Example sentences of "the [adj] [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although often seen singly , small parties are rather more often seen than with Goosanders ; the largest recorded was of 22 at Manhood End in early February 1956 . |
| 2 | As the dole queues have lengthened , so too has the time the unemployed have been without work . |
| 3 | Again , the French have been at the forefront . |
| 4 | The time and considerable effort that the fiscal exerted was in vain . |
| 5 | Note that the court could infer the accused had been in a public place where no such direct evidence exists . |
| 6 | On the economic front , changes in the economy and labour needs since the 1970s have been among the factors encouraging modification of this rigid system . |
| 7 | But there had been no sign since Tiananmen Square that the Chinese had been in the least influenced by the disapproval of the West . |
| 8 | As Ellen Wilkinson ( who in the 1920s had been among the first women in the Labour Party to support family allowances ) wrote in 1938 : ‘ what the Amery type want is to feed the existing and potential cannon-fodder with the greatest economy and lack of waste . |
| 9 | The first had been during an attack by the Saracens in the Middle Ages and the second during an earthquake . |
| 10 | In 1951 the World Peace Pagoda was built , and in 1954 the Sixth Great InternatIonal Council of Buddhist monks and learned laity was opened ( the fifth had been at Mandalay in 1871 under the patronage of King Mindon ) . |
| 11 | The wheel was in commercial use until 1926 , and since the 19605 has been in operation as a tourist attraction , maintained by the Manx Government . |
| 12 | This was the second success that Pat had landed for the Scott stable since his return , the other having been on Crawford Says who beat subsequent Irish national winner Ebony Jane at Fairyhouse . |
| 13 | The focal point is the Rathaus ( town hall ) , with a fine sixteenth-century tower that dominates the many charming houses in the vicinity , and one of its most striking houses offers a reminder that the Swiss have been at the business of looking after travellers for a long time . |
| 14 | Second , the lion 's share of increased welfare spending since the 1960s has been on programmes most people approve of : social security ( pensions ) financed by tax on earnings , and medical insurance for old people ( Medicare ) . |
| 15 | Two of these Mrs Rose could trace but the third had been with Crabb when they said goodbye and was not amongst his personal possessions returned to Crabb 's mother by ‘ Smith ’ . |
| 16 | The Portuguese have been among the most knowledgeable sevens exponents in the tournament . |