Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [been] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company 's Special Catering Division has been busy of late , arranging catering at a wide variety of functions including dinner for 400 in the magnificent setting of the Old Library at the Guildhall and two days celebrations abroad a new Geest Line Ship , moored on the Thames , off Greenwich . |
| 2 | " As you know , Sara , your aunt 's income has been dwindling of late years — she was very careless of investments and spent too much of her capital . |
| 3 | Tumin claims that the American Medical Association has been guilty of this practice . |
| 4 | Most of the time since we arrived back in England my mind has been full of thoughts about Fiona . |
| 5 | Kuwait had been wary of Iraqi territorial ambitions ever since it gained independence from the UK in 1961 . |
| 6 | During much of Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti 's seventh administration , formed in April 1991 [ see p. 38157 ] , the four coalition parties had been conscious of the approaching election and the government had progressively lost cohesion . |
| 7 | His career at Thame had been full of promise , attested by the Oxford University Local Examinations certificate framed on the walls of the terraced house in Cardiff in which I grew up . |
| 8 | Carlie had been suspicious of people since the day she was born . |
| 9 | The Jockey Club 's Disciplinary Committee upheld the York stewards ' judgement that Eddery had been guilty of interfering with Green 's Bid and Splendent in the Gimcrack Stakes . |
| 10 | It concluded that Dr Silvester had been guilty of a ‘ serious error of professional judgment ’ and ordered him to take a six-month retraining course . |
| 11 | If they were implicated in the cover-up it seemed inconceivable that the President had been unaware of what was going on . |
| 12 | Professional organisations like the Library Association have been conscious of the problem , and have issued a useful policy directive on the dispersal of valuable books . |
| 13 | Since there are so many alleged dope smugglers languishing in Mexican jails , some claimed to be unjustly accused , relations between the U.S. and Mexico have been taut of late . |
| 14 | There is no doubt that the last eighteen months have been short of American patronage for European dealers ( a combined effect of general economic conditions , the aftermath of the Gulf War and the continued high value of the pound against the dollar ) , so the hope is that this year 's focus will bring the Yankee Doodle Dandies to town . |
| 15 | On other occasions committees have been generally in support of government action but have urged that it be undertaken more vigorously : the Defence Committee has been critical of the Ministry of Defence when it has spent less than the sums provided in the annual estimates . |
| 16 | Since the Noel Hall Report of 1957 , the NHS has been conscious of the need to make special arrangements to ensure its share of good-calibre school leavers and graduates . |
| 17 | ‘ It was n't a discovery exactly , because it 's something humanity has been aware of in metaphor and myth since … well , forever , I guess . |
| 18 | The Enterprise Centre 's ‘ local ’ LEC — LEEL has been supportive of a number of areas of the centre 's activities and sponsored the 1993 Napier Enterprise Lecture . |
| 19 | The paper 's letters column has been full of old-soldiers ' memories and tales of cover-ups and super-weapons . |
| 20 | G Nat History & tc will also be of interest to me as an evidence that our intercourse has been productive of none but the most amicable feelings , that your [ two words illegible ] [ eyes the blessing of friends ] [ illegible ] |
| 21 | The former head of stone and sculpture conservation at the Victoria and Albert Museum has been aware of the problems since a visit he made to Agra in 1985 . |
| 22 | There were 37 attempted and full burglaries and once more hi-fi and electrical equipment has been top of the burglars ' list . |
| 23 | However , in that case the defendants had been aware of the plaintiff 's medical evidence and to avoid possible objections at trial it is good practice to amend to plead any substantial changes to the plaintiff 's claim . |
| 24 | She made it her rule that Belfast , the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army , casual atrocities never crossed her lips , not after his last trip away , because the man who had come back to her from Northern Ireland had been frightened of his own shadow . |
| 25 | In the book Marje writes that her 53-year marriage to husband Sidney had been devoid of sex . |
| 26 | Alida had been conscious of Dorothea 's married state , hating her for it , burning with scorn at the preoccupations and trivialities of a marriage . |
| 27 | The blond man had nodded a greeting to her , and Carol had been aware of his appraising gaze . |
| 28 | The Miller spokeswoman confirmed that Sainsbury had been aware of the plans , and that as it was a non-retail development , there would be no conflict of interest . |
| 29 | Ever since she was a little girl Maxine had been terrified of water . |
| 30 | ‘ The disciplinary committee found that Geoff Blackburn had been guilty of misconduct during the match . |