Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] been [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They argue that the main culprits have been local authorities and that their spending must be further curtailed . |
| 32 | Figure 8.2 shows that the decline of the private rented sector and the growth of owner-occupation have been long-term phenomena . |
| 33 | Hostility to wealth and demands for its redistribution have been normal features of British politics since the 1890s . |
| 34 | Ever since the days of the Roman Empire the Italians have been great builders . |
| 35 | Here , the manageress Giovanna has been welcoming guests for 30 years and prides herself on offering a simple , comfortable hotel and a good choice of menu . |
| 36 | Philip VI 's armies had taken key English positions along the Garonne , and Philip had been promising grants and pensions to those Gascons who would enter his obedience . |
| 37 | He had missed his church very much indeed , but our Vicar and the Curate had been constant visitors , and we were both of us upheld by the knowledge of their prayers and of many friends at St Peter 's . |
| 38 | The Taylor report found some responsibility for the tragedy lay with the stadium 's management , some with the fans and some with the South Yorkshire police , and suggested that senior officers had been dubious witnesses . |
| 39 | The return of Chalmers to form and his ever-improving tactical maturity have been essential elements in the Scottish success this year . |
| 40 | The return of Chalmers to form and his ever-improving tactical maturity have been essential elements in the Scottish success this year |
| 41 | There will of course have been new developments but I am confident that little will have changed in the fundamental agenda of those truly concerned about the health of their nation . |
| 42 | Rob Wilson 's tackle shop in Brora has been welcoming anglers for more than fifty years . |
| 43 | The district has been national finalists in the Britain in Bloom contest in the last four years and this has been achieved by the magnificent floral displays which can be seen throughout the summer months in our area . |
| 44 | These accusations were denied by the government , the BSP , and the Soviet ambassador , Viktor Sharapov , who at a press conference on Aug. 26 said that his only contacts with the government and the BSP had been official ones at which he had delivered the statement of the State Committee for the State of Emergency ( the Soviet coup leaders ) and Gorbachev 's subsequent repudiation of it , and had discussed the forthcoming visit to Moscow of a Bulgarian economic mission . |
| 45 | This division of the tribes cut across their earlier affiliations and origins since most of those on both sides of the Thames Estuary had been Gallo-Belgic migrants crossing the Channel and settling in these areas , mainly as a consequence of Caesar 's advance into Gaul in 39 BC and possibly earlier . |
| 46 | ( In Aeschylean tragedy ) the characters had been eternal types representing the universal laws implicit in myth . |
| 47 | In the 1920s and 1930s , doctors in the UK and USA began to realize that a very high proportion of their lung cancer patients had been heavy smokers . |
| 48 | Their early publications have been linguistic products such as spellcheckers , dictionaries , thesauri and multilingual translators . |
| 49 | Rangers have been entertaining crowds with a slick passing game that has rewarded them with only three defeats in their last 21 League matches . |
| 50 | Glenys and Neil Kinnock have been regular customers for several years and it was Glenys who had the honour of cutting the ribbon . |
| 51 | Advocates of the audio-lingual method have been enthusiastic supporters of the language laboratory as a powerful aid in the automation of language responses . |
| 52 | As visitors to Spain this summer will notice , the Government has been encouraging hoteliers to go ‘ up market ’ . |
| 53 | Her tears had been angry tears at first , but now they were sad and bitter . |
| 54 | Even in Palestine , where the Persians had been good rulers , there had been troubles , if our confused evidence is to be trusted at all ( c . |
| 55 | Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had been notable guests of the Duke in 1842 , and in 1844 a grand fete was organised by the Duke for the reception of the Emperor of Russia ( mentioned above ) at which the King of Saxony ; the Duke of Wellington and many representatives of the nobility of Britain attended . |
| 56 | The windows had been broken years ago but the railway company had boarded the frames up with wooden battens which were very effective ; they did however allow a view into the building and although the children could see in they were fascinated with the place and were happy playing in the cutting . |
| 57 | Suddenly I was aware that all my actions since the attack had been aimless distractions — action for the sake of action . |
| 58 | During their schooldays at Eton , Johnnie Spencer and the Earl of Dartmouth had been good friends . |
| 59 | We have seen that localism and the drift to increasingly authoritarian government have been major problems even for Africa 's more successful leaders , and have been disastrous in other cases such as Uganda and Nigeria . |
| 60 | The worlds of industry and commerce , accountancy and finance , advertising and government have been major recruiters of graduates from the department for many years . |