Example sentences of "he have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has been one of the Legislative Council 's most diligent members , a demanding enough job ; he accepted China 's offer of a seat on the Basic Law Drafting Committee , helping to write Hong Kong 's post-1997 mini-constitution , and was embroiled in more unsuccessful arguments for direct elections , opposed by mainland communists and Hong Kong conservatives . |
| 2 | Hallas , 21 , missed an entire season two years ago with glandular fever and has started only 60 games for Hull KR , though he has been one of their mainstays . |
| 3 | He has been one of the inspirations behind the anti-EC Conservative European Reform Group . |
| 4 | But that 's nothing compared to his previous existences — he has been one of the 12 priests who murdered Queen Nefertiti 's husband , a minor Basque priest in the last century , and Ivan the Terrible . |
| 5 | And he enjoyed picnics ; in the Guide he recounts how one day during a drive up Little Langdale and home by Dungeon Ghyll , ‘ the cloth was laid on the green grass , for that was the table : the cold collation was next produced from the carts , and the writer , though he has been one of many , has seldom witnessed more cheerful gipsyings . |
| 6 | He has been one of Diana 's closest confidants during the difficult years of her rocky marriage . |
| 7 | The highest priced work is the leaf from the Arenberg Psalter with illuminations on both sides , for which he paid about $520,000 in 1990 , admitting that he has been one factor in the rise in prices in single sheet miniatures at auction : ‘ Prices have climbed enormously because museum directors realise more and more that the history of painting before 1450 , and even into the sixteenth-century is to a very large extent found in illuminated manuscripts ’ . |
| 8 | Mr Skokov has rarely spoken in public ( in his three years in parliament , he did not make a single speech ) , yet he has been one of Russia 's most influential politicians . |
| 9 | He has been one of the very few Serbs to have the courage to speak out against the kind of fanatical Serbian nationalism which has led to the present war . |
| 10 | He has been one of the driving forces behind Musselburgh 's revival and had it not been for his stout efforts earlier in the season , the Stoneyhill club would never have been in the promotion challenge . |
| 11 | He has been such a good , kind husband . ’ |
| 12 | He added : ‘ Lee was outstanding as he has been all season . |
| 13 | And this is strange because he has been all his working life that representative of law and order , a dedicated policeman . |
| 14 | He has been chief executive of the rival Leeds Permanent society , which ranks fifth in size , since 1987 . |
| 15 | We begin to leaf through two large black plan chests containing examples of numerous advertising campaigns that he has been involved in over the years . |
| 16 | Since then he has been involved in two research projects on older workers , and has acted as a consultant to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on early retirement policies . |
| 17 | Despite the fact that he has been involved in more intimidating tackles than most professionals of his generation , he thinks a line has to be drawn between hard edged professionalism and pathological violence . |
| 18 | He has been involved in the Aquatic Industry for over fifteen years and runs his own Aquatic Consultancy Practice — Aquality . |
| 19 | He has been involved in the Aquatic Industry for over fifteen years and runs his own Aquatic Consultancy Practice — Aquality . |
| 20 | He has been involved in the Aquatic Industry for over fifteen years and runs his own Aquatic Industry for over fifteen years and runs his own Aquatic Consultancy Practice — Aquality . |
| 21 | Firstly , he has been involved with the team as a test driver for the last two years ' development of the incredibly successful active-ride suspension system which powered Mansell to the world title . |
| 22 | Organisations whose networks he has been involved with include Texas Instruments , General Motors , Boeing , Sears , U.S. Army and Navy , GTE , Singer , TRW , ALCOA , Pacific Bell , Australian Telecom , British Telecom and J.C . |
| 23 | He has been involved in the Aquatic Industry for over fifteen years and runs his own Aquatic Consultancy Practice — Aquality . |
| 24 | He has been involved in the Aquatic Industry for over fifteen years and runs his own Aquatic Consultancy Practice — Aquality . |
| 25 | He has been involved with child abuse services , chairing COCAN and Brent Area Child Protection Committee . |
| 26 | His loyal and seemingly very level-headed wife Nesta says of the second sex scandal he has been involved in during their marriage : |
| 27 | He has been involved in several research projects relating to the spatial impacts of industrial organisation and change within the UK and EC . |
| 28 | During the six years since he joined the company , he has been involved in many of the major changes that have taken place . |
| 29 | In the year under review he has been involved in 20 seminars , 18 counselling workshops and has undertaken 92 company visits . |
| 30 | Hard working Ted says he does n't worry that his face is n't that well known even though he has been involved in most light entertainment shows on the box . |