Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] have [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Managers say Stoke Mandeville has simply been treating too many people . |
| 2 | AI has repeatedly expressed concern about the case to the Tunisian Government since October 1991 but the Tunisian authorities have continued to insist that Faisal Barakat had never been arrested and that he died in a road accident . |
| 3 | In 1343 Archbishop Zouche of York at first resisted the king 's nominee for the deanery of York because Cardinal Talleyrand had already been papally provided ; when the king 's judges found against him , Zouche acquiesced in the royal candidate , rejected the cardinal and endured papal excommunication for the last four years of his life . |
| 4 | Geomorphological and Quaternary studies of the glacial history of the Grampian Highlands have always been major research interests within Scottish universities . |
| 5 | United and today 's opponents Arsenal have both been under the disciplinary spotlight , having picked up a stack of yellow cards between them . |
| 6 | For all his reverence for Hugh of Lincoln Richard had always been determined that other bishops should not be like him . |
| 7 | Pat Yot had never been entrusted with such responsibility before but she had become a friend of the family ; to Bernard and Laura loyalty and energy mattered far more than experience . |
| 8 | Back at the desert base , David Stirling had earlier been busy on the radio , signalling the deputy director of operations on 10 July regarding jeeps . |
| 9 | Their companion cast them exactly the sort of curious glance Isabel had just been anticipating . |
| 10 | Miss Grimes had certainly been glad of the presents but she had not really seemed as destitute and lonely as Ianthe had expected — perhaps secretly even hoped — and she found herself resenting the way she had taken the violets . |
| 11 | Peter saw no reason to conceal the figure ; Petronius Redburnus had never been modest . |
| 12 | THE GOSPEL according to Bobby Gillespie has always been more fun to read than to listen to but the media-friendly Scotsman has finally justified his own hype by drawing up the definitive blueprint for ‘ 90 's Rave culture . |
| 13 | David Campese has already been signed on a full-time marketing role and a Farr-Jones will also have a strong role in Channel Ten 's rugby presentations . |
| 14 | In Sard Harker there is a complete change of tempo when Sard , finally reaching Santa Barbara , is told that Miss Kingsborough has already been found . |
| 15 | Philip Greaves , had the portfolios of Public Works and Communications added to his existing responsibilities ; he was also Leader of the House of Assembly Warwick Franklin had hitherto been Agriculture Minister , where his tenure had been a controversial one . |
| 16 | Miss Wharton had already been driven back to Crowhurst Gardens by a WPC , there to be solaced no doubt with tea and sympathy . |
| 17 | Holden Caulfield and Lucy Snowe have both been rejected by their societies ; Holden for refusing to conform to standards which he considers ‘ phoney ’ , and Lucy for voicing her Protestant beliefs in a strong Catholic community . |
| 18 | The Xinhua news agency reported on June 1 that Hu Qili , Rui Xingwen and Yan Mingfu had all been appointed as Vice-Ministers ( in charge of Machine-Building and Electronics Industry , State Planning Commission and Civil Affairs respectively ) . |
| 19 | The building — called the Old Manor House — was allegedly the scene of a naked ‘ wedding ceremony ’ and Miss Dale has also been at the centre of a storm surrounding payments of £4,000 made by the Treasury to help fund Chancellor Norman Lamont 's legal expenses to get her out of his London house . |
| 20 | We felt pretty helpless in the train , as we did not know whether any arrangements had been made to meet us at Canton , but at the station we were welcomed by a Min. of Education official , together with a teacher-interpreter from Canton university , who surprised us with his urbane manner , excellent English , and his knowledge that David Owen had just been made the substantive Foreign Secretary to replace Anthony Crossland ( and that , incidentally , is about the last news we have heard about affairs in the U.K. ! ) . |
| 21 | Gregory Butler has long been a field leader in this domain . |
| 22 | For some time before 5 p.m. her mother was alone with Miss T. What passed between them we do not know , because Miss T. has never been able to say and the mother , although a party to the proceedings , has never seen fit to give evidence . |
| 23 | Nathalie Sarraute had never been prepared to accept his insistence on pure textuality , and both Robbe-Grillet and Claude Simon sought to distance themselves from the increasingly over-rigid application of his theories . |
| 24 | The first multi-layer test ( MLT ) ever performed by BPX Colombia has recently been conducted at Buenos Aires-1 , the long term test production well at Cusiana . |
| 25 | Leggy Linda Lusardi has just been told that her new job involves moving in with seven adoring men . |
| 26 | Throughout his distinguished career — the Barcelona Olympics were his ninth with the BBC — David Coleman has always been a true professional . |
| 27 | Julie T Wallace has never been a shrinking violet — which is probably just as well , as it would be almost impossible for her to fade quietly into the background . |
| 28 | PAT Thoirs has always been a woman of letters writing , selling or delivering them . |
| 29 | Eleanor Thorne has long been my friend . |
| 30 | Former England under-21 midfielder Sellars , who signed a four-year contract two months ago , and £2 million record signing David Rocastle have both been left kicking their heels . |