Example sentences of "[conj] has [adv] [been] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The theory is that the only thing that has ever been wrong with the health service is a lack of resources . |
| 2 | Yet Christianity is a religion that has always been open to rational criticism when its critics have been granted the freedom to make their challenge known . |
| 3 | And while they charge the teacher with more responsibility than has sometimes been customary in the past , they also bring corresponding rewards in the way of job satisfaction and self-esteem . |
| 4 | If the hon. Lady knew what was available to those of her constituents who are unemployed , she would know that we offer a wider range of help to unemployed people than has ever been available in this country before . |
| 5 | The Examination Council came into being some erm nine months ago and has already been involved in quite a lot of activity , I mean particularly the erm problem of sixteen-plus examining , whether we should move from a system of erm O-levels and C S E , or to a combined system , Sixteen-plus Examination it would probably be called . |
| 6 | Although it has been argued that most of the ideas central to general systems theory are certainly valuable , they had been applied to it without formal knowledge of the theory ( Jennings , 1973 , p. 124 ) , nevertheless the theory has focused thinking and has probably been responsible for a more comprehensive view of many environmental situations . |
| 7 | Midland has already swapped a substantial part of its Chilean debt exposure for equity and has also been involved in similar , private sector , schemes in Argentina . |
| 8 | In the UK the industry has been losing sales estimated at one million cases a year and has also been concerned about the message being sent from this country to export markets , implying that high excise duty levels may be acceptable . |
| 9 | Lorraine did her doctorate work in the Department of Geography and has since been involved in the Department of Environmental Health and Housing on designing a hazard index for litter ( sponsored by the Tidy Britain Group ) . |
| 10 | From a turnover of less than £50,000 during its first year of business , the company expanded rapidly and has recently been instrumental in negotiating the £3 million Tetley Bitter sponsorship of the England team . |
| 11 | Miss Welty does not take up causes and has never been involved in any movement . |
| 12 | Thereafter the play received a few critically acclaimed performances in Birmingham but has otherwise been unperformed in this country . |
| 13 | The gun , manufactured by Sturm-Ruger Police Firearm Services of Southport , Connecticut , is described by them as ideal for hunting small game — coyotes , marmots — but has always been popular with criminals and psychopaths . |
| 14 | The highest part of the Tibesti consists of an enormous volcanic mass , which seems to have reached the solfatara stage , but has certainly been active in the recent geological past ( Gautier , 1928 ) . |
| 15 | First , consider a firm which has a machine which originally cost £10,000 but has recently been surplus to requirements . |
| 16 | Over such a period , as has already been apparent with Polaris , if we had only had three , we should not have been able to maintain that programme . |