Example sentences of "[been] [adj] [noun pl] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By contrast , in the growth sectors of manufacturing and services within the non-metropolitan regions there have been strong tendencies of concentration in the main settlements . |
| 2 | What had hitherto been regional versions of folk and country music now joined with the former ‘ racist ’ music of the coloured population , creating through cross-fertilisation modern , i.e. ‘ pop ’ , music . |
| 3 | The sample was made up of people whom they judged would probably have been long-stay residents of Powick if that option had continued to be available . |
| 4 | There would have been different levels of accreditation according to competence , but each level ( Crown , High Court , Appeal Court ) would have been open to both solicitors and barristers . |
| 5 | But if they had n't been there , if they had been different kinds of men erm , I do n't think I would have been able to pick someone to be my husband or my partner who could be a decent father to my kids . |
| 6 | So many members of the Council had also been conspicuous supporters of Jane that only Northumberland was immediately executed . |
| 7 | For example , there have always been high rates of divorce after wars , but in the 1960s divorce was made easier and simpler by legal changes . |
| 8 | In the beginning they had been manly contests of strength and skill , strictly conducted to emphasize the virtues of morality , honour and courtesy . |
| 9 | This was the case with the small group who had been daily injectors of speed . |
| 10 | I am unable to see why equitable assignments , with this fall-back declaration of trust , ought to be treated in any way differently for compensation purposes than if in place of assignments there had been simple declarations of trust . |
| 11 | Earlier in the month there had been official denials of allegations of a coup plan which had been reportedly made on Nov. 5 in Washington by Eduardo Molina Olivares , a member of the independent Truth Commission charged under the peace process with ascertaining responsibility for human rights abuses . |
| 12 | On February 21 , 1991 a hearing took place before the justices , in camera , at which it was submitted on the defendant 's behalf that the publication of the prosecution would be a penalty highly prejudicial to the defendant 's business , that the publicity would bring about closure , that the restaurant had strong defences to each summons and that there had been serious breaches of PACE by the investigating officer . |
| 13 | Most of those involved in the formation of the National Government had in fact been prominent opponents of Lloyd George in the past . |
| 14 | High-technology ( hi-tech ) businesses , with an open attitude to recruitment , have also been large users of executive search and today almost all sectors of British industry use this facility to some extent . |
| 15 | A small , elegant building , it had been constructed in the last century by the Sanvitale family , who had always been passionate lovers of music and theatre . |
| 16 | There had been widespread fears of police violence , and water cannon had already been used against demonstrators on Saturday . |
| 17 | There have of course been innumerable discussions of developments within particular disciplines . |
| 18 | Over the years since union , there have been innumerable instances of Parliament enacting measures which conflict with the terms of union . |
| 19 | Opposition parties persisted with their accusations that there had been innumerable instances of ballot box rigging , intimidation of voters and the expulsion of opposition representatives at many polling stations . |
| 20 | During the two years of the Broadway production , there had been frequent changes of cast , but backstage staff at the Prince of Wales Theatre talked of a growing gap in the working relationship between Crawford and Cuka , and the management eventually admitted there had been a ‘ personality conflict ’ . |
| 21 | We know that in most regions there have been frequent changes of climate in the geologically immediate past . |
| 22 | Sir Anthony goes on : ‘ The information I have been given by the joint liquidators of BCGM [ the British fund ] and BCI [ in Gibraltar ] indicates that in the period up to December 1984 there had been frequent movements of money or securities between the United Kingdom funds and the Jersey funds and , most important of all , that at December 1984 the gilt-edged securities and cash held for the Jersey funds were at least some £3.65 million less than the funds ’ obligations to investors . |
| 23 | There may have been good reasons of prudence in all this . |
| 24 | There have been good levels of investment for business and manufacturing in recent years , as the hon. Gentleman should know . |
| 25 | And the past few years have been good years of course |
| 26 | After the war , most of Montparnasse would claim to have been intimate friends of Modigliani . |
| 27 | It is thus important to use language which reflects a real change of attitude to people who for so long have been unwilling recipients of services designed largely for society 's comfort and not theirs . |
| 28 | The arts collaboration practices I have so far observed have been inadequate models of curriculum practice . |
| 29 | Some of the talent were home grown , but others , including Michael Peacock of LWT fame and Jeremy Isaacs of Thames and Channel 4 , came across from the BBC , where programmes such as Tonight ( founded in 1957 ) had been famous nurseries of talent . |
| 30 | These statements are all true and there have been astonishing changes of government policy in a remarkably short period . |