Example sentences of "have be [adj] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There has been specific targeting of areas like the Shankill and Ballymurphy areas of West Belfast , ’ said one detective . |
| 2 | There has been good response from advertisers resulting in relatively small expenses being incurred . |
| 3 | As you will be aware there has been extensive discussions with NALGO in connection with the arrangements for the necessary Council Tax introduction . |
| 4 | ( 1982 ) have used old Ordnance Survey maps to show that there has been extensive reclamation of moorland on the plateau uplands of the North York Moors , Exmoor , Dartmoor and the Brecon Beacons . |
| 5 | Another change has been extensive draining of moorland ( Stewart and Lance , 1983 ) and this allied to increased sheep numbers and other factors ( Anderson and Yalden , 1981 ) has led not only to a decrease in moorland vegetation but to a reduction in wildlife , notably grouse . |
| 6 | The chief headache for publishers to date has been perpetual change in syllabuses , which can seriously affect or disrupt the publishing process . |
| 7 | Since 1974 there has been increasing evidence of party politics intervening in local elections , with local-authority-wide campaigns being fought on national policy programmes . |
| 8 | In France there has been partial privatization of banking , industrial , and insurance groups . |
| 9 | ‘ In some instances it has been sheer luck for members of the public with either guns jamming or security force patrols intercepting the terrorists . ’ |
| 10 | Since that time I think that there has been great progress towards reconciliation and this has largely flowed from common sense and from a better understanding of the facts . |
| 11 | Since 1976 there has been great erosion of respect for local government . |
| 12 | David Oliver , Editor of our sister journal Airforces Monthly , has been probing inconsistencies in MoD replies relating to the retirement of the Vulcan . |
| 13 | Peter Middleton , former group chief executive of travel group Thomas Cook , has been chief executive of Lloyd 's since 14 September this year . |
| 14 | In the Galloway there has been strong discrimination against red , to the extent that red animals have been falsely maligned as ‘ poor doers ’ , and today the red varieties probably have Devon , South Devon , Red Poll or Shorthorn blood . |
| 15 | At the same time there has been strong pressure from MPs to allow the House of Commons to play a more effective role in these matters . |
| 16 | It has been typical weather on Britain 's south coast this August . |
| 17 | We have been very pleased that in the intervening months , when there has been ample opportunity for discussion and feedback , considerable support for this scheme has been forthcoming . |
| 18 | Since 1990 Dr Hazel has been Managing Director of Oscar Faber TPA , Edinburgh Office . |
| 19 | He has been managing director of LASMO North Sea for the last four years and has been responsible for the group 's activities in the UK and Netherlands . |
| 20 | Williams attempts to show that if we examined the commonplace idea of equality of opportunity thoroughly , we find ourselves carried down a sort of ‘ slippery slope ’ towards insisting that only if everybody has succeeded to the same degree can we be sure that there has been genuine equality of opportunity . |
| 21 | In recent years , by far the most important item has been individual demands for back payment of overtime earnings following court decisions on the method of calculating the hourly overtime rate . |
| 22 | But there has been endless comment by members of the Labour Party leadership as well as others about the outcome of the election and it is still going on . |
| 23 | Mr Kaifu has been prime minister since August 1989 . |
| 24 | There has been wide disagreement among historians concerning the chronology of population recovery , some suggesting that it started before the end of the fourteenth century , others favouring dates around 1430 and others again preferring the early sixteenth century ( 59 ; 75 , p.15 ; 99 , p.269 ) . |
| 25 | For the last six years he has been assistant curate at St. Barnabas ' Church in Linthorpe , Middlesbrough , and he will be instituted as vicar of Saltburn in July . |
| 26 | There has been progress in design , but no progress in accomplishment , specifically because there has been equal progress in design on both sides of the arms race . |
| 27 | An additional complication to Rugby 's future has been legal writs for damages by Mal Malik , a former Coventry and Rugby flank-forward . |
| 28 | Apple has been successful selling to schools in other countries , but has so far failed to make an impact in Japan ( apart from selling to private schools ) . |
| 29 | It has been desperate year for Thomas . |
| 30 | I 'm sorry it has been rotten weather at home . |