Example sentences of "have been [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rules about appropriate modes of dress , whether concerning school uniforms or clothing for PE and sports , have been one such arena . |
| 2 | ‘ Sometimes they have been over- social , or captain of school — or Dr Faustus in the school play . |
| 3 | — is not it clear that Government policies on manufacturing industry have been little short of disastrous ? |
| 4 | This paper has largely been limited to the processes within education — the ways they have been part of a wider process of economic and political domination have been little more than hinted at . |
| 5 | There have been eight recent inland records , however , from Weir Wood Reservoir ( two ) , Darwell Reservoir ( one ) , Chichester gravel pits ( one ) , and Arlington Reservoir ( four ) , making a total of 16 inland reports for the county altogether . |
| 6 | Descharreaux expects first half 1993 turnover in France to be ‘ terrible , due to the constricted investment climate ’ , adding , ‘ Do n't forget there have been eight consecutive quarters of decline in investment in France ’ . |
| 7 | SALES of nursing and residential care home in the south have been buoyant last year , according to national business agent , Christie and Co . |
| 8 | There have been competent academic overviews of the Labour Party 's evolution from people such as David Howell and James Hinton ; and a whole 1960s and 1970s genre of Marxist accounts , following Ralph Miliband , on the lines of ‘ the uselessness of Labourism ’ . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , sweet , innocent Ma absently cuts my fish fingers though I have been self sufficient in the cutting of food since before my fourth birthday . |
| 10 | ‘ My sister and I have been estranged some years . |
| 11 | Many people have been disappointed that last week 's decisions were not more precise — defining , for example , exactly what should happen to St Bartholomew 's or Charing Cross Hospital . |
| 12 | India 's 100m Muslim population has reacted widespread demonstrations in support of Saddam Hussein , and there have been similar large- scale protests in Indonesia , Malaysia , and Bangladesh . |
| 13 | There have been eighteen previous Aston Martin estate cars all converted by an outside company , Harold Radford of London . |
| 14 | The Pakistanis have been incensed all summer by mutterings that they only make the old ball swing so violently by tampering with it . |
| 15 | Since June 1990 , there have been 16 such incidents in France involving British lamb exports . |
| 16 | Despite this there have been various Parliamentary attempts to define the phrase . |
| 17 | Of those who have been married thirty years or more , only 4.3 per cent divorce . |
| 18 | Do you know me and Ted have been married thirty year no not thirty , they 've been going out together thirty years |
| 19 | George and Helen have been married forty-five years . |
| 20 | I have been married three and a half years , and the last year has been very difficult . |
| 21 | There have been eleven black directed films released in the US in 1991 so far , with another eight ready to go and an uncounted number in production . |
| 22 | Since 1981 there have been 2000 vocational trainees a year seeking to become principals ; hence the 500 surplus . |
| 23 | Now in Selby for example , where I think a we'v Bill and I have tried to offset the balance a little bit , but in the past they have been better staffed . |
| 24 | Needless to say , there have been certain noticeable effects on people raised on TV over the past 40 years . |
| 25 | As these examples indicate , there have been great environmental gains in traffic restraint areas , quite apart from the traffic improvements . |
| 26 | There have been small leaved lime trees at Westonbirt in Gloucestershire for 6,000 years . |
| 27 | The best performance by Scots in the individual events , was a silver medal for Pam Hamilton and Joy Reid in the women 's doubles in 1977 but there have been five other Scottish bronze medal performances in the doubles since the championships began in 1969 . |
| 28 | I 's , listen , erm , watching that Aids update Friday night and er , there have been five thousand reported cases of Aids out in this country , no three thousand reported Aids out in this , in this country , and in New York alone , New York City alone , there 's been fifteen thousand , they reckon there 's about thirty four thousand actually carrying H I V just in New York City |
| 29 | Since then there have been five away games , with Northern Ireland winning three and losing two . |
| 30 | There have been five main areas where the transformation has taken place : |