Example sentences of "[det] [noun] have [be] [conj] " in BNC.

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1	Some competitions have been and gone , others altered , some dropped and re-instated , whilst yet others have become inter-linked with other competitions , some with superb prizes but no trophies !
2	How successful do you think these changes have been and how far do you think privatisation in museums ought to go ?
3	And then the sudden lurching shift of perspective , the falling through the bottom of things , when you discover that these constants have been or could be altered after all .
4	And then the sudden lurching shift of perspective , the falling through the bottom of things , when you discover that these constants have been or could be altered after all .
5	the basis of these arguments have been whether methods such as sign language and finger spelling — hand actions allowing written English to be communicated within the understanding population — are as useful and effective as the technique known as ‘ total oralism ’ — the stressing of speech and lip reading rather than communication with signs .
6	The implications for selling as a result of these developments have been that salespeople of fast-moving consumer goods are no longer compelled to sell the products in the old-fashioned ‘ salesmanship ’ sense , as advertising has already pre-sold the goods for them .
7	The results of these factors have been that several of the new ‘ one-stop shop ’ security houses have withdrawn from market making .
8	However , the great hope all dieters have is that this new diet will be the one that will really work .
9	I see where those sheep have been and grazed those
10	These same governments have been and continue to be the cause of mass unemployment and emigration .
11	The real objection to the use of the statement may in any event have been that it was self-serving rather than that it was protected by privilege , which could have been waived by the defendant .

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