Example sentences of "have be [adj] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rumours of cutbacks at the factory have been rife for some time . |
| 2 | Very few children have been present during this week , many with their parents in the field . |
| 3 | He argues that ‘ the failure of both disputes revealed and reproduced the regional nature of management-labour relations in the industry ’ ( p. 35 ) , because ‘ miners ’ interpretations of the two disputes , and of the underlying arguments , are understood as embedded in the nature of collective social relations at work … the constitution of workplace relations has varied between coalfields and … variations in management and labour strategies have been central to this process ' ( p. 36 ) . |
| 4 | Data base systems have been available for many years and were developed to make efficient use of secondary storage devices in large computer installations . |
| 5 | Synthetic brushes have been available for some time and seemed to be the ideal solution , but in the past brushes could be too soft to control well , or too hard to be fully responsive , limiting paint delivery and with little spring , performing as a poor cousin to natural hair and bristle . |
| 6 | The standard gauge ( SK840 ) and Chunky ( SK890 ) models have been available for some time . |
| 7 | ACT ! , developed by Contact Software , is both the US 's and the UK 's best selling contact software package , and PC and network variants tailored to the UK have been available for some time . |
| 8 | My daughter had a wooden train set when she was a toddler ; construction toys have been available to both children , so we have dolls ' cots and buggies , plastic swords , sewing cards , cars and garages . |
| 9 | The reasons for this diversity have been subject to much debate ( section 2.4.2 ) and while it is not yet resolved , the fact remains that such forests house a huge genetic resource that has only been fractionally realised to yield what have ultimately become significant commercial products such as rubber . |
| 10 | Although we have been playing teams which have been going through crap periods , I think this has worked against us as all the opposition players and fans etc have been desperate for some sort of result . |
| 11 | Two authors , at least , have been explicit on this subject . |
| 12 | In my work I have been involved with many families who have needed to arrange a funeral . |
| 13 | Perhaps , in your own country , state enterprises or private corporations have been involved in such loan procedures with international banks . |
| 14 | I have been involved in many cases over the years , but nothing like this one . |
| 15 | Only a minority have been involved in that kind of talk . |
| 16 | Er I I emphasize that very quickly because a lot of people have been involved in all sorts of sales environments and market places erm still have their traditional habits . |
| 17 | Incidentally , Bob and I have been involved in some hospital visiting lately , and were surprised to find that more than half the patients in the ward had been taken ill on holiday , and consequently felt doubly cut off . |
| 18 | If you have been involved in any occult activities in the past then DO N'T PANIC , just read on . |
| 19 | GIVEN THAT Jacob 's Mouse have been involved in this rock ‘ n ’ roll malarkey in some form or another from an age when your hack still believed a bosom was Captain Birdseye 's right hand man on the SS Fishfinger , you would , perhaps — just like the kids of Bury St Edmunds — expect Sam , Jebb and Hugo to be precocious little shits with heads as big as Frank Sidebottom 's . |
| 20 | Four hundred and forty two SERC-funded students have been Involved In this examination of initial destinations . |
| 21 | ‘ A number of invitations have been outstanding for some time , and people just chose to take them up at this stage , ’ one said . |
| 22 | " Perhaps I have been lax in such matters , but that state of affairs can be remedied . |
| 23 | At face value , decentralisation of services into communities seems eminently sensible , and reference centres have been effective in some countries . |
| 24 | This is because remedial measures have been effective in some regions ( mostly in developed nations ) while in others the rate of degradation has increased . |
| 25 | ‘ The fact is , Mr Stevens , all the Chinamen in this house have been dirty for some time ! |
| 26 | While the words may have played little part in Nationalist propaganda , and the ideas they connoted have been uncongenial to many Catholics and erstwhile liberal monarchists within the Nationalist camp , nevertheless the prominence of the Falange and the involvement of Italy and Germany sufficed to satisfy most foreign observers , and by no means only those on the left , that the Spanish rebels were indeed ‘ fascists ’ . |
| 27 | In that process , it may well be that some of those concerned in the management of the company , and others as well , have been guilty of some misconduct or impropriety which is of relevance to the liquidation . |
| 28 | For this reason I have been convinced for some months that interest rates are too high and that they should start to be reduced at once . |
| 29 | Perhaps ominously , the Japanese have been absent from all discussions . |
| 30 | If you are concerned that you might have been exposed to sources of infection , especially if you have been unwell for some time , you can discuss your concerns with your family doctor or antenatal clinic . |