Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [verb] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tuda 's episcopal consecration in southern Ireland would not for long have been acceptable . |
| 2 | I , too , wish to apologise to the House for not having been present at the start of this debate . |
| 3 | I would agree with that , but I would just like to pick up three two of there have been one or two instances felt that they have necessarily make aware perhaps that something 's coming up in er difficult , but I just wanted to mention that er I do n't know what the procedures are actually , but I mean it d did n't seem to be one or two cases not saying it necessarily the department 's fault , I 'm er just making the point . |
| 4 | MacDonald 's assumption throughout the Government and almost up to the last moment was that Baldwin and he would retire together , and that Neville Chamberlain , with the freshness , if not of youth , at least of never having been Prime Minister before , would succeed directly . |
| 5 | Since no reasons have been given by the decision-maker and no unfavourable inference can be drawn [ from ] this fact because there is obvious justification for his failure to do so , the presumption that he acted intra vires can only be displaced by evidence of facts which can not be reconciled with there having been reasonable cause for his belief that the documents might be required as evidence … |
| 6 | Yes and the county are in the same position as everybody else in not having been able to check it . |
| 7 | Imitation , they say , is the sincerest form of flattery , and the Taiwanese , masters of mimicry , are going ahead with an ambitious plan to copy a style of rugby that until now has been alien to them . |
| 8 | People in here have been brain-dead for fifteen years . ’ |
| 9 | This line effectively opened up the southern reaches of West Ham which until then had been deserted marshland , and focused attention on Stratford as a centre of railway activity . |
| 10 | We heard them settling down in the next room which until then had been empty . |
| 11 | Parents and families in the reception areas were shocked by what they saw and heard , incredulous that they could until then have been ignorant of the deprivation within a society which they thought they knew well enough . |
| 12 | Experience with intestinal transplantation until recently has been disappointing , because of inability to control rejection with cyclosporin , mucosal necrosis , and graft-versus-host disease . |
| 13 | Clinical trials of evening primrose oil in AD have been inconclusive , and the use of fish oil , a source of n3 series EFAs , to treat AD has also yielded conflicting results . |
| 14 | As the plane from London bounced along the runway at Ciampino airport , Nora congratulated herself on not having been sick , even during the bumpy moments as they flew over the Alps . |
| 15 | This controversy , usefully outlined in the Report of the Committee on One-Parent Families ( Finer , 1974 , Vol. 2 , pp. 136–47 ) crystal-lises the state 's dilemma of how to deal with women who , by ‘ failing ’ to play the part expected of them ( i.e. by ending their marriages or by having a child without ever having been married ) find themselves without the support of a man . |
| 16 | The new Transaction System from Micro Focus Plc ( CI No 2,166 ) represents a major departure for the Newbury , Berkshire company that up to now has been famed for its Cobol products and development tools rather than for production system software — but the market for Unix transaction processing systems is still wide open because scarcely any have been sold as yet . |
| 17 | The system represents a major departure for the Newbury , Berkshire company that up to now has been famed for its Cobol products and development tools rather than for production system software — but the market for Unix transaction processing systems is still wide open because scarcely any have been sold as yet . |
| 18 | ‘ The City up to now has been anonymous , ’ Thompson says . |
| 19 | Moran bought the freehold of the site from the Government four years ago and since then has been involved in delicate and at times heated negotiations to take possession from the leaseholder , an educational charity , the British Federation of University Women . |
| 20 | He became an MP in 1974 , joined the Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury in 1985 , and since then has been agricultural minister ( surviving the Edwina Currie salmonella in eggs scare ) , Education Secretary , Leader of the House and now transport . |
| 21 | Everything since then has been fine . |
| 22 | Progress since then has been slow but the principle has remained the same . |
| 23 | The consistency of application since then has been remarkable , the benefits being seen in a lengthy , unbroken period during which time there has been a sustained management of urban change : plan making under constant review covering the whole of urban Britain , and control of development by public and private bodies in the community interest . |
| 24 | She said she did not want any fuss , that she was fine , and everyone over there has been marvellous . ’ |
| 25 | stuff keep the half way up my back its all padding and stuff and I 've rolled over , as I 've rolled over there 's been another one it has gone off , it felt like I 've been kicked in the back by somebody really having a go at me , it threw me and even with all that I had a like that so there not , there not kiddy toys . |
| 26 | If he had to be shifted to Ireland , why could n't it have been Dublin where he 'd at least have been nearer to Elizabeth and might have managed to hop over to England more often . |
| 27 | If he had been able to understand that , he might at least have been able to formulate a coherent apology . |
| 28 | Then she would at least have been able to ask if he was anything to do with Massingham Engineering — and thereby have been prepared this morning . |
| 29 | In days gone by there had been little differences between the members of the party on the war policy , but the war was now over and they wanted to unite all their forces … |
| 30 | In years gone by there had been some clever dogs in Baldersdale . |