Example sentences of "[art] past [pron] have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past we have been able to help out when there have been settlement and clearing difficulties and are ready to do the same again . ’ |
| 2 | In the past they had been happy to sit and watch the match all afternoon ( even if that meant dying from the cold ! ) . |
| 3 | Now in Selby for example , where I think a we'v Bill and I have tried to offset the balance a little bit , but in the past they have been better staffed . |
| 4 | These three genera seem to form a natural grouping ( Box 2 ) and in the past they have been confused with one another : in commenting on the original description of the Buluk specimens , Deslon suggested that they should be attributed to Kenyapithecus ( rather than to Sivapithecus , as they then were ) , and in an addendum to their original description of Heliopithecus , Andrews and Martin recognized the affinities of that genus to Afropithecus , which was published just before Heliopithecus . |
| 5 | In the past there 's been some disagreement between these 2 parties as to how best to manage and maintain the woods . |
| 6 | Whereas in the past there have been various pressure groups setting themselves up as having a special reason for being heard thanks to their scientific credentials , perhaps the wisest comment on this came from the professor who , while urging scientists to make their voices heard , also urged them not to make any special claims to knowledge or understanding of the issues just because they were scientists . |
| 7 | In the past there has been considerable dispute between teachers and their employers over the teachers ' role in the collecting of dinner money and the supervision of children during the mid-day break . |
| 8 | In the past she had been obliged to other people , William included , and it was n't good for the character . |
| 9 | We 've said in the past it 's been fifty percent full stop . |
| 10 | 21 In the past it has been standard practice to have exhibitions open only during normal office hours . |
| 11 | In the past it has been compulsory for visiting yachtsmen to call on VHF Ch 16 for a pilot to guide them in , but thankfully this practice has now been abandoned in Vyborg . |
| 12 | In the past it has been common wisdom that a major party will not suggest extreme policies , for to do so is to invite electoral defeat . |
| 13 | In the past it has been difficult for them to have long runs in the team . ’ |
| 14 | In the past it has been difficult to obtain statistical information relating to publishing because the final analysis of the census of production data always produced figures that bracketed publishing with printing . |