Example sentences of "[noun pl] have been [adj] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no doubt that the last eighteen months have been short of American patronage for European dealers ( a combined effect of general economic conditions , the aftermath of the Gulf War and the continued high value of the pound against the dollar ) , so the hope is that this year 's focus will bring the Yankee Doodle Dandies to town . |
| 2 | Fourth cousins by marriage , the girls had been aware of each other for much longer and had a number of friends in common . |
| 3 | The prosecution alleged that the men had been responsible of 222 acts of terrorism which it then reduced to 193 . |
| 4 | Some historians have been dismissive of this northern support . |
| 5 | Some historians have been dismissive of this northern support . |
| 6 | Brewers have been aware of this issue for centuries and have developed the practice of adding ‘ copper ’ hops early in the boil to provide bitterness and ‘ aroma ’ or ‘ late ’ hops towards the end of the boil for flavour . |
| 7 | In general , biologists have been distrustful of such leaps of the imagination , although later geneticists have followed Mendel 's example : a recent case is the postulation by Jacob and Monod of ‘ repressors ’ , described on p. 65 . |