Example sentences of "have [adv] been [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The donor is Mr James Campbell , of the Kilberry family who have long been experts on piobaireachd . |
| 2 | There have long been stories of mysterious sounds at sea : haunted eerie calls in the night , mermaids singing , sirens luring sailors on to the rocks . |
| 3 | There have long been stories of human giants in legend and mythology . |
| 4 | This may be seen as a move to make international law into proper law , or at least international law with one of its essential purposes , the control of force , and , of course , there have long been laws to restrict the type and degree of force used even in legitimate war , and some restrictions on the very legality of wars , for instance when they are in contravention of treaties . |
| 5 | Defence and foreign policy have long been bedrock attributes of the nation state , and each European nation has entrenched national attitudes and distinct national interests . |
| 6 | But the rivers that keep the lake fresh are required for agriculture ; and there have long been plans to dam them . |
| 7 | There have long been rumours of putting bolts on Bosigran routes where the belays are difficult to arrange . |
| 8 | Social and economic inequality have long been features of our society , but such inequality does not always have the same implications for health status . |
| 9 | The film industry and the export of works of art , so far primarily the joint responsibility of the OAL and the Department of Trade and Industry , have long been candidates for transfer to an enlarged arts department . |
| 10 | The third principle is one that the Danes have long been sticklers for — the democratic accountability of European government . |
| 11 | This view is not based on logic but is greatly influenced by the programming to which we have all been subject from day one of our lives . |
| 12 | Murder , drugs , a bombing and shootings have all been part of a saga directly involving members of the family . |
| 13 | ‘ And Rhoda Brocklebank and Roxie Farmer and Shirley Place have all been spending money , ’ said Coffin . |
| 14 | The supermarket , the fast-food joint , the parking lot have all been projects of the practice : but a Macdonalds which floats , a parking lot with 20 cars deeply buried under asphalt , and its most celebrated work , the series of catalogue stores for the Best company where boxes are smashed into and eroded , with trees growing through them , façades peel or tilt , distorting the relationships between the predictable elements of the landscape . |
| 15 | France , Spain and Italy have all been stalwarts of the EC . |
| 16 | Germany , Spain , Greece , Portugal and Italy have all been dictatorships in the last fifty years , some of them recently . |
| 17 | Between 1979 and 1989 the reduction in public-sector employment , extension of private home-ownership ( up from 55 per cent to 65 per cent ) and share-ownership ( up from 7 per cent to 22 per cent ) , increasing scope for private provision of services , and run-down of trade union membership ( down from 54 per cent to 46 per cent of the workforce ) have all been government objectives . |
| 18 | Minerva , Ambassador 's dam , had been leased by Sam Barr from Sir Harry Mallet , and the ten foals she had bred have all been colts , which is a very rare occurrence . |
| 19 | Workers , clients and the general public have all been victims in this laissez faire environment . |
| 20 | We have all been children , some of us are parents , and we all in various ways take responsibility for children . |
| 21 | Within the overall Upward trend there have naturally been fluctuations and current and capital expenditure have not always behaved in the same manner . |
| 22 | While World Cup matters have only been part of the Board 's committee business this week , the speculation as to whether Welsh reservations would carry weight has been immense . |
| 23 | The group is still looking for possible partners for its optronics operations , though it insists that so far there have only been talks , not negotiations . |
| 24 | The group is still looking for possible partners for its optronics operations , though it insists that so far there have only been talks , not negotiations . |
| 25 | In this sense , then , there have obviously been continents that have been lost — either subducted back into the mantle or fused onto others . |
| 26 | Independent readers , with their heroic sponsorship of The Garden Venture , have already been part of the quest for a new operatic voice . |
| 27 | The Library 's budget is very tight this year , and there have already been questions over whether the Library should be carrying the cost of the large number of pesticide-related publications we currently take . |
| 28 | For example , there have already been reports of hospitals giving preference to patients of fundholding general practitioners . |
| 29 | Although the band/label relationship is in its infancy , there have already been disagreements . |
| 30 | One source of recruitment has always been the armed services , not only because their staff have already been security vetted , but also because they are used to carrying out dull repetitive chores and filling out the endless paperwork that forms the major part of any intelligence operation . |