Example sentences of "have been [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In trusts , however , it has been widely maintained that intention always counted for a lot more than words . |
| 2 | It has been well established that death rates are highly correlated with the incidence of chronic diseases which are known to justify health service intervention . |
| 3 | The vast majority of mammals and the vast majority of birds do n't use echolocation , and it is highly probable that their common ancestor did n't either ( nor did it fly — that is another technology that has been independently evolved several times ) . |
| 4 | It has been generally accepted that demolition of itself does not constitute development and , although there is some legal uncertainty on the matter , local authorities have typically assumed that demolition is outside the ambit of development control . |
| 5 | ICI Paints has been systematically measuring all the waste generated by its factories worldwide . |
| 6 | Chatam , who was narrowly beaten by Jodami in the Hennessy Cognac Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown , has been lightly raced this year and is not yet a certain runner . |
| 7 | Imagining the scene , poor Cindy hustled out to some waiting car with one of Cashman 's beefy paws grasping her arm like a manacle , Matthew tried to repress the thought that it might have been exactly to escape such strong-arm tactics that the beautiful Cindy had vanished , Matthew said , ‘ Why do you think she might have come here ? ’ |
| 8 | In the test question with a calendar provided , the number of days in July was not given ; the success rates would probably have been higher had this information been given . |
| 9 | That was done because the applicants did a detailed traffic survey , albeit on a Wednesday afternoon , and the county council had n't done a detailed traffic survey , so they felt that if they went to appeal without that detailed traffic survey to back 'em up , they would have been rightly shouted that , or disputed by the applicants that had done one . |
| 10 | ‘ Where 's Beuno ? ’ asked Betty casually , and Lydia realised that she must have been silently asking that all the way from the farmhouse . |
| 11 | The shape and substance of the campaigns of each of the parties is slowly taking public form , having been privately settled some time last summer in the face of the possibility of an autumn poll . |
| 12 | Bill 's loyalty to his apprentice had been ill rewarded this evening and no trainer could afford to be sentimental . |
| 13 | For example , on the crucial question of the medical condition of the evacuees , which was to cause so much controversy , the Board of Education believed that local authorities had been adequately warned that pediculosis ( head lice ) would be a problem and had been given instructions on how to disinfect children by the use of steam baths ; also that its memorandum Ev . |
| 14 | ‘ Up West ? ’ said Matey , handing Sally-Anne the china from the small dresser in the kitchen , which had been scrupulously washed that morning and was now being replaced by Sally-Anne who was standing on a small stool to reach the top shelf . |
| 15 | Bad news had a habit of springing ghastly surprises , the way that shattering news about her mother had sprung the cruellest surprise of all … the way her foolish idyll last night had been ruthlessly shattered this morning … |
| 16 | ‘ If there had been less talk these past few weeks then perhaps the rumours that aided Bragad 's cause would never have arisen . |
| 17 | Erm the nuclear industry also has erm er a subsidy , it 's known as the nuclear levy erm and there is reasons for that erm one is that erm some money has to be put aside to decommission nuclear power stations in the future erm now the s C G B , before it was broken up , had been actually putting some money aside year by year yeah ou ou out of the money that was generated fr er er from selling electricity nuclear power stations , some was put to one side , notionally , o on the accounts f f for a future decommissioning . |
| 18 | But it had been only to say some things about her son which it was better that a boy of eleven should n't catch ( 8 ) . |
| 19 | In districts where industrial crafts such as weaving or metalworking had been long established many families had a history of involvement in one or more of the local trades over several generations . |
| 20 | I think Linda and Graham were the only people there who had been before have any other common |
| 21 | Erm but I 've been this is I 've been progressively pricing this account . |
| 22 | It hit sectors and people who largely escaped before , the skilled , the clerical workers , the managers and the professionals who 've been badly mauled this time , and where last time around er the service sector was expanding to mop up some of those who 'd lost their jobs in manufacturing , this time the service sector too has been in deep trouble . |
| 23 | I 've been so chilled all day , made myself cup after cup of coffee and tea , and I 've run out . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm going to get drunk , to hell , I 've been half drunk half my life , who gives a fuck if I 'm drunk again ? |
| 25 | My officers have been bravely patrolling that estate , on behalf of the community which we serve , and will continue to do so . |
| 26 | Banks and building societies have been strenuously selling such products in recent weeks ahead of a possible Budget ban . |
| 27 | Parts of the press and television , some still government-controlled , have been energetically making little of the latest setback . |
| 28 | We rely on others to make that crucial separation for us , between the two bodies that have been physically linked all through the gestation period . |
| 29 | The environment is the source of all ingredients for human subsistence-food , water , and shelter ; how it is perceived , and how its potential as a resource base is realized , are the foundations of the contemporary human occupance of the earth , even if those foundations have been substantially reworked many times , in many places . |
| 30 | Until the recent arrival of Joanna Lumley , the only thing Lovejoy was likely to leap into was his open-topped Morris Minor , but for the last few episodes he 's been gleefully doing more bedding than bidding . |