Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] have be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even as she said it she recalled the growing doubts and disgust which had been another spur driving her to accept Clive 's invitation . |
| 2 | As such they are seen as antithetical to the work ethic which has been such an integral part of Thatcherite political rhetoric . |
| 3 | The parameters of the religious issue might have been changed somewhat by the grudging toleration granted to Protestant Nonconformists in 1689 , but the religious settlement can scarcely be said to have provided a satisfactory solution to the issue of Dissent which had been such a source of tension in Restoration society . |
| 4 | During the session there had been some debate over the selection of the ministers of finance and foreign affairs . |
| 5 | For his firm support and that of Charles Elly as Deputy Vice-President , despite other intense pressures on their time , I owe a singular debt of gratitude — as I do to the Secretary-General and all his staff , not least the dedicated private office team who have been such a help to me and to Catherine my wife . |
| 6 | And he added : ‘ If I were an American , I would be saying thank goodness there have been some musicals to keep Broadway alive for the last 10 years . ’ |
| 7 | Prior to the meeting there had been much speculation that Shamir would face a challenge at the meeting ; in the event even Sharon urged the party to unite behind Shamir . |
| 8 | None the less , since antiquity there have been many efforts to describe features of the world , including the social , in quantitative terms , efforts which began to assume an even greater urgency and consequentiality with the rise of the modern nation state and its requirements for an accurate accounting of its resources . |
| 9 | In the fifty years since the TA was last called up for war there have been many changes . |
| 10 | Since the Second World War there have been many changes in official policies toward , and social assumptions concerning , the control and treatment of crime and offenders . |
| 11 | In this more fiercely competitive situation people quarrel more readily and more often , and the elder who had been such a paragon of gentle paternalism finds things increasingly difficult . |
| 12 | Now we have n't , erm talking about er cars as to other forms of transport and on the whole there 's been more complaints about the public transport than they have about cars , but you surely do n't think or maybe you do , I mean what 's bad about cars ? , |
| 13 | That night there had been much wine at dinner and Flavia , though far from drunk , felt warmed , free . |
| 14 | The certain mystique it had was much more than just Cowboys and Indians on television . |
| 15 | Before the General Election there had been some talk of revising Crime Has No Boundaries , after Quintin Hogg had written to Heath calling for a ‘ refurbishment ’ of policies towards crime . |
| 16 | In addition there have been several other accidents where cars have collided with each others . |
| 17 | Half the racing world seemed to have embraced the occasion , for which after the last race that afternoon there had been much speedy unrolling of glittering black and silver ceiling-to-floor curtaining , transforming the workaday interior of the grandstand into something ephemerally magnificent . |
| 18 | Of course there had been many Christmas parties after Maman went away , Aunt Tossie saw to that — but they were not memorable . |
| 19 | And of course there have been many moments when English art was very important on the Continent indeed . |
| 20 | Of course there have been some minor differences of opinion . |
| 21 | In the subsequent experience of the Church in exercising this ministry there have been many instances of failure , partial , delayed and temporary healing , reminding us that we live with the tension of the ‘ now ’ and the ‘ not yet ’ of the Kingdom . |
| 22 | Amidst such massive coverage there has been little television interest in what ordinary people get out of sport . |
| 23 | Leo had promised to ring me that evening in case there had been any news from the hospital ; and I told him my own news . |
| 24 | I do not think that in either case there has been any failure in interpretation of the ideas proposed , but rather that accommodation has been too readily accorded . |
| 25 | Unfortunately Chairman there has been some polarization of opinion between the Norfolk and the Suffolk interests . |
| 26 | By contrast Celtic had a goal in hand for much of the match and put together many passages of the passing game which has been such a feature of recent matches . |
| 27 | Vitor caressed her for a moment but then , impatient for the nakedness of the woman who had been such an obstinate aching presence in his bloodstream , he eased the amber silk from her shoulders and unhooked her lacy bra . |
| 28 | Nelson is flagging appropriate titles in its catalogue as ‘ self-access ’ , there are one or two new publishing names dipping toes in the swirling waters of EFL , and during the close season there have been some author-transfers , including David Vale from CUP to Heinemann and Alan Maley to Penguin . |
| 29 | Under this rubric there have been several locations which in the 1980s , at least at a particular , symbolic level , have lent a rhetorical credibility to the notion of an urban renaissance in many parts of the First World . |
| 30 | It would certainly be unwise to argue that in this respect there has been any fundamental change in personnel practices in recent years . |