Example sentences of "have been [art] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm coming up a hill near some kind of huge church or cathedral — there must 've been a service or a concert going on because people are pouring out — one of them 's singing a high trill and her boyfriend 's cross : ‘ Please , Miranda ! |
| 2 | It must 've been a belt that 's come right through central London and completely missed the suburbs , or North London anyway suburbs |
| 3 | She always always oh she she had a second sight like that , I think she should 've been a doctor if she 'd lived in these this day and age . |
| 4 | possible , it might 've been a joke and she had managed to convince him unclear |
| 5 | He would 've been an asset if he 's |
| 6 | Naturally this only applies where there has been no illness or injury which would cause dramatic loss of functioning . |
| 7 | It was crucial to the consistency of the work that it should not conclude : the narrator simply states that ‘ there has been no decision except that I 'm moving on ’ ( Wurlitzer 1969 : 161 ) . |
| 8 | No " PD Form " will be required as there has been no conveyance or transfer on sale . |
| 9 | The current exercise has been no exception and the task has not been made any easier by the current level of economic uncertainty and its implications for the future size and structure of employment and unemployment at the end of the plan period . |
| 10 | Researchers are trying to develop ways of recognising domesticated pulses , eg rye , peas and chickpeas , which were very important in ancient nutrition , but up to now there has been no technique that readily identifies them . |
| 11 | To my knowledge there has been no research that has set out to study from the start how far a child 's attachment to a new family or carer is impeded or not or whether ‘ the child 's personality will be damaged ’ where a birth parent or relative keeps contact whilst the child is with psychological parents . |
| 12 | But there has been no suggestion that from this point of view credit scoring is less satisfactory than individual assessment . |
| 13 | Yet there has been no suggestion that this agency should say why licences are refused ( as in Norway ) or hold public inquiries when unsafe drugs are withdrawn ( as in the United States ) . |
| 14 | It may show there has been no irregularity or malpractice , in which case the process ends . |
| 15 | This does not alter the fact — and it is imperative to grasp this — that even if there has been no alteration or amendment whatever , and every word is identical , with exactly the same sort of type and format , a new edition is created every time there is a new setting of type . |
| 16 | Equally , there has been no need or opportunity to discuss concepts of rights in detail , since there are no entrenched constitutional provisions to serve as an automatic focus of attention . |
| 17 | For so long there has been no regulation or regulatory body who can impose standards upon the canopy designer and manufacturer and , as a direct conslequence of this omission , the quality of both have varied from very high to ‘ good grief is that thing legal ! ’ , all lwithout legal recourse . |
| 18 | He used to export half his rice crop , but for four years there has been no export and so no incentive to grow more than he needs . |
| 19 | The currency convertability restrictions threaten to wipe out the country 's domestic base of small resellers unless suppliers opt to extend credit facilities further , but to date there has been no indication that suppliers are prepared to take such steps . |
| 20 | If the result is as intended there has been no learning but equally none was needed because I understood the situation , I achieved my objective and I can move on to other problems . |
| 21 | ( a ) Stamp duty A PD Form is required only if there has been a conveyance or transfer on sale ( eg Precedent 17 ) . |
| 22 | ( a ) Stamp duty Where there has been a conveyance or transfer on sale a PD Form will be required ; if the consideration is less than £60,000 and the property already has registered title , the PD Form should be sent to HM Land Registry with the application for registration of the transfer ( the Stamp Duty ( Exempt Instruments ) Regulations 1985 ( SI No 1688 ) ) . |
| 23 | There has been a contraction and closure of plants , especially in the central urban areas , while there has been some expansion elsewhere . |
| 24 | There has been a promise that prosperity will be permanent . |
| 25 | ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time . |
| 26 | The hon. Gentleman has been a Minister and is conversant with the systems that operate here . |
| 27 | Place has been a wreck when they 've got it back . ’ |
| 28 | Anyone who has been a parent or had much to do with family and children will have seen the discrepancies . |
| 29 | So since 1983 there has been a possibility that any estimate may be subjected to critical review by the House of Commons . |
| 30 | Apart from intervention , the other usual response to currency pressure has been a rise or reduction in interest rates . |