Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb -s] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE pace of political change has been rapid here , but for no one has it been faster than for Mr Jan Carnogursky , who will be a deputy prime minister . |
| 2 | ‘ Little Arsehole 's been clever , the sod . |
| 3 | Ecologist leaders have tended to pour scorn on the idea in public ( their private response has been warmer ) and the centrists , who at present form part of the conservative coalition , have rejected it out of hand . |
| 4 | Ecologist leaders have tended to pour scorn on the idea in public ( their private response has been warmer ) and the centrists , who at present form part of the conservative coalition , have rejected it out of hand . |
| 5 | And in looking at the experience not merely of Asia , but also of Africa , what becomes increasingly apparent is that most development strategies have tended _ particularly when we look at technical change — erm have tended to bypass women , or in many cases one also notes that the impact of technical change has been detrimental to poor women , and examples of this can be found , for instance , in terms of adoption of certain kinds of technique , like mechanisation of rice processing in parts of Asia , where one finds that there has been a large scale displacement of landless women . |
| 6 | It is only recently that Champagne has been able to boast as many as seventeen grands crus . |
| 7 | Although he has seen other children with unexplained itching , each case has been different . |
| 8 | There is no doubt tremendous strides have been made in certain sections of the North 's economy but that progress has been partial and there have also been many setbacks . |
| 9 | Taken in conjunction with what follows they show the development of UK practice , although they also illustrate that progress has been slow and uncertain , and that user education is still generally a peripheral service in most libraries . |
| 10 | Over the last five years British agricultural research has been subject to major reorganisation . |
| 11 | The phenomenon of the hollow frontier has been common where settlers cultivate land , which is virtually free to anyone with the capital and/or labour to exploit it , and move on when serious erosion sets in , leaving behind eroded soils . |
| 12 | The effect on mainstream education and ordinary professional practice has been minimal ( Troyna and Ball , 1985 ) . |
| 13 | Each entry has been hand-crafted by a skilled specialist in lexical analysis . |
| 14 | In the twentieth century the most dramatic political collapse has been that of the Liberal Party . |
| 15 | Over the past 15 years Allied Colloids has been able to achieve compound annual growth rates of over 20pc . |
| 16 | On three occasions all 12 have been Unionist , but over the years the usual figure has been 10 Unionist . |
| 17 | If the quality of the counselling relationship is good it should prove more than enough to handle the outcome , and if it then assists the individual towards a resolution of emotional troubles , the short-term distress has been worthwhile . |
| 18 | The demand for control of our landscapes , or environment , in order to preserve or create pleasant amenities has been due to the work of many people organised in groups . |
| 19 | If that programme has been such a failure , why do we now have 30 programmes targeting support for identifiable industrial priority areas , and why are there almost 200 collaborative research programmes ? |
| 20 | Prior to their preparing a Four Yearly Report , however , for the majority , formal review of this kind has been unusual : more than half claim that little or very little formal review activity took place in their school before the LEA scheme was introduced . |
| 21 | One focus to this resistance has been realistic plot-paradigms which Sukenick constantly subverts in the interest of getting nearer to the real . |
| 22 | Another change has been extensive draining of moorland ( Stewart and Lance , 1983 ) and this allied to increased sheep numbers and other factors ( Anderson and Yalden , 1981 ) has led not only to a decrease in moorland vegetation but to a reduction in wildlife , notably grouse . |
| 23 | That is to say that their premium income has been insufficient to meet claims and the difference has therefore had to be met from investment income . |
| 24 | Taking the wrong course has been expensive for us all . |
| 25 | In the USA this experience has been evident in the sense that , when there are movements to restrain the growth of state spending . |
| 26 | Soon , thought Henry , feeling , as he often did , a sense of solidarity with chickens , they would label one with THIS FOWL HAS BEEN HAND-REARED AND TALKED TO NICELY . |
| 27 | Another difficulty has been that such councils are attuned to providing finance for the creation of specific works , while the need for support in popular music is not at the point of creation , but for help in reaching audiences . |
| 28 | One of the problems with traditional remedial teaching has been that spelling and neatness are fetishes . |
| 29 | In recent years this department has been busier repaying savings to the public than attracting them . |
| 30 | Critics say British industry has been slow to see the opportunities . |