Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [adj] [noun] have [be] " in BNC.

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1 In some people ketamine has the potential for compulsive , repeated use ; cases of self administered injections several times daily over prolonged periods have been reported .
2 Imagination has been associated especially with the arts , and thus in recent years has been increasingly downgraded .
3 Meanwhile Home with great determination had been to the hospital in London and obtained Macmillan 's written resignation , which was read to the Conference on Thursday afternoon : ‘ I hope that it will soon be possible for the customary processes of consultation to be carried on within the party about its future leadership . ’
4 Research has consistently demonstrated that the transfer of older clients from hospital to the community can be very problematic with older people being sent home without adequate arrangements having been made for their continuing care ( Victor 1983 ) .
5 Some writers ( Musgrave and Musgrave , 1980 ) have put the two theories together , claiming that in the low range of income workers are motivated by the second effect , but later as basic necessities have been bought , and ‘ social ’ necessities too , then the trade-off between leisure and work becomes dominant and the first effect predominates .
6 The Guardian of Jan. 9 , for example , reported that Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) documents circulated internally in late December had been critical of Gorbachev and had blamed him for the " subversion " of socialism in Eastern Europe .
7 Oxygen has been omitted because nearly all the oxygen in a planet resides in non-volatile oxides and silicates and it is extremely difficult to estimate how much of this oxygen has been liberated into more volatile forms and conversely how much oxygen originally in volatile forms has been lost by combination with various oxides and silicates .
8 To rely solely on late revision has been proved quite ineffectual as a means of obtaining acceptable results in an examination .
9 Decisions about management , life-styles and living arrangements , even about educational capacity have been taken by doctors with a consequent decrease in the power of individuals and their families to plan and control their lives .
10 The first water-based Gloss and Satin paints produced exclusively for independent retailers have been launched by Trend .
11 A variety of holidays in locations at home and abroad including guided tours have been arranged for them annually for many years .
12 The system using freezing instead of hot branding has been working for 12 years and the firm has now won a Royal Warrant .
13 One of the problems of dealing with Community Charge , apart from sheer volumes has been the fact that different issues have been dealt with by different sections .
14 One subject studied relatively little by physical geographers has been the occurrence of soil erosion .
15 Over recent decades many changes have taken place , considerable experience has accumulated , journals specifically for medical education have been published , and conferences devoted to medical education have been held .
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