Example sentences of "have [be] [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Encounters have been all the rage of this Italian election campaign — only the 12th since the republic 's first in 1948 . |
| 2 | ‘ If you mean drugs , then no , Adam , you 're way off line and you have been all the time — as you 'd realise for yourself if you 'd just open your eyes and see the truth instead of what you want to see . ’ |
| 3 | When both electrodes have been pre-heated an arc is struck between them ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 4 | For his firm support and that of Charles Elly as Deputy Vice-President , despite other intense pressures on their time , I owe a singular debt of gratitude — as I do to the Secretary-General and all his staff , not least the dedicated private office team who have been such a help to me and to Catherine my wife . |
| 5 | In practice , however , progression has been difficult to achieve , and the rites of passage that have been such a feature of our educational organisation — at 11 plus , at the options stage at 14 , and again at 16 — have compounded the problem . |
| 6 | On his ‘ Big Red Train Ride ’ in 1977 , Eric Newby found these class approaches to the catching of and waiting for the trains , which have been such a characteristic of colonial societies in India and Africa , still very much the norm in the communist countries . |