Example sentences of "[det] [verb] be [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would that 've been a full time then or would she have done other |
| 2 | Could that answer be an intellectual deceit because you did n't , and do n't wish to be publicly identified as the boy going through travails that turns out to be so controversial ? |
| 3 | But the city has also revealed something about the American voter , something that belies the conventional wisdom that all that counts is the big-buck campaigns with their television adverts and ‘ issues ’ tailored to every fractured constituency . |
| 4 | If we do , we now have a model and can say that he and his family have been through it and have borne it with great fortitude , resilience and courage — as has been said , only through their deep religious faith — and that that has been a great lesson to us all . |
| 5 | That has been a great |
| 6 | Even that has been a mixed blessing . |
| 7 | That has been a primary objective . |
| 8 | ‘ That has been a stylish gown . |
| 9 | There has been nothing to fire the voters ' imagination — no spectacular clashes over policy , no exciting face to face confrontations between leading personalities , no suspense even as to the outcome , for that has been a foregone conclusion for months : the Right will win , and in all probability with a thumping landslide majority . |
| 10 | and that has been a long time coming but it now appears to be |
| 11 | That has been a consistent record of the Government since 1979 . |
| 12 | That has been a big feature of today 's debate , so I want to take the matter a bit further . |
| 13 | That has been a continuing trend . |
| 14 | Whether or not that was the intent of the regulations — and I am willing to believe that it was not the Minister 's intent — that has been the net effect of the way in which the three-week period was cut off due to the way that the regulations were tabled . |
| 15 | To date , that has been the only way — mass starvation , disease , AIDS , wars and insurrection , enforced transmigration and so on . |
| 16 | ‘ That has been the only topic of conversation throughout the county lately , ’ adds Chivers , ‘ We beat them last year at Casement Park , then fell to Donegal in the final . |
| 17 | That has been the main probem problem with the delay , can you confirm that erm assuming the the software is er is actually rated flight safe er that there are other stages yet , we 've still got to integrate the weapons systems , sensors and everything else . |
| 18 | THIS has been a momentous year for CCG in London , with a number of important new contracts and expanded services with existing clients . |
| 19 | True , this has been a disappointing campaign . |
| 20 | I had got over my nerves by then ( was even thinking Travels With My Angst might not be the most suitable title for my book ) and was able to take a more even view of the handsome tour guide who had confessed to me , ‘ This has been a good trip for me . |
| 21 | ‘ This has been a good test for his knee and we do n't think it is a big problem . |
| 22 | This has been a good debate , as Friday debates often are . |
| 23 | This has been a good debate . |
| 24 | Gillian Shephard , the Employment Secretary , told the House : ‘ This has been a good week for Britain . |
| 25 | ‘ This has been a live issue for a long time , but it has been brought into sharp relief by the lack of clear guidance on assessment from the DoH , ’ he said . |
| 26 | This has been a traditional starting-point for both historians and sociologists . |
| 27 | This has been a traditional argument for local and participative democracy ( Pateman , 1973 ) . |
| 28 | This has been a personal crusade to fill that gap . |
| 29 | As Wayne Gossage has said : " Patricia Knapp was one of the few people in the inner circle of the library-college vanguard who was in any way critical " ( Gossage 1975 : 8 ) and this has been a sad weakness in a movement which , with its enthusiasm and provocative reversal of traditional priorities , has aroused much interest and thought amongst educators , librarians and administrators . |
| 30 | This has been a wide-ranging debate . |