Example sentences of "the [noun] [pron] have [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BELVILLE : [ still unforgiving ] After the meanness you have been guilty of you have fallen very low with me . |
| 2 | The holding of markets and fairs for the trading of livestock , agricultural produce and the output of craft industries has been widely spread , but the institutions themselves have been diverse . |
| 3 | All through the 1960s to the present there have been numerous minor changes of staff but the net result has been a gradual increase in numbers of the field staff to meet the ever growing commitments . |
| 4 | After the battle a prisoner warned them : " For the present you have been victorious because God willed it ; but wait a month or two and you will see Menelik 's soldiers . |
| 5 | One of my fiercer relatives , bilked of five hundred quid when a client was bankrupted , also claims that the bailiffs we have are useless . |
| 6 | Party leaders are concerned at the growing gap between Communists active in parliament in Warsaw , and those in the provinces who have been slow to catch on to the change . |
| 7 | But the subjects I have been concerned with recently have been more directly related to my own experience of life : the situation in Northern Ireland ; the Gulf War ; my thoughts have come closer to home . |
| 8 | Over the years the G M B has been a major part of our family life the night meetings sometimes being away from home the disputes I have been involved in you have shared them with me and listened to me , and because of my involvement you have always supported me . |
| 9 | Show me the tyrants who have been great lovers . |
| 10 | The fish you have are peaceful Amazonian Cichlids , from soft acid water . |
| 11 | Over the years we have been thankful to hear the BBC World Service in Chungking , Kuala Lumpur , Los Angeles , Guyana , Nigeria , Alaska and many other places — and that clear , calm statement of the news spoken with suave detachment in impeccable English has never ceased to satisfy . |
| 12 | Over the years there have been innumerable accidents and incidents caused by the airbrakes opening in flight . |
| 13 | Over the years there have been many studies of the effects of smoking on gastric secretion . |
| 14 | Over the years there have been many modifications in an attempt to simplify the tendering procedure and improve the difficulties of administration . |
| 15 | Over the years I have been able to spend many hours with individual singers . |
| 16 | So , Sir , I have been able to reflect on the inherent good sense of the people of Worcester over the years I have been privileged to be the Member for that constituency . |
| 17 | Here is a poll for all you positive-thinking Leeds fans — who is ( from the period you have been White-Watching ) : |
| 18 | Although in the case of the UK there have been substantial additions to the official reserves in recent years ( a consequence of foreign exchange market intervention , even though the UK has , technically , a floating or market-determined exchange rate ) this growth in the reserves has not matched the increase in capital flows . |
| 19 | Most of the people who have been close to me over the years have been paid to be . |
| 20 | It is now widely accepted that the Chairmanship of the Bar is virtually a full time job , and the profession has been fortunate indeed in the people who have been prepared to take on that responsibility and make that commitment . |
| 21 | Members of the Commission who have been involved with Cafod 's Latin America Campaign , would like to share their enthusiasm and resources with any parish , womens group , ecumenical group , youth group , senior citizens group etc , who would like to learn a little more about Latin America . |
| 22 | ‘ Adequate resources would have to include extra staff , as this shortage contributes a great deal to our lack of staff training , i.e. the staff we have are all needed to run the service ’ … |
| 23 | In the past we have been able to help out when there have been settlement and clearing difficulties and are ready to do the same again . ’ |
| 24 | Now in Selby for example , where I think a we'v Bill and I have tried to offset the balance a little bit , but in the past they have been better staffed . |
| 25 | These three genera seem to form a natural grouping ( Box 2 ) and in the past they have been confused with one another : in commenting on the original description of the Buluk specimens , Deslon suggested that they should be attributed to Kenyapithecus ( rather than to Sivapithecus , as they then were ) , and in an addendum to their original description of Heliopithecus , Andrews and Martin recognized the affinities of that genus to Afropithecus , which was published just before Heliopithecus . |
| 26 | Whereas in the past there have been various pressure groups setting themselves up as having a special reason for being heard thanks to their scientific credentials , perhaps the wisest comment on this came from the professor who , while urging scientists to make their voices heard , also urged them not to make any special claims to knowledge or understanding of the issues just because they were scientists . |
| 27 | The players we have are good enough to do well without people like him . |
| 28 | In the US there have been extensive experiments with new forms of reporting and in Europe , Germany stands out as the leader in environmental reporting . |
| 29 | But it is likely that the professionals who have been responsible for the running of such companies at local level will have been allied to the more liberal group among the upper protestant classes , as represented by such families as the O'Neills , who have looked to the English public schools for the right sort of education . |
| 30 | The man I have been foolish enough to fall for is incapable of trusting me . ’ |