Example sentences of "been [adj] [subord] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would have been absurd because the word , ‘ converts , ’ itself implied that the bailee had done something with the bailed goods which was not authorised by the terms of the bailment . |
| 2 | She would have been asleep if the fly had not returned to her hand . |
| 3 | Duncan had been asleep when the policeman burst into the room to give him the news that Leeming had been found . |
| 4 | Moreover that growth has been greatest where the decline in manufacturing employment has been least — that is , in the regions of ‘ the south ’ . |
| 5 | Mr Smith , they added , had been depressed since the death of his father 11 years ago , and he found it hard to work the farm alone . |
| 6 | One option would be to raise the duty on petrol : Britain 's fuel prices have long been lower than the EC average , and petrol duties have provided a static share of tax revenues in spite of the rapid growth in road use . |
| 7 | The method had found unburnt paraffin in the person 's lungs , thus suggesting that the person had inhaled paraffin and so been alive when the fire started . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm told that he may still have been alive when the murderer , or murderers , hammered the shaft through his neck and into the floor of the hut . |
| 9 | This has been possible because the interiors of regions I , II and III are all flat . |
| 10 | These have been possible because the portraits of Roman emperors of the first two centuries AD were , for the most part , strongly individualised and because portraits in the round have survived in large numbers — there are in some cases well over a hundred examples for each emperor . |
| 11 | This has been possible because the phrase ‘ sufficient interest ’ is very vague and leaves it largely up to the courts to decide what interests are sufficient . |
| 12 | This significant increase in industrial concentration through merger activity would not have been possible if the government had been operating a tough anti-merger policy . |
| 13 | Obviously this session would not have been possible if the pupils had not spent the preceding ten weeks on a common project where they were fully occupied in collaborative work . |
| 14 | The question in this situation is , would the pilot have recognised that this would not have been possible if the aircraft had been 50 feet lower ? |
| 15 | A much smoother implementation of this system would have been possible if the team had been involved much earlier and/or more forward planning for computerisation had been possible . |
| 16 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 17 | Tess had been calm since the baptism and she remained calm . |
| 18 | The specific policies and rhetoric have been different as the occasion demanded . |
| 19 | However , the position would have been different if the nodes had been defective and caused damage or injury to the buyer : the seller would then have been open to a claim in tort , or perhaps under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 , but would have been unprotected by any exclusion , limitation or indemnity clauses . |
| 20 | It would have been different if the trapdoor had been the actual door of the furnace ; or if the coffin had been dragged by visible human operatives ; or if it had gone smoothly , as by the hand of God or the power of irresistible mechanical principles . |
| 21 | The result might perhaps have been different if the money was in a collecting box . |
| 22 | Lord Denning stated that the position would have been different if the stairs leading to the basement had given way . |
| 23 | The court commented that the situation could have been different if the property concerned was of a very high value , or of an unusual nature , ( eg industrial property ) so as to impose too great a risk upon the surveyor if he accepted liability . |
| 24 | Ward , the world No 2 looking forward to being packaged as ‘ Dazzling Daz ’ , has been unemployed since the sale of his father 's butchery business and still lives with his parents . |
| 25 | ‘ This indulgence by journalists and sadly a small number of politicians has been transparent since the shadow cabinet elections in August . ’ |
| 26 | In the past decade , it has never been clear whether the Government have found satisfying their own political philosophy more important than satisfying the training needs of the nation . |
| 27 | Secondly , a continuing and , in some ways , irresolvable problem is how to balance the twin aims of conservation and recreation since , despite the Sandford recommendations , it has not always been clear where the emphasis should be ( Cripps 1980 ) . |
| 28 | Holly Park , once the home of South Liverpool FC , has been empty since the club gave up the battle against vandals in 1990 . |
| 29 | The Holly Park site in Garston has been empty since the club gave up the battle against vandals in 1990 . |
| 30 | ‘ The directors have been impotent because the deal was between Martin Edwards and Michael Knighton . |