Example sentences of "been [det] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The practical consequence has previously been that prolonged autoradiographic techniques were required . |
| 2 | One important consequence of the expansion of the capitalist world economy has been that individual economic actors ( like workers and entrepreneurs ) and collective economic actors ( like trade unions and TNCs ) have become much more conscious of the transnationality of their practices and have striven to extend their global influence . |
| 3 | The reason for this seems to have been that Victorian British industrialists looked for a quick return , while the Germans were more prepared to take a long view . |
| 4 | Another story — the charming Silford Hall tells of a happy visit which a little boy once paid to a country mansion , and how the kind housekeeper showed him round the picture gallery , and gave him a lovely dinner in the servants ' hall ; Crabbe had himself been that humble little boy . |
| 5 | One negative consequence of this has been that positive Christian theology on the one hand and the study of religion on the other have very largely tended to go their separate ways ; and this too does little to resolve the problem posed by Troeltsch himself . |
| 6 | Eckstein found in Mexico that in over three generations , there had been little upward occupational mobility , especially into the white-collar class ( Eckstein 1977 ) . |
| 7 | There have been few controlled prospective studies of the effect of transferring to human insulin on the clinical presentation of hypoglycaemia . |
| 8 | There have been few new diplomatic moves though in Baghdad today , meanwhile the families of two women shown in a video recorded in Kuwait , are pleading with the Iraqis to let them bring their newly born children home . |
| 9 | The men , aged 21 and 25 , were each injured in both legs in what appears to have been another loyalist paramilitary attack . |
| 10 | Finally , there have been some striking public successes , notably in the highly effective campaigns to defend the political levy , which have even produced ballot results in favour of political funds in unions like the Hosiery and Knitwear Workers or the Inland Revenue Staffs Federation which have never previously had them . |
| 11 | Its concerns are primarily those of the Roman Catholic Church , but Anglicans also belong to it and there have been some useful ecumenical conferences over the years . |
| 12 | In fact , had the recognised procedure been followed , there might have been some slight additional delay . |
| 13 | There have been some localised social services initiatives within a community social work model and some education welfare services for travellers have developed extensive outreach work . |
| 14 | But have n't there been some great political records ? |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , there have been some great political records , but I do n't think songs are the medium for getting such views across . ’ |
| 16 | There had been some appalling bad luck at a place not far from Dunkerque called Furnes . |
| 17 | OK , so the Prince and Princess of Wales may have separated , house prices might have plummeted and Luton Town have been relegated — but there have still been some fantastic technological and social advances in the past 12 months . |
| 18 | Despite these drawbacks , and while this book describes only the English law and practice relating to expert determination , the procedure is found in other jurisdictions : there have been some important Australian judgments on disputed expert determinations , and there are cases on the subject in the New Zealand law reports . |
| 19 | Things go badly wrong when there has been some extreme untoward event such as a fire , an earthquake or a bomb , alternatively an unanticipated combination of faults may occur within the plant itself . |
| 20 | There had been some hefty wooden icons hanging up on the walls , and , if they had burnt , then there would have been something left of them lying around on the floor . |
| 21 | There had been some notable public defections from the Thatcher camp by some of her erstwhile ardent supporters — including Edwina Currie and Emma Nicholson — but many MPs clearly feared possible retribution from their constituency parties , most of which were strongly supportive of Mrs Thatcher . |
| 22 | There have been some notable conservation conversions , with the Gare d'Orsay in Paris , for instance , becoming an exhibition hall . |
| 23 | Thus there has been some significant organizational development in the industry even since 1985 when Table 11.1 was drawn up . |
| 24 | It may have been this subjective judicial approach which led to the strange result in Attwood . |
| 25 | Nor have there been many recent sample-survey investigations of the relationship between social class and educational attainment . |
| 26 | After all , there must have been many comfortable nursing homes in Sydney where her father , who had then been having difficulty in telling even night from day , would have received the sort of care and attention which he had needed . |
| 27 | Surely she 'd have noticed if there had been any other forced entry . |
| 28 | Nor does there seem to have been any wholesale burning of books and manuscripts . |
| 29 | Nor have there been any informal jolly gatherings when the daily toil of pressing the flesh is over : Mr Kinnock wandering back among the press party , glass of whisky in hand , letting his ( metaphorical ) hair down a little , tipping us just the hint of a wink that this is all just a great game . |
| 30 | Indeed , it is often assumed by Continental and North American commentators that there has never been any significant literary theory in England . |