Example sentences of "and [adj] have been [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past I have had to carry all my stuff with me and that has been a drag . |
| 2 | And erm the only other outstanding sponsor from last year was Northern Rock and that has been a bit of a qu a problem because er it 's , we have n't had a closing gala event which might attract them but just recently erm Paul who as you know performed last year with his band so er well er is , had rang me and said that they are doing something in Venice and they could in fact take the boat to Hull rather than to Dover and bring it here and I 'm , so I 'm working on the assumption that we might have that . |
| 3 | and that has been a long time coming but it now appears to be |
| 4 | There has been one miracle already and that has been the hand put back on . ’ |
| 5 | It has been overtaken by local practices and informal agreements — and that has been the case since mechanisation of the industry began in the 1950s . |
| 6 | ‘ We basically say to them if you put your trust in us we will not fail you — and that has been the case . |
| 7 | Erm local plan progress is is well advanced erm er in the national parks and that has been the subject of continued discussion erm between the county and its national park committee , the county planning committee and its national park committee . |
| 8 | I 've just had to get on with it , and that 's been a good thing . ’ |
| 9 | Interestingly , all , all eighteen units on that site have been full from the day they were created , and that 's been a most successful run . |
| 10 | And , er erm , based on three months and that 's been a g could be wildly out , but at the moment it seems to be . |
| 11 | Would be suitable by anybody 's standard whether locally or by er centrally do n't volunteer either because they find working with councillors and local officials particularly in recent years when local authorities have become much more party political and that 's been a pity , or the suitable people are too busy running their own businesses . |
| 12 | The task ahead has been clearly recognised and 1992–93 has been a year in which we have continued to apply our skills and core technologies across the wider spectrum of human endeavour from healthcare to the care of the environment in which we live . |
| 13 | And this had been the way things were for as far back as the frogs could remember . |
| 14 | In the UK and FRG an average of 9 per cent of company employees worked in R&D and this had been the traditional level in the industry for several years . |
| 15 | He always felt strange during storms and this had been an especially bad one . |
| 16 | Now the reason why we 've come together and this has been a recent change and it 's been this year , erm is because there are overlaps without going into deep detail , there are overlaps in our work and we were working together as officer 's anyway , but not as well as we should , so what we decided to do was formally integrate the three teams under the same unit , and we do have regular er internal meetings , management team meetings consisting of John , Pete me and Carol and we so we more co-ordinate the work for all the teams much more systema systematically , that we know what everybody 's doing and that way we believe we can use best use of resources we 've got most effectively . |
| 17 | As Wayne Gossage has said : " Patricia Knapp was one of the few people in the inner circle of the library-college vanguard who was in any way critical " ( Gossage 1975 : 8 ) and this has been a sad weakness in a movement which , with its enthusiasm and provocative reversal of traditional priorities , has aroused much interest and thought amongst educators , librarians and administrators . |
| 18 | Yes I I I do indeed , and this has been a a a long enquiry . |
| 19 | First , we can investigate empirically the consequences of alternative assumptions about incidence , and this has been a feature of the work of Musgrave et al. |
| 20 | It was it 's a previous budget decision , I want to make that point , it was made before the last budget , and this has been a sort of a year of negotiations , that 's the first point and |
| 21 | Carole Martin and their assistant have been killed in a car crash and this has been the final straw for owner Trevor Martin , to whom we offer our condolences . |
| 22 | The Lemonheads have been touring for about three months , first in America and now in Europe , and this has been the first real glitch they 've encountered . |
| 23 | At the same time , where demand is low , services can be withdrawn easily , and this has been the most characteristic trend in recent years . |
| 24 | I remind you that the local authorities have been concerned , in return for the core funding support , that free advice is given to farmers , and this has been the subject of discussion at various times . |
| 25 | ‘ You will perceive by the accompanying prospectus that I have commenced another work of much greater magnitude [ than the Century ] ; for my own part I should have been more anxious to have gone on with unfigured foreign birds and by that means have added so much the more interest to the science of ornithology , but the greater number of the subscribers to my other work not paying attention to birds generally but limiting themselves to those of our own country , they have frequently reiterated their request that I should commence a similar work on the Birds of [ 'this country ’ crossed out ] Europe and this has been the only motive for my undertaking so laborious a task . ’ |
| 26 | The Saatchis are yesterday 's men ; Next has shed George Davis and its allure and this has been an end of year without bonuses for the City as it seeks to operate within the constraints of a tight credit policy and high interest rates . |
| 27 | First and foremost has been the belief that the European Economic Community should primarily concern itself with economic matters . |
| 28 | It is accepted that there will be environmental costs as a result of the construction of the relief roads and these have been the subject of extensive investigations . |
| 29 | Has the British embassy in Germany made it clear to the German authorities how deeply shocking and despicable have been the racist attacks by Nazi thugs there ? |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps , ’ I can hear my readers saying , ‘ but you can not possibly suppose that all the totalitarian states which have come into existence in times ancient and modern have been the result of faulty socialization and nothing more . ’ |