Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb base] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From a very early period the courts have been opposed to restrictions upon the free alienation of land . |
| 2 | The times have been hard on you , these last weeks . |
| 3 | Fifteen years ago , many of the cases SAVE was involved with caused ridicule amongst our critics . |
| 4 | The lads have been great in helping me to settle in . |
| 5 | Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania-based Transarc Corp will begin shipping its Distributed Computing Environment and Encina transaction processing monitor for SunSoft Inc Solaris 2.1 and 2.2 from next month — the development kits for both the environments have been available for over a year . |
| 6 | The stables have been open for one year this November . |
| 7 | The frame of reference within which the authors write is that of the linguist . |
| 8 | Visitors through the centuries have been impressed by the beauty and harmony of these proportions . ’ |
| 9 | This society 's accounting policy on provisions is that ‘ provisions are made to reduce the value of loans and advances to the amount which the directors consider is likely to be ultimately received ’ . |
| 10 | The Conservatives have been concerned about what they have regarded as bias , especially left-wing bias , in the way issues have been presented to pupils by some teachers . |
| 11 | Inspection of graph ( b ) shows that with a given money supply of £50 million , equilibrium is achieved when the transactions demand is equal to £30 million . |
| 12 | There are , no doubt , many examples of harmonious relationships between the two tiers , but the tensions have been significant in both England and Scotland since reorganisation ( Alexander 1982a:Ch. 3 Passim ; 132 — 3 ) . |
| 13 | The years have been kind to you . ’ |
| 14 | The years have been kind to Irene , though she 's still a lot more tired and worn than even the roughest of our nurses . |
| 15 | Such ‘ constant routines ’ remove all external rhythms since both the environment and the life-style of the individuals have been constant throughout the 24 hours . |
| 16 | Even ordinary varieties of plants like antirrhinums and pot marigolds ( calendulas ) may produce disappointing results because the plants have been cross-pollinated by other varieties or colours . |
| 17 | In the latter , the progressives have been active in the top echelons of the church hierarchy . |
| 18 | The banks have been hostile to the plans from the beginning but had been waiting for the right moment to withdraw on commercial rather than political grounds . |
| 19 | The bulk of the reductions have been due to the recession , he argues , while emissions from power stations have fallen by only one-sixth . |
| 20 | The two most prolonged battles of this kind , at Mavisbank near Edinburgh and Pell Wall in Shropshire , are cases where the owners have been deaf to every offer to take on the house and restore it . |
| 21 | Over the past two decades the owners have been generous on pay because their revenues have increased by an average of 12% a year . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | History , as we have mentioned , has been kind : the country has staved off invasion by its enemies , and the resources have been available for government to make and meet commitments in response to changing demands and expectations . |
| 24 | This century the professions have been one of the fastest growing sectors of the occupational structure . |
| 25 | The cats have been asleep for days . |
| 26 | As middlemen since then , the Iranians and the Russians have pushed the UN further into the background and , at least until peace really does break out , the Americans have been happy for it to stay there . |
| 27 | I think the Algerians have been angry with him for some time and are prepared to let Polisario have a free hand . ’ |
| 28 | The families and the professionals have been concerned with the care of children and with negotiating the criteria that govern state intervention in that care . |
| 29 | Shadow Environment Secretary Jack Straw added bitterly : ‘ The only thing the Liberals have been true to is their colours — yellow . ’ |
| 30 | The increases have been less of late because inflation 's dropped and we 've reduced our K value . |