Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 A French-lexified Creole is , or has been in common use in several other territories as well — Trinidad , Grenada and St Vincent among them .
2 The conduct had also to be intended to provoke a breach of the peace or to have been of such a nature as to have been likely to have occasioned such a breach .
3 He fervently denied that he had been at the scene of the murders or had been in any way involved .
4 If he had a dubious work record , or had been in any kind of trouble , it often did n't matter .
5 It is of great significance that most of the NICs are presently or have been in recent times one-party states , not necessarily totalitarian in the classic sense , but certainly lacking in most of the genuinely pluralistic institutions that characterize advanced industrial societies .
6 So I do n't know if any of you are old enough to have worked in factories or have been in any in the services ?
7 I mean , Diana herself has never in her lifetime uttered one statement that has been of any use to any member of the human race . ’
8 The things that matter are in this book .
9 Closed-loop control is then the natural choice if the stepping motor itself must be utilised effectively , for example in aerospace applications where weight rather than cost is of primary importance .
10 As well and so that that get 's over whether they you know that get 's over this thing about erm views of other people j the way you
11 The years that followed were in many respects his heyday .
12 Stalin was less interested in Korea and the type of state that developed was of idiosyncratic character , in some respects resembling the Soviet Union and in others the kind of communist party devised by Mao Tse-tung during the Yenan era .
13 Although conceding that manufactures were in many respects deserving of the " high encomiums " bestowed upon them , a pamphleteer of 1782 went on to remark : Scarcely are we fed , lodged , clothed , warmed , without sending multitudes to their grave .
14 According to H. C. Robbins Landon , it was the Tristan und Isolde shortly before that , a production of swarming darkness and rare musical sensibility , that had been for many people one of the greatest of all their musical experiences .
15 She hated arriving at places unannounced and , although Charles Caldecott had always been at his most ingratiating when he met her , that had been on social occasions .
16 Even more importantly , Maisie did n't like chicken , especially free-range , corn-fed , humanely killed chicken that had been through Jungian analysis .
17 Lower School was opposite the Chapel and here , under the dark oaken beams and arches , I was taught in a classroom that had been in continuous use as such since 1443 .
18 Only once had he said he loved her , and that had been in extreme circumstances .
19 The O'Donnells of Donegal had built a stone Tudor mansion on the site of a twelfth-century castle , and the walls that remained were of surprising elegance .
20 The NHS has much to learn from other industries and organisations that have been through similar changes .
21 there 's been a lot of people that have been on that level for a long while .
22 But , whatever their idiosyncrasies and complexities , this highly individual body of printers served the book well and , if they sometimes failed in their human relationships , achieved in print a beauty and harmony that have been of inestimable benefit to us all .
23 Country houses that have been in institutional use
24 Sales in the product 's first year of deliveries amounted to only $1m , a drop in the bucket for a firm that 's been through two rounds of venture capital totalling $7.5m provided by Aspen Partners , Menlo Ventures and Matrix .
25 Yes a figure that 's been around that anyway , yes .
26 ‘ Hopkins 's sister is a widow and has been for many a year , ’ the fellow replied .
27 I know that that is not entirely agreeable to some of my hon. Friends and to some Opposition Members , but that is the fact of life — and has been for many years .
28 She keeps busy with local activities and has been for many years editor of her church magazine .
29 If a child is sniffing with a group of young people , and has been for some time , it may help to provide other more interesting and exciting leisure activities .
30 There is indeed , and has been for some years , discussion on the political level as to whether , and to what extent , public transport , particularly in capital cities , should be regarded , and financed , as a social service , out of taxation whether national or local .
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