Example sentences of "have been [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it was , it might , could 've been dark grey |
| 2 | I do n't think I would 've been married fifty eight years . |
| 3 | AEA 's Commercial and Planning Director , James Bretherton , commented that the ‘ MMC Report has been useful external validation of what we are trying to achieve . |
| 4 | No Party has been victorious three times running increasing its majority each time . |
| 5 | So it 's going to take a very long time , because it has been male orientated , but until we get the attitude of the work place , which is encouraging their piers to apply for jobs instead of , oh , of course , I do n't think I will apply for that job . |
| 6 | Ferguson 's phone has been hot all summer as opposition managers enquired about Hughes ' availability . |
| 7 | These are the forecasts of ace City analyst Nick Knight — and he has been right all the way through sterling 's crisis . |
| 8 | The Daily Mirror has been right all along in accusing Pakistani cricketers of obtaining extra swing over the years through illegally roughening one side of the ball by scratching it with fingernails or even ripping the red leather surface . |
| 9 | At the same time there has been extensive sliding , especially at the front of the nappes . |
| 10 | There has been extensive theoretical discussion about how this affects the Kolmogorov result , suggesting that with n a little larger than 5/3 but not exactly known . |
| 11 | Penelope Lord ( Mrs Baines ) since 1988 has been Principal Clinical Psychologist with the North Devon Health Authority , based in Barnstaple . |
| 12 | Fingerspelling has been available longer and there have been studies of it . |
| 13 | Cardinal Johannes Willebrands , head of the Vatican Secretariat for Christian Unity , said : ‘ There has been real ecclesial community . |
| 14 | Although promotion slipped from our grasp early on , our fight for survival over the last seven months has been real nail-biting stuff . |
| 15 | ‘ It is not just for a blow to be struck against Iraq when Saddam 's main victim has been innocent Iraqi people , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Mayrhofen is one of the most popular of the Tyrolean resorts and has been welcoming British guests for many years . |
| 17 | This very friendly family-owned hotel has been welcoming British guests for over 30 years . |
| 18 | Every artist we know has been married two or three times , and , throughout history , artists are the trendsetters that way . ’ |
| 19 | Every artist we know has been married two or three times . |
| 20 | There has been regular live coverage of the House on Westminster Live from 3.05 pm till about 3.50 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays ( including Prime Minister 's Questions ) and occasional other live coverage of both the Chamber and select committees . |
| 21 | For as long as I can remember , it has been standard medical teaching that teething of babies causes no symptoms . |
| 22 | Support play has been poor these last couple of years everywhere except Australia . |
| 23 | When Karen Stephens trained as a hairdresser she had to learn more than just the rudiments of cutting and blow-drying/ She also had to tackle the problems of learning how to lip-read in a mirror , as 20-year-old Karen has been deaf all her life . |
| 24 | His work rate has been prodigious all season , and although he may not have the quickest service around , he must rate currently as the world 's no 1 scrum-half . |
| 25 | Since 1975 , the index has been current weighted by expenditure in the latest available year . |
| 26 | Where there has been serious political conflict , schoolgirls have often been involved in protests and boycotts . |
| 27 | From 1993 , however , the departments will receive their money directly , after the fund has been top sliced to pay for the hospitals ' infrastructure costs . |
| 28 | Outside the EC there has been direct scientific collaboration with scientists in California , in Memphis , Tennessee , and in Moscow . |
| 29 | But the main focus has been networked distributed computing , which does n't provide the same levels of performance or fault-resilience — and it 's in this aspect that the Sequent customers are most interested . |
| 30 | The distinctive orange , yellow and black bike was a Christmas present for the youngster , but he has been so weak because of chemotherapy treatment that he has been able unable to ride it . |