branch of the Royal Military Police , and disciplinary action has been taken against the soldier in relation to the allegations . |
| 20 | companies whose equity share capital has been subject to a marketing arrangement as described in Section 163(2) ( b ) of the Companies Act 1985 at any time during the 10 years prior to the relevant date ( e.g. companies whose shares have been traded on the USM or used to be traded on the 3rd Market ) ; |
| 21 | For example , assume that a child is a rehabilitated person within the meaning of the Act : in other words , he has been subject to a supervision requirement and that requirement has been terminated or a year has elapsed since the date of the hearing that imposed the supervision requirement , whichever is the longer , and he has committed no further offences during the rehabilitation period ; or he has appeared before a children 's hearing which has decided not to impose a supervision requirement on him and six months has elapsed during which time he has committed no further offences . |
| 22 | Each entry has been hand-crafted by a skilled specialist in lexical analysis . |
| 23 | Well let's forget about that , let's forget about the two thousand odd people who 've said no , let's forget about the fact that there were these accidents in that road , because no we 've got the M forty the A forty four — well the A thirty four as it was — has been relieved of a lot of traffic and from a point of view from the Gipsy Working Party Committee they may well feel that they are even more entitled to go ahead with this site . |
| 24 | The resulting reduction in costs has been coincident with a focus on customer service and manufacturing excellence and the operation is now ready to take the opportunities that economic recovery will bring . |
| 25 | In part this has been due to a failure to look at the right parts of the higher order visual cortex , using the right stimuli . |
| 26 | In fact Mr Gardam has been deserving of a larger audience for sometime . |
| 27 | His own money has been hard-earned as a shrewd farmer and dealer , with timing on his side as the property market hit a peak in the late 1980s . |
| 28 | On some days the top of Pea Hill has been bathed in brilliant sunshine , while the valley of the River Wear ahead has been awash in a sea of grey , with tentacles of fog creeping outwards along hedges and gulleys into fields . |
| 29 | Weather wise the early part of the season was good , but August has been poor with a lot of rain . |
| 30 | This fairy castle in the clouds has been asleep for a hundred years and the briars are beginning to take over . |