Example sentences of "have [been] [adj] [prep] [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , the larger features in Figure 9.3 are visible from the Earth and many have been observed to hardly change over the 100 or so years for which Jupiter has been subject to extensive and continuous observation with powerful telescopes . |
| 2 | Moran bought the freehold of the site from the Government four years ago and since then has been involved in delicate and at times heated negotiations to take possession from the leaseholder , an educational charity , the British Federation of University Women . |
| 3 | The impact of that has been different for older and younger generations and has affected the position of each generation in relation to financial support from relatives , and also assistance with accommodation . |
| 4 | ‘ The visitors ’ centre here opened about 18 months ago although the reserve has been open since 1977 and slowly we 're building it up . |
| 5 | Although no specific percentages were mentioned in the Act , the government had originally intended that the whole of the national curriculum should occupy 70 per cent of the timetable ; but it should also be remembered that religious education has been mandatory since 1944 and remains so . |
| 6 | Debate has been fierce between Liberal and Labour historians as to what can be proved from the by-elections of 1911–14 about the relative strength of the two Progressive parties ; it is an indecisive argument in its very nature because of the confused pattern of results and the lack of any truly comparable figures for 1910 or 1906 . |
| 7 | They were rejected in Rochdale , and even in Nottingham , where cases of sexual abuse were upheld , and nine parents were found to have been involved in elaborate and organised abuse , there was no evidence that they did this as part of any satanic rituals or worship . |
| 8 | Getty , 59 , had been Premier since 1985 and had been re-elected in 1989 . |
| 9 | Only nineteen MPs were heirs to peerages and of these seven were from families that had been Liberal before 1886 and another five were new creations since then ; thirty-eight MPs were related to peers by blood and another forty by marriage . |
| 10 | Albert Spanswick had been right on that and the hard men of his committee quite wrong . |
| 11 | The application had been subject to long and disapproving scrutiny at Coutts . |
| 12 | The seat had been Tory since 1970 and had been held since 1974 by Sir Charles , who retained it with a sizeable personal vote . |
| 13 | All three republics had been independent between 1918-19 and August 1940 when Soviet power was established under the pretext of the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop pact [ see pp. 4181 ; 4163 ] . |
| 14 | well okay well just to wind up , I mean I 've been involved in this and people within the R Y A and the office for a good six months now and we fell well down the line , the reality is hardly any courses have started yet and there 's hardly any youngsters been on the water . |
| 15 | Erm I think you 've been conscious of that and have made sure the hair has covered the creases up . |
| 16 | " We 've been self-critical in public and learned important lessons " , he said . |
| 17 | The law centre , in particular , has taken a broad view of its obligation to service the local community and some have been active in stimulating and articulating local protest . |
| 18 | Many of the studies have been concerned with specific and small samples and consequently there is the possibility that this could have distorted the findings . |
| 19 | For an industry that is one of the biggest single employers in this country though , times have been hard during 1991/92 and businesses country-wide have found it increasingly difficult to continue the level of graduate recruitment . |
| 20 | And she 's married , she 's been married for two and half years to Glen . |