Example sentences of "[Wh pn] have [adv] been [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Younger women who have previously been married may also be assuming this traditional role .
2 ‘ The hardest part is getting people who have previously been fit , healthy and independent to realise that they need help and support . ’
3 For those who have already been married , there had been pre-marital cohabitation by 62 per cent of women remarrying aged under 25 years , and 74 per cent remarrying between 25 and 34 years .
4 The profession is well used to the hostility , indifference or apathy of that majority of the people , who have traditionally been unable to avail themselves of its services because of insurmountable financial barriers .
5 In May , 1914 a resolution against the government was passed ‘ the ministry 's activities arouse dissatisfaction among the broad masses who have hitherto been peaceful .
6 erm er if there 's anybody who you feel erm next door or who have recently been married cos it 's obviously a great help to people who have just recently been married .
7 It involves visits to the homes of children who are either convicted offenders , children at special risk , or who have recently been involved in trouble and have come to the attention of the police .
8 Conversely , people living outside the UK ( and who have recently been resident in the UK ) can continue to join and vote for the party even though the next Labour Government 's policies will have little direct impact on their lives .
9 For those who have never been involved in the arts the exchange offers a wide range of opportunities to invest money with the aim of obtaining hard currency under a transfer deal system .
10 But even those of us who have never been anorexic and live in the affluent Western world must know , perhaps through some isolated experience of our own or others ' , that non-eating leads to fatigue and thence to depression .
11 Second , the NHS would focus more on acute hospital care ; thus chronically sick patients , who lack media appeal and who have never been able to compete successfully for resources within the NHS , would have a substantial part of their budgets protected within the proposed community care grant .
12 We need to ensure that the management of community care is improved to meet the needs of those who are discharged from hospitals and , more particularly , of those who have never been long-stay patients in our hospitals for the mentally ill .
13 Chinese diplomats , who have long been close to both the prince and the Khmers Rouges , have outlined the shape of a possible deal to some of their western counterparts .
14 It is also empowering for groups who have long been powerless , downgraded , humiliated , patronised , deskilled and diminished to discover the strength of concerted action for themselves and on their own behalf .
15 The proportions and percentages reported in this section apply only to teachers who have actually been involved in the preparation of a Four Yearly Report .
16 Obviously people who are merely going through a bad patch ( anxiety state ) are easier to assist in the process of change , because they have greater resources , than individuals who have always been anxious ( anxiety trait ) .
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