Example sentences of "people have [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the prize was first announced , a panel of distinguished people has been involved in the delicate task of choosing the first recipient . |
| 2 | PC Ron Hall , who suffered serious leg injuries and underwent emergency surgery in Middlesbrough General Hospital , said : ‘ The response from people has been overwhelming . |
| 3 | He added that Sergia 's people had been grateful , though they 'd ushered Chertro and his prisoner off-planet as soon as they could . |
| 4 | A pilot scheme involving 2,000 people had been successful and £500,000 for a further survey of 20,000 people had been promised by the Health Education Authority and the Economic and Social Research Council ( ESRC ) . |
| 5 | The other night , for example , after a meeting in Holyhead , someone asked how many people had been present . |
| 6 | The people had been friendly , and she had known her way around . |
| 7 | People had been shocked , by numbers as well as by gratuitous death itself , as people will be , and Mrs Maguire 's sister and a friend had founded the Peace People , whose brave beginning and sad end will not be chronicled here . |
| 8 | People had been awe-struck by the pictures sent back to earth by Voyager 2 of arid lifeless planets and moons . |
| 9 | Mr. R. A. McNeile said that the availability of water in the town to supply 10,000 people had been one of the reasons for attracting the company . |
| 10 | Many mothers were upset because they feared for the safety of their children — and because , for numerous women , control over young people had been one of the few ways to exercise power in society . |
| 11 | Government sources subsequently acknowledged that up to 3,000 people had been involved in the demonstrations , and that 200 had been injured ; unofficial sources suggested that as many as 280 students had lost their lives , together with twenty-nine policemen and soldiers . |
| 12 | Although some progress had been made by January 1990 in dissolving the Ministry for State Security ( the " Stasi " ) [ see pp. 37107-08 ; 37170 ] , the extent to which prominent people had been involved with the Stasi remained a contentious issue [ ibid . ] . |
| 13 | By the end of 1992 more than 300 people had been involved in ITED , which as applications across the spectrum of working environments , from finance to manufacturing . |
| 14 | A lot of these deaths might have been prevented if people had been able to get out in time . |
| 15 | The results of the elections , in which 275,500 people had been eligible to vote , were announced on May 31 . |
| 16 | Once a people had been colonialist , the working class would continue to be colonialist even after they had carried out a revolution . |
| 17 | The materialism was crass , everyone 's expectations had been aroused , and few people had been satisfied . |
| 18 | When she had bought some food in the local grocer 's that morning people had been excited . |
| 19 | Seven people have been involved in making the banners over the years , with input and ideas from many others . |
| 20 | Many people have been involved in preparing the Community Care Plan . |
| 21 | Er I I emphasize that very quickly because a lot of people have been involved in all sorts of sales environments and market places erm still have their traditional habits . |
| 22 | Since rising retirement rates among elderly people have been one of the striking developments in labour market behaviour this century , it seems appropriate to begin by looking at the reasons why the employment status of the elderly population has changed so much over time , and the consequences of this change . |
| 23 | Too many people have been upset by their experiences at the hands of a hairdresser . ’ |
| 24 | People have been tremendous with sponsorship . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm very grateful that people have been honest , ’ Courtney says . |
| 26 | ‘ Definitely , people have been respectful towards me and given me some free time . |
| 27 | Through the centuries a host of famous people have been proud to call this charming county ‘ home ’ . |
| 28 | Most people have been familiar with its skyline since they were old enough to focus on a TV screen . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Such people have been disappointed , to say the least , that the Government postponed the community care programme by two years because they saw it as an opportunity for the balance of resources between residential care and community care to be readdressed . |