Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] been [adj] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This new exhibition area is the first stage of the Nuovi Uffizi complex , which has been subject to delays even though the funds have long been available . |
| 2 | The dispute , which has been simmering for years , came to the boil in April when Michael Harcourt , the province 's premier , revealed a scheme that would protect 33% of the region , permit limited logging in 17% , and open the rest to extensive ( although , at least in theory , well-managed ) timber harvesting . |
| 3 | Here , too , the cassava variety is the result of breeding work at IITA which has been available to farmers since 1978 . |
| 4 | I promptly eased it back onto the lap and desperately tried to imitate someone who has been asleep for hours , with his arm wrapped fiercely round his dog . |
| 5 | Bill Knowles , the general manager of the Ipswich Co-op — who has been involved in talks with the NCP — said he was confident the scheme would go ahead but the timing had to be right . |
| 6 | ( And ALFRED , who has been near to tears , starts to sniffle . ) |
| 7 | She has been involved with minors and this is completely horrendous . |
| 8 | ‘ She 's been dead for hours , ’ he commented . |
| 9 | But — yes , the poor old thing is rather queer — in fact , she 's been mad for years , so you see now why I needed no special qualifications . |
| 10 | Albert said , ‘ She 's been ill for ages . |
| 11 | You 've landed yourself with a man who 's been wise to women 's performances since the age of fourteen . |
| 12 | In so far as Freud thought he had done psychology as a natural science , he has been vulnerable to critics within psychology who have applied natural scientific criteria to his work and found it wanting . |
| 13 | It has been rare for shareholders to raise concerns with company boards on audit matters , probably because they are not well-informed and because their priorities are elsewhere . |
| 14 | In areas with long nursery waiting lists it has been usual for governors to establish admission panels drawn from their own members . |
| 15 | Since that time , and first fully developed by the Radical wing of the Liberal Party , it has been normal for parties to fight elections on the basis of a manifesto of policy promises . |
| 16 | On occasions it has been necessary for members to ‘ walk the pitch ’ and clear up before being able to play . |
| 17 | But despite intervention and interest rate adjustments , it has been necessary for realignments of exchange rates to take place on a frequent basis . |
| 18 | To achieve this , and also to attract the interest of would-be exponents of the approach who have not had the opportunity to undergo an extensive systems education , it has been necessary at times to over-simplify the explanations of concepts and applications , and condense them from those developed by system researchers over many decades . |
| 19 | Since the abolition of exchange controls in the UK in October 1979 it has been possible for residents of the UK to hold foreign currency on account if they so wish . |
| 20 | All along it has been concerned with schedules and deadlines . |
| 21 | There are many reasons why it has been difficult for researchers to form links with universities , he says , with some not even sure that particular departments would survive investigations into the competence and integrity of the professors . |
| 22 | Try to establish the background of any dog , however , because if it has been aggressive to children , for example it may not be suitable for your circumstances . |
| 23 | It has been true for years of much of manufacturing ( completely differentiating the position of , for instance , Peugeot-Renault in France from British Leyland , or Bull from ICL ) . |
| 24 | It has been true in parts for a period of British politics but it is not the theoretical key to unlock the essence of things as was once thought to be the case . |
| 25 | Secondly , during the 1980s it has been common for firms to make ‘ underwriting losses ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ Luke , it 's been intolerable for weeks . |
| 27 | Yes , it 's been available for months now — but I 've been reliably informed that the 3.5-inch drive is going to be re -launched , hopefully with a sizeable catalogue of software titles to accompany it . |
| 28 | It 's been surplus to requirements for 2 years , now that Rover has concentrated all its efforts on one site . |
| 29 | It 's been dark for ages . |
| 30 | Let's just check No it 's been quiet on break-ins at the moment . |