Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The response had been massive strikes in the public sector . |
| 2 | The technique used was lazy-bed cultivation which is a form of hand cultivation . |
| 3 | The gang had been intimidating passengers and had attacked the driver and a woman guard . |
| 4 | ‘ The college has been great offering to find a school for the children , and after school I will be encouraging them to join in the dance and fitness classes for children at the college . ’ |
| 5 | For over 25 years the department has been pioneering AI teaching . |
| 6 | For years the result has been frequent power blackouts for Orcadians as the birds ' elaborate home-making habits — incorporating everything from barbed wire and steel mesh to tin cans and nails — caused the electricity supply to short-circuit . |
| 7 | But when states have tried an outright ban , as some have , the result has been illicit stills , producing deadly brews that have blinded and killed thousands over the years . |
| 8 | Both sides blame one another and the result has been chaotic sales , at a time when the slack market has been a big enough handicap anyway . |
| 9 | The distinction between ends and means is a useful tactic to disarm critics but not very persuasive in practice since what the DGA does is governmental policy . |
| 10 | The 22-year old Larne man was devastating in the Baltic country ; indeed , most of his performances on the continent have been top notch . |
| 11 | STAFF TRAINING The details have yet to be revealed but Mr Pearson said the council had been encouraging firms to train their staff since 1983 . |
| 12 | Brian Leith 's job was to film the political campaign of a Sarawak conservationist , when the last thing the campaign needed was Western broadcasters hanging around . |
| 13 | So far their reaction to the take-over has been loudly-voiced support , and angrily expressed sentiments of violence , but no violence itself . |
| 14 | The consequence has been fierce rivalry between the two in all areas . |
| 15 | In many cases the consequence has been large scale redundancy , and a reduction in size , or contraction , of the organisation . |
| 16 | They will not get it into their heads that what the military wants is military information , not the phone number of some general 's girlfriend . |
| 17 | They managed to convince the authorities that the dolphin kills were bad publicity , and that the release of some dolphins would be seen as partial atonement for the brutal killings which had already taken place . |
| 18 | He had missed his church very much indeed , but our Vicar and the Curate had been constant visitors , and we were both of us upheld by the knowledge of their prayers and of many friends at St Peter 's . |
| 19 | The area demised was Upper Langdale and Tilberthwarte , with Sir John reserving one-twelfth of the prepared ore as his Royalty , and this was in addition to his percentage of the profits , for he became a partner in the venture upon his own insistence ! |
| 20 | the dog has been worrying livestock , has not left the vicinity and is not under the control of any person and there are no practicable means of ascertaining to whom it belongs . |
| 21 | The district has been national finalists in the Britain in Bloom contest in the last four years and this has been achieved by the magnificent floral displays which can be seen throughout the summer months in our area . |
| 22 | The facts on which you must build your argument are scattered throughout the statement of the problem in what the examiner thinks is flowing English , but which is sometimes anything but clear . |
| 23 | The government is now set to have a fresh stab at changing what all sides in the debate agree are murky laws . |
| 24 | As visitors to Spain this summer will notice , the Government has been encouraging hoteliers to go ‘ up market ’ . |
| 25 | Suddenly I was aware that all my actions since the attack had been aimless distractions — action for the sake of action . |
| 26 | Azerbaijan accused Armenian forces of shooting down the helicopter , while Armenia claimed that the cause had been poor weather . |
| 27 | Forty perished and three years later the Scottish Parliament voted that the killing had been unlawful murder . |
| 28 | This practice , which is much more common in the United States , has acquired its own descriptive term , ‘ defensive medicine ’ , a term suggestive of the notion that an unnecessary and destructive tension exists between what the doctor thinks is good medicine and what the law requires of him . |
| 29 | Born-again rockers can choose between hundreds of albums with titles like ‘ Psycho Surgery ’ , ‘ Bishop of Souls ’ and ‘ Prophet of Idiocy ’ , while family values conservatives can dance to lyrics like ‘ Thank God the world 's been saved/ Marx is in his grave ’ . |
| 30 | But Webb 's strict ethical judgement that , once the couple had been pronounced man and wife , Benjamin was not entitled to put them asunder , disregards the fact that Benjamin has rescued Elaine from a loveless marriage before it is consummated . |