Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [adv] been successful " in BNC.
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| 1 | In principle this format has much to recommend it , but in this case the practice has not been successful . |
| 2 | Earlier plans for tighter financial control and greater independence for management had not been successful . |
| 3 | Wilson hoped that since the private sector had already been successful in developing the port and cross-harbour tunnels , that many local and international developers would be keen to co-operate with the government in these projects . |
| 4 | He pointed out , however , that since Mr Brown had already ‘ gone public ’ , the council had already been successful in obtaining a court decree against him . |
| 5 | The Campaign had not been successful in influencing the Trade Unions , possibly because it had been officially characterized as an individual agitation by a few wealthy members . |
| 6 | This procedure has indeed been successful . |
| 7 | And conventional plant breeding has not been successful in producing high-yielding insect-resistant crops . |
| 8 | In mammals , no transplantation of an adult nucleus into an egg has yet been successful . |
| 9 | Or the golfer in question could claim ‘ non-performance ’ by Fearnley , that his efforts to secure lucrative contracts on the golfer 's behalf had not been successful enough . |
| 10 | The Royal Year and Christmas numbers of the ILN have always been successful extra issues each year , and they will henceforth both be sent to subscribers , giving them in total six issues of the ILN each year . |
| 11 | While the kinetic approach embodied in the WLF equation and the equilibrium treatment of the G-D theory have both been successful in their way , the one-sided aspect of each probably masks the fact that they are not entirely incompatible with one another . |
| 12 | Despite the blaze of publicity which accompanied the launch of the White Paper , the Government has not been successful in generating support for its proposals . |
| 13 | With some exceptions , the transformation approach has not been successful . |
| 14 | The fixed fee interview scheme has not been successful . |
| 15 | Its new IT Management Programme , a subscription-based service aimed at keeping corporations abreast of developments in information technology has also been successful . |
| 16 | Now that Mr Major has won his own mandate , it is important to understand that , though the Conservative Party has sometimes been successful because it has stolen the Labour Party 's clothes , this is not the reason for its success on this occasion . |