Example sentences of "have [been] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the limited resources available at our disposal we have not been able to build too many expert systems and most of these have been on a small scale . |
| 2 | THE TWO eldest sons of the managing director of Kuwait Shipbuilding and Repairyard Company [ KSRC ] — a joint venture between the Kuwait Oil Company and Wood Group engineering Contractors — have been on a three-week fact-finding visit to Wood Group . |
| 3 | The teams have been on a rigorous training schedule for the hundred mile long test of skill and stamina . |
| 4 | The teams have been on a rigorous training schedule for the hundred mile long test of skill and stamina . |
| 5 | Of these four have been on a surgical waiting list for a median f 9.5 months ( range five to 14 ) . |
| 6 | We have been on a high speed , yeah . |
| 7 | ‘ Lower interest rates have contributed to a pick-up in the growth of narrow money , while retail sales have been on a steady upward trend for almost a year . |
| 8 | For example , imagine the situation where you have been on a strict , very low calorie diet for a month or so . |
| 9 | Traditional budgets have been on an annual time-scale . |
| 10 | For nominal Christians it is perhaps only the third time they have been at a religious service ; the other two being their baptism and marriage . |
| 11 | Technological developments have been at a fast pace since the 1950s . |
| 12 | I have been to a large number of conferences and met many general practitioners , including many from my hon. Friend 's district . |
| 13 | ‘ These good people have been to an enormous amount of trouble on my behalf , and I am sure I shall be quite unable to do justice to their generous provision . ’ |
| 14 | Her students , she says , are well prepared for Europe , and have been for a long time . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , most buildings built for the purposes of ‘ agriculture ’ have been for a long time exempt from such planning control as can be exercised by local planning authorities . |
| 16 | But I 'm in better shape than I have been for a long time . ’ |
| 17 | Now it is three months ’ rest and come the start of the 1991 season I 'll be ready to go again , more confident than I have been for a long time . |
| 18 | My hon. Friend will note that German interest rates and ours are closer than they have been for a long time . |
| 19 | The S A S have operated in Northern Ireland and have been for a long time . |
| 20 | McNab , who hit his first goal of the season , said : ‘ The second half was as poor as we have been for a long time but recent performances have been magnificent . |
| 21 | A good deal gives me the feeling that I have been for a nice seven-day trip to the Bahamas . ’ |
| 22 | President , congress we should applaud the work of the Health and Environment department at National Office and in supporting this service report we must go swiftly forward into wide-ranging discussions at all levels of the G M B. The publications they have produced have been of a consistent high standard and are very user-friendly . |
| 23 | During 1990 , only two or three ( c. 1% ) BGQs have been of a commercial nature and have been charged for . |
| 24 | Most of the studies of relationships between R&D and production in recent years have been of a qualitative and often anecdotal nature . |
| 25 | C64 mags have been without a good section for yonks , and yet here in ZZAP ! |
| 26 | The polytechnics have been under a similar financial strain . |
| 27 | to which one might add this additional gloss , erm recently there have been under a statutory instrument which regulates er , the ca computation of court of protection costs in the event of the structure in a way differently from the traditional one and the defendants would wish to argue |
| 28 | I have been through a long period of psychotherapy dealing with this abuse and continue to find internal examinations traumatic . |
| 29 | We have been through a ghastly situation , and I hope that some good can come of it . |
| 30 | By now God and Abraham have been through a great deal together . |