Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] been slow " in BNC.
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| 1 | BR has been slow to exploit the opportunities now opening up . |
| 2 | Gough has been slow to respond to a groin injury which has plagued him since September and has been sidelined since the win over Celtic on November 7 . |
| 3 | So far , Britain has been slow to implement a nationwide recycling programme which will take into account all possible methods of re-using raw materials . |
| 4 | Such lack of fundamental change is perhaps understandable because , since the eighteenth century , the rate of economic growth in Britain has been slow , a rate which influenced and was influenced by the nature of the institutional and social system . |
| 5 | Japan has been slow to protect its marshes and tidal flats , despite joining the Ramsar Convention in 1980 ; since then it has listed only four wetlands for protection . |
| 6 | Whereas the bulk of America has been slow to latch on to new British acts , the more European attitudes of New York welcomed anything English and wielding a guitar . |