Example sentences of "have [adv] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the Town and Country Planning Act of 1947 the granting of planning permission for rural housing has arguably been concerned with the visual quality of the countryside rather than with alleviating problems of housing need . |
| 2 | Standing up for pensioners has rarely been popular except among pensioners . |
| 3 | When ivy is seen growing throughout the crown of a dying tree it has rarely been responsible for the tree 's decline but has taken advantage of the crown which now lets through enough light for the ivy to grow away . |
| 4 | Having successfully struck out on his own in 1962 , he has since been involved with the South East London Society , and has been its treasurer for the past two years . |
| 5 | Lorraine did her doctorate work in the Department of Geography and has since been involved in the Department of Environmental Health and Housing on designing a hazard index for litter ( sponsored by the Tidy Britain Group ) . |
| 6 | The mother has since been married again and divorced and now has a co-habitee of three years ' standing . |
| 7 | One room has since been sound-proofed , but a recent letter from South Oxfordshire District Council warns that not everyone is happy its working . |
| 8 | The result was that they received both a big two-year increase and a pay review body which has since been responsible for a further substantial increase in their salaries . |
| 9 | Response so far has mostly been positive , says researcher Harriet Ward . |
| 10 | Although closely linked with the marathon racing side , he has only done a couple of races and his own paddling has mostly been recreational . |
| 11 | As an electronic medium using the airwaves , TV has necessarily been subject to governmental and inter-governmental controls on the frequencies that may be used and the coverage allowed to each transmitter . |
| 12 | The example pictured has obviously been successful in its spore dispersal — there 's no black jelly left , so all the spores have gone . |
| 13 | You have the score in your mind — you once said you do n't need a tape or a score to oversee in your mind the whole of Tristan — and this has obviously been true of other great conductors . |
| 14 | Thus , it has hitherto been appropriate for the professional partnership where limited liability is forbidden . |
| 15 | There seem to be several reasons for its emergence : a backlog of untrained practitioners ; a desire to certificate practice , for a variety of reasons , including status ; labour shortages which require quick solutions ; and a growth of theory or technology in the field itself , requiring more systematic training than has hitherto been necessary . |
| 16 | It may of course lead to a greater use of the concept of collateral warranties than has hitherto been necessary . |
| 17 | Due to the preoccupation of investigators with the issue of hemispheric asymmetry this most important problem has hitherto been immune from serious experimental attack . |
| 18 | Where they spend winter has hitherto been uncertain ; there is now strong evidence that most of the stock moves south in autumn and winter immediately under pack ice ( Marschall 1988 ) , where they browse on algae . |
| 19 | But again , cultural context makes the crucial difference : the appropriation of the romantic , the utopian , and the polymorphous for what has hitherto been marginal , and both demonized and repressed by the centre , and internalized as such at the margins , has quite different effects and implications trom , say , a more general ( post/modern ? ) theory that ‘ anything goes anywhere ’ . |
| 20 | The Cabinet , appointed by the President , has hitherto been subordinate to the UNIP central committee . |
| 21 | I am sure you will be feeling that it has all been worthwhile . |
| 22 | There is no doubt in her mind that it has all been worthwhile . |
| 23 | This has all been good training for his new post . |
| 24 | That has all been great fun . |
| 25 | ‘ The feedback I have had has all been positive . |
| 26 | The coalition has rightly been ready to run these risks to get Iraq out of Kuwait ; but so long as it could achieve that central aim , how much better to do so without further fear of all the weapons in a tyrant 's armoury . |
| 27 | Ambonnay has long been famous for its production of still red wines . |
| 28 | With FREELINK you have an unrivalled choice of holidays with the convenience of home town departures and the outstanding value for which Cosmos has long been famous — an unbeatable combination from Europe 's number one coach tour operator . |
| 29 | The building , with magnificent Renaissance-style exterior and baroque interior furnishing and decoration , is now the cantonal museum and has , in particular , a unique collection of the printed textiles for which Glarus has long been famed . |
| 30 | Having come to the village with certain expectations they may only see what they expect to find and , since the local working population has long been used to avoiding overt conflict in the face of those who have the capacity to create trouble for them , the superficial calm of village life may remain . |