Example sentences of "that has been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This , in theory , saves lives on the other side — a concern that has been rare in recent wars , but seems to carry some weight in this one .
2 We are now getting close to the flanks of Akka , a seven-peaked mountain that has been visible for four or five days .
3 Throughout industry this election day , a host of trade unionists are waiting with acute anxiety , nursing their hopes : a Labour victory will enable them to reassert their influence on factories throughout the land , in a manner that has been impossible for a decade .
4 Political culture is a vague abstract concept that has been subject to various definitions .
5 It was Esquire 's dubious achievement to be born into an economy that has been unkind to all , but one in which the advertising business has been particularly hard-pressed .
6 After months of pursuing its quarry , it looks like IXI Ltd has finally nailed down the OEM agreement with DEC for its X.desktop manager that has been long in the making .
7 We move on next day over hard packed snow that has been wind-blown into flutes and columns .
8 This type of index is used in the Indexed Sequential Access Method ( ISAM ) that has been available on IBM mainframe computer systems since the late sixties , and is now available on some microcomputers .
9 Any management training that has been available for ryokan has been almost entirely ‘ in house ’ up to now , although the whole area of hotel management training is being rethought in Japan .
10 I 'm the fifth generation of a family that has been involved in the theatre … they 've built theatres , run companies , been actors , married actresses .
11 If you doubt this , talk to any private oil company that has been involved in the North Sea .
12 It quite frequently happens that a horse that has been used to drinking out of a dam or stream , will always refuse water from a trough or bucket , irrespective of how thirsty it may be .
13 The second attraction is that the Town and Country Planning Association is a fascinating case study of a pressure group that has been active over a long period .
14 Both Tustian and Pardoe are among the 600 farmers who are approved by the Soil Association , the largest organic farming body in Britain , whose main criterion is that certified produce must be grown on soil that has been free from artificial additives for at least two years .
15 Yet few audit firms have chosen to protect themselves by becoming limited companies , an option that has been open to them since October last year .
16 Is could be seen as a classic example of the muddle that has been prevalent at the top of Welsh rugby except that the pressures here — unrecognisable from those in other home unions — are so many and varied that it is impossible to respond to them all , let alone resist them .
17 Then the king will say to those on his right hand , ‘ You have my Father 's blessing ; come , enter and possess the kingdom that has been ready for you since the world was made .
18 With the precious metal that has been undetected for so long in the folds of these hills , disseminated through the rock in an average ratio of half an ounce to a ton of stone , the sheer volume of likely debris is worrying .
19 We shall continue to put pressure on local authorities with stock that has been empty for more than a year .
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