Example sentences of "have [be] [adj] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The take-up has been better than indicated by the survey we would support the views expressed regarding changes and in particular point thirteen . |
| 2 | Since then performance has been much as expected . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , the list of ingredients did n't include the egg which was later needed for the mixture and we are sorry if anyone has been disappointed when trying to make the scones . |
| 4 | I know the strain has been great because operating as you do entails the most constant vigilance and cunning which no other troops are called upon to display . ’ |
| 5 | Although the take up in some areas has been poorer than expected in the programme , which is now into its second year , research into changes in working practices and attitudes has been assessed . |
| 6 | Each territory would have been a complete business organisation in its own area , but because no territory would have been large enough to run a complete main line a great deal more co-operation would have been necessary than existed between the regions , and on a much more formal basis . |
| 7 | The heaviest betting this year has been for Shellac , a six-length winner from Sudden Victory at Ayr last time out , but the deciding factor is that Dettori originally chose to ride SPLENDID CAREER ( nap 3.35 ) , who may have been unlucky when beaten at Newbury by yesterday 's Goodwood winner Monastery . |
| 8 | Friends will probably have been available when needed ; and outings to cinema , theatre , relatives , pub or restaurant will have broken up evenings and weekends with pleasant variety . |
| 9 | Browning 's defence lawyer says this and other evidence could have been crucial if heard by the trial jury . |
| 10 | With the benefit of experience , the authors feel that a more sensitive , qualitative approach , possibly incorporating a few standardised items , would have been better than using standardised scales for the difficult task of assessing depression and dementia in elderly people . |
| 11 | It would have been better than staying at home but I did not want to wear a school uniform . |
| 12 | Whoever had worked on the case in the laboratory would have been smarter than to leave any traces of the implant visible . |
| 13 | The first morning we spent weaving with every other needle , laying the wool across by hand ! this put me off right away , because we were using punchcard machines , so nothing would have been easier than to slip in Card 1 and go ahead with our weaving without any trouble . |
| 14 | Though the problem of radiation embrittlement has been recognised since the outset of the civil Magnox programme in the early 1960s , the inspectorate called for more evidence of the safety of Magnox plants in 1990 after it found the rate of embrittlement may have been faster than predicted . |
| 15 | The previous year when she finished fifth she discovered she had been pregnant when taking part . |
| 16 | The headaches , which in Italy had been tolerable when eased by a siesta or a day or two 's absence from the office , or the circolo , where he picked up most of his cases , had become unbearable in New York . |
| 17 | Work on the Glenburrell Bridge had been slower than hoped for as there had been some discussion with the County Council as to ownership . |
| 18 | Martinho encouraged him in this opinion-he liked to make out that the organisation had been moderate until hijacked by extremists who believed in violence . |
| 19 | Deloittes had been negligent when certifying AWA 's 1986 profits and it had also failed to adequately disclose to directors various matters including books and record deficiences , the existence of ‘ hedges upon hedges ’ , the ability of its foreign exchange dealer Andrew Koval to siphon funds , and the fact that he was dealing in sums of up to $400m . |
| 20 | One ingenious convict , Alfie Hinds , sued a police officer for stating in the " News of the World " that Hinds had been guilty as charged . |
| 21 | It had been easier than coming home to fighting and arguing . |
| 22 | A candid confession to youthful pot-smoking , it is generally agreed , is no longer a disqualification for office , but the sore part of the latest wound — pretty mild by Clinton standards — was that he had been evasive when asked repeatedly about it for at least seven years and that even last week 's admission was shifty . |
| 23 | What made it worse was that his face remained so still , as expressionless as it had been earlier when discussing trivia with the Doctor . |
| 24 | The sale of David Batty has at least made room for the introduction of Rocky ( something which I would like to have seen earlier given the injury problems of Strach ) and his performances to date have been good although showing signs of the years lay off . |