Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [be] [adj] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Collins ' form has been as stable as his club 's progress has been erratic this season and the player feels he should have represented his country more often than he has done . |
| 2 | Another difficulty has been that such councils are attuned to providing finance for the creation of specific works , while the need for support in popular music is not at the point of creation , but for help in reaching audiences . |
| 3 | This week the County Ground in Swindon has been open all hours … thirty six thousand tickets have been sold … goodness knows how many scarves and souvenirs … |
| 4 | And nobody 's order books had been full this summer . |
| 5 | ( Perhaps the fact that the pubs had been open all day had something to do with that . ) |
| 6 | Her window had been wide all night and as she got out of bed she looked down on the dusty heads of trees where sparrows were fussing . |
| 7 | The previous evening had been one such occasion , their quarrel more heated than usual . |
| 8 | His scope has been modest this summer . |
| 9 | Ferguson 's phone has been hot all summer as opposition managers enquired about Hughes ' availability . |
| 10 | His work rate has been prodigious all season , and although he may not have the quickest service around , he must rate currently as the world 's no 1 scrum-half . |
| 11 | Finally , the response from unsuccessful applicants to donate their entry fee to our own charitable objectives has been greater this year than in any previous year . |
| 12 | Trade had been bad that night so she thought he 'd be her last trick . |
| 13 | ‘ Two games against Barnsley have been tight this season and we must be on our guard . |
| 14 | Last year the London evening newspapers had been able several times to trot out their favourite banner headline . |
| 15 | He once sang , ‘ I keep getting younger/My life 's been funny that way ’ . |
| 16 | We , we need the younger blood because you , you talk and say well how are you and oh my leg 's bad , my leg 's been dreadful this week and you ca n't very well ask these people to go campaigning on the streets , can you ? |
| 17 | Moving Waddle from the right wing , where he performed so imaginatively against the Italians , in order to accommodate Rocastle , whose form has been patchy all season , is another selection open to doubt . |
| 18 | HEALTH : Lenny 's health has been excellent all summer . |
| 19 | Proportionality between the alleged offence and the penalty imposed is one such principle ; and consistency , in the sense that an individual should be entitled to rely upon a declared policy , or on a specific representation made to him , appears to be another . |
| 20 | The risk addressed was that former employees might take advantage of contacts and influence over clients acquired during their employment , and divert business to themselves . |
| 21 | But as the police had been helpful all day a group of four walkers were allowed to deliver the letter . |
| 22 | The children have been difficult this weekend I do n't know what 's a matter with them , I think they 're just |
| 23 | THE MORAL guardians of Germany and America have been active this week ensuring that youth are not corrupted by ‘ obscene ’ record sleeves . |
| 24 | THE MORAL guardians of Germany and America have been active this week ensuring that youth are not corrupted by ‘ obscene ’ record sleeves . |
| 25 | The Pakistanis have been incensed all summer by mutterings that they only make the old ball swing so violently by tampering with it . |
| 26 | Walsh warned : ‘ James has been unstoppable this season since he trimmed down in the summer from 22 stone to a mere 18 . |
| 27 | Walsh warned : ‘ James has been unstoppable this season since he trimmed down in the summer from 22 stone to a mere 18 . |
| 28 | The rains have been good this year , and the crop has been bumper , but tobacco is fetching only 93 American cents a kilo at international auctions — less than half the price expected . |