Example sentences of "[pron] have been [art] " in BNC.

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1 But the real discovery for me has been the final item on Disc 1 , the Messe des Pauvres , composed , incredibly , in 1895 .
2 The interesting feature for me has been the wider range of climbers active on the hard classics .
3 Well yes it is certainly fascinating to hear the views of , of members an and indeed it , it 's tempting to go on I think about or personal experience of floods , but this is not the time or the place I would suggest to do that erm strategic planning seems to me has been the venue for discussions with Southern Water Authority with the National Rivers Authority itself , we are the committee that tries to look many , many years ahead .
4 Alas , they were not safe , and what happened to them has been a matter of considerable argument .
5 Key among them has been a failure in the UK to build appropriate or adequate bridges between business , the universities , and other sources of innovation like the national laboratories .
6 Ballymena , still without the injured Stevie Smith , have something to prove from what for them has been a poor season .
7 Two other Section I matches see Schweppes Cup winners North Down entertaining North , with the aim of finishing third in the league to complete what for them has been a fine season .
8 These conflicts have , of course , had diverse and individual causes , but common to them has been a change in the political environment in which public enterprises operate .
9 Prominent among them has been the thesis of the American sociologist Robert Merton to the effect that the values associated with Protestant asceticism gave a positive stimulus to the practical sciences .
10 Most significant for them has been the need to adapt to the much greater degree of bureaucratic organization which has followed the 1973 Act , the great landmark in their careers .
11 My dialogue with them has been an important part of the process of valuing their own contributions .
12 Their most important check is on whether someone has been a bad payer in the past .
13 All my has been the way it should .
14 If I 'd been a union member I might have held out for a better offer or some redundancy money , but I was n't , so that was that .
15 But I realised I 'd been a bit heavy .
16 I tumbled out of the nest , where I 'd been a cosseted only child , and into digs .
17 I would n't have got to wear this if I 'd been a factory worker . ’
18 My mother thought if I 'd been a boy Dad would have lived with us and been grand , or at least people would have noticed us .
19 I have tried therapy ( male ) which was unsympathetic to say the least ; if I 'd been a ‘ good little Jewish girl ’ , and ( later ) the type of young woman that would make ‘ an ideal bride ’ I would have been ‘ happy ’ .
20 But I wish I 'd been a snobby old ratbag with some power on the Inverness-shire County Council planning committee in the 60s .
21 I suppose if I 'd been a few years older , I would have replied , ‘ Is n't that the only way to treat it ? ’
22 So he called me up and asked me if I wanted to play it , which was incredibly flattering because I 'd been a fan of his for such a long time .
23 ‘ Educationally and professionally , I 'd been a bit of a prodigy — always the youngest in my league .
24 I 'd been a partner for 10 years , I was 43 and could see another 17 years of PW partnership ahead of me .
25 But it 's kind of a shame , because I 'm only one element of blackness that you can see on television , and I 'll tell you , if I 'd been a kid and seen someone like me on telly , I 'd be a hell of a lot happier about the way I am in this world . ’
26 I think I got that because of my tracheotomy — I think I probably should have gotten it before , but I 'd been a bad girl .
27 I 'd been a bit dithery for a few days , sort of clumsy and absentminded , as you often get when you 're feeling under the weather .
28 I 've said all along if I 'd been a white man with my ability , I feel I 'd be a wealthy man .
29 I might hope to be a better grandfather than I 'd been a father . ’
30 If I 'd been a religious and I would have thanked one god or another for the large number of kilocreds I was soon to collect , which would keep me from any kind of poverty for a long time .
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