Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [be] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has all been good training for his new post . |
| 2 | That has all been great fun . |
| 3 | ( Although a famous novelist has recently garnered considerable publicity for memorizing his interviews , this has long been standard practice for many sociologists . ) ’ |
| 4 | Unlike the Koran , however , the Bible has long been fair game for spirited literary re-readings . |
| 5 | It has long been common practice to give students isolated passages of poetry or prose , often but not always anonymous , to analyse , discuss , and respond to , in the manner of Richards 's original undertaking . |
| 6 | It has only been burning coal in it ! |
| 7 | It is possible that pollution affects their reproductive and immune systems , but there has only been piecemeal research on this subject . " |
| 8 | There has already been extensive research on these , at Exeter and elsewhere , using computer techniques of control , recording and analysis . |
| 9 | According to the organisers there has already been considerable interest from a number of European and American dealers . |
| 10 | Open Tues — Sun 12.30 — 2.30 except Sat , Tues — Sat 7.30 — 10.30 C4 S5 V5 £40 ( three-course lunch £13.50 including coffee ) St Quentin ( 071 589 8005 ) 243 Brompton Road , London SW3 Smart South Ken canteen opposite the Oratory has always been terrific value ; now it 's got cooking with the flair to match its friendly , highly efficient French service and jolly brasserie decor — all mirrors and panelling . |
| 11 | Whenever Labour has lost office there has always been strong pressure within the party to press for more extreme policies . |
| 12 | ‘ That price has always been extreme vigilance , ’ the QC said . |
| 13 | There were no warmer or more enthusiastic supporters than the BDDA in the reconstitution of the Institute , and there has always been harmonious co-operation between the two . |
| 14 | There has always been intense rivalry between New Zealand and Big Brother Australia . |
| 15 | There has always been bad blood between these families but now they are like two stiff-legged hunting-hounds who circle each other with hackles raised and teeth bared , carefully eyeing each other , ready to launch into war if any move is made by their rival . |
| 16 | ‘ Our overriding aim of all of us with the rest of the LUF has always been local provision of a self-contained stand-alone unit specifically for leukaemia and other haematology patients , ’ she said . |
| 17 | Mr James said : ‘ There has always been numerous safety management regulations in engineering but until now the administration side of the business has largely been ignored . |
| 18 | On the occasions I have returned it has usually been late afternoon . |
| 19 | The warm spell has also been good news for workers at the factory after a difficult year when 67 people were made redundant when their parent company , Clarke Foods , collapsed last year . |
| 20 | There has also been preferential loss of the small foot bones : phalanges ( phal ) and metapodials ( met ) . |
| 21 | There has also been growing evidence , members were told , of underage drinking in certain areas of the town , coupled with joy-riding . |
| 22 | There has also been significant criticism of companies that have entered into transactions that were unsuitable for their needs and that increased their financial risk . |
| 23 | Most of the growth has been in issuance of eurobonds , but there has also been significant growth in issuance of foreign bonds , largely in Swiss francs . |
| 24 | There has also been significant investment in the areas of health , safety , quality , the environment and in personnel development and training . |
| 25 | But there has also been disturbing evidence , particularly on the family front . |
| 26 | There has also been deliberate wooing of parents who had already made their selection , although it is surely obvious that changes in mid-stream can only be damaging , in terms of stability , education and coach/player relationship . |
| 27 | There has also been considerable development in sail design in recent years with the result that sails are now far more controllable than the earlier types which resembled blown-out bedsheets . |
| 28 | In the past these accusations were dismissed as ‘ Western-orchestrated propaganda ’ , but there has now been Soviet confirmation of a number of recent killings in the Ukrainian town of Kharkov during fights between Soviet youngsters and African students . |
| 29 | But where a discharger has regularly been outside consent , standards have been relaxed to accord with the existing performance in 95 per cent of samples taken . |
| 30 | Superdrug claims until now up to sixty per cent of the perfume price has simply been pure profit for the retailer . |