Example sentences of "been [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sandtoft 's natural red Old English clay pantiles have been used to roof new offices of BP Exploration near Newark in Nottinghamshire . |
| 2 | Franco had been grateful to receive Italian planes in July and August , but he was not happy with the massive despatch of foot-soldiers , partly because Mussolini had the temerity to send more than had been agreed , and partly because the Duce insisted that they were not deployed as part of the Spanish Army , but formed an independent corps , with their own officers . |
| 3 | In the present study , it has not been possible to create equal size-classes of productivity values , for the purposes of preparing such rankings . |
| 4 | In the present study , it has not been possible to create equal size-classes of productivity values , for the purposes of preparing such rankings . |
| 5 | The technology for these new industries was always backward by world standards , and it has never been possible to find secure markets outside the Soviet bloc . |
| 6 | Just as it has been possible to insert beneficial genes into crop plants , there is scope for eliminating , replacing or masking certain genes which have a deleterious effect on crop production . |
| 7 | In 1513 there was opposition to a tax imposition in Yorkshire — indeed on this occasion a remission of assessment was granted on grounds of poverty , so the government seems to have been prepared to meet genuine grievances . |
| 8 | This is not , of course , to say that workers would have been prepared to face long-term falls in real earnings . |
| 9 | Soviet leaders had been prepared to consider international arrangements and guarantees only on the external aspects of the Afghan problem . |
| 10 | The situation might or might not have been different had other ports come out resolutely in favour of the London men . |
| 11 | During nineteen ninety one the Board has been delighted to open new areas of work in Inverness where our first designated place and associated hostel was opened on a most happened happy day by Sir Russell . |
| 12 | I 'm glad you said that , Chairman , I was I was just thinking erm , cut out the but , regarding on Equal Opportunities , erm , Policies , as we 've been discussing already , I would have thought housewives would have been delighted to have conservative hours rest presumably I just thought I was |
| 13 | It could not have been easy to hump awkward loads up and down the wobbly death trap . |
| 14 | With Tony it had been easy to make facile decisions about ‘ waiting for marriage ’ . |
| 15 | The papacy has been content to issue periodic exhortations in favour of peace and understanding which , in the context of the wholesale slaughter of priests and laymen , amounts to an abdication of all responsibility . |
| 16 | At that moment it had been appropriate to put big pickets you know I think if we thought too much about it we would have and taken it to the lodge and put it through the union it would have had cold water put over it and you know it was right for Tom to be wary and it was probably right for us to do what we did I mean I think you know it it was successful the way it turned out . |
| 17 | The new states , however , have been quick to remove other traces of the old regime and Walker has returned to Scotland with a unique memento . |
| 18 | I freely admit that , following that , the Government have been unwilling to introduce other proposals because they feel that they would have to be enforceable , workable and acceptable to a majority of hon. Members . |
| 19 | It would have been better to build secure mortuaries rather than putting one 's money into an expensive contraption . |
| 20 | Avon and Somerset Police told us they 've been monitoring the situation closely , but so far they 've been unable to press criminal charges . |
| 21 | Police say the team may have carried out as many as nine raids , but many of the elderly victims have been unable to give good descriptions . |
| 22 | During the last few years , Yugoslavia has been running a substantial surplus in its trade with the Soviet Union because , while there has been a sharp fall in the quantity of oil imported from the Soviet Union , as well as a fall in its price , the Yugoslavs have been unable to find other products worth buying from the Soviet Union . |
| 23 | With the aid of the LFS we were able to examine further the extent to which members of the temporary labour force in the hotel and catering industry were working on that basis because they had been unable to find permanent jobs , and to what extent they were doing so because they did not want permanent jobs . |
| 24 | If socialist regimes have been reluctant to promote indigenous businessmen for this reason , most regimes have sought to curtail the role of the immigrant groups who had played a key role in the economy in the colonial period . |
| 25 | The insurers have also been reluctant to underwrite non-medical forms of care outside the hospital sector . |
| 26 | Both the local gas region and the electricity company can offer you a prepayment meter where it is safe and practical to put one in , although some local fuel boards have been reluctant to offer pre-payment meters to people who are not in debt . |
| 27 | It 's hoped the low price of the immobiliser will make it attractive to car owners who 've been reluctant to fit expensive alarms . |
| 28 | The Church Commissioners , however , had always been reluctant to vest urban churches in the Redundant Churches Fund and made it absolutely clear that they considered All Souls would impose an impossible burden on the resources of the Fund . |
| 29 | The Treasury had accepted the idea that international facilities are a cost-effective way to support large-scale research , but is has been reluctant to provide financial incentives to attract such facilities to Britain , following the example of France and Switzerland , because of doubts that they contribute to the country 's economic wealth . |
| 30 | Annunciata had eyes and ears and both had been busy conveying subtle messages . |