Example sentences of "have [been] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Ken has been into western styling since he was a child . |
2 | A measure of your success in a coaching session is when the subordinate feels the discussion has been between two equals and that together you have arrived at the best course of action . |
3 | The most marked shift has been between different sectors : the percentage of output ( Gross Domestic product , or GDP ) accounted for by manufacturing has decreased while the proportion attributable to service industries has increased . |
4 | The tendency then , has been towards greater reliance upon market forces and competitive freedom ; a shift of emphasis in the way governments aim to trade-off financial sector policy goals and in the regulatory means by which these goals are to be secured . |
5 | As well as this , the trend over the past few years has been towards greater accountability from business in the form of information about matters other than profit and loss . |
6 | It said : ’ The balance of evidence over the last month has been towards continued recession . |
7 | Both suggest that in the area of sexual morality the change has been towards less restraint , less control and more choice . |
8 | The direction of tertiary education since the mid-seventies , as the process of contraction has continued , has been towards more responsiveness , more accountability , reduced autonomy . |
9 | This may indicate that the conflict has been over peripheral matters , that a core belief in a transcendent power could retain its plausibility , untouched by changing conceptions of the physical world . |
10 | The Liberal Democratic Party has been through many name changes since the 1987 election . |
11 | The United Kingdom has been through 13 years in which unemployment has more than doubled , irreplaceable assets have been wasted , markets at home and abroad have been lost , manufacturing investment has fallen , poverty has increased , the crime rate has rocketed , and talents have been neglected . |
12 | Our Regional Association has been through difficult times , mainly due to isolation and communication problems . |
13 | As a result , an Inservice Panel was established in June 1983 , and it has been through this body that project-related INSET development can be traced . |
14 | Such legislation has been through detailed preparation including the publication of draft clauses . |
15 | ‘ The North has been through hard times but things are changing , ’ he said . |
16 | Where interiors have survived , it has been through benign neglect . |
17 | The car has been through several variations of engine size , but now like an ageing but still beautiful dowager , repeated facelifts can no longer wholly hide the ravages of time and progress . ’ |
18 | Gloucestershire County Council has been down this road before . |
19 | The city this morning is relatively calm , far quieter than it has been on many days in recent months . |
20 | However , against the background of government concern over inner-city disturbances , picket line violence , the Greenham Common demonstrations and other large scale protests , the emphasis has been on preserving order and minimising public inconvenience rather than facilitating effective protest . |
21 | The Congress 's disarray — radical democrats argue that it should be disbanded — has been on embarrassing display this week as deputies argued over what to call their state . |
22 | One of the Moths now at Mandevelle has been on static display in a motor museum for years , and is now almost ready to leap into the air again ; an excellent idea . |
23 | Most of the research on this has been on conversational interaction of a rather restricted kind , such as between doctor and patient , teacher and pupil or between the various speakers in court cases . |
24 | The emphasis in econometric research until recently has been on developing estimators with desirable large sample properties for correctly specified models . |
25 | There are those who would tell you that BMW 's reputation for first-class finish has been on thin ice for some time but , until now , we 've seen little evidence to substantiate the claim . |
26 | At every C&P plant there is concern about energy conservation but emphasis in recent years has been on improving product quality — something which often uses more energy without increasing output . |
27 | ( Everyone is someone 's cousin in Bala , and a great help it has been on several occasions . ) |
28 | Will discussion of reform then be remitted , as it has been on several occasions from 1916 onwards , to a Speaker 's Conference ? |
29 | Indeed , in most examples , the emphasis has been on social systems in which males sporting the elaborate character are polygamous and have little to do with other aspects of reproduction . |
30 | The problem we in Europe face is that Japanese companies have been active in scaling up production for some years , whereas in Europe the emphasis has been on high-quality research , which has only been significantly exploited in the area of basic liquid crystal materials . |