Example sentences of "have [adv] be [adv] [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Her mother was reported in the Star as saying : ‘ It has all been too much for her . |
| 2 | In appearance , it looks like a stage set for drama — and indeed it has always been just that , whether in historic times , when the drama of John Knox and Mary , Queen of Scots , was played out in the streets , or today , when Schiller 's Mary Stuart , or Donizetti 's or Thea Musgrave 's operas about the ill-fated queen , may be staged at the Edinburgh Festival . |
| 3 | This is largely because there has always been so much more speculation than information about the personal stability of Perry Farrell . |
| 4 | In terms of self-education or self-development ( or whatever term is used ) , the provision of educational material has always been very much part of the public library 's brief . |
| 5 | Industrial relations Although industrial relations , as measured by strikes , have improved , there has still been relatively little progress towards involving employees in the success of their enterprises — through profit-sharing , share ownership and structures of participation . |
| 6 | Perhaps it has really been so much hot air . |
| 7 | Experts say there has never been so much free time available to so many people . |
| 8 | Setting off for home on the bus has never been so much fun for the children of Grange Junior School in Swindon . |
| 9 | ‘ You 've only been abed these two days . ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps if your uncle had only been home more often … ’ |
| 11 | This alone had been enough to bring frowns to Felipe 's dark face , but as they were leaving Ana 's tears had suddenly been too much for Mitch to bear . |
| 12 | THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN almost half an hour inside the barn . |
| 13 | There had already been too much of it in our novels . |
| 14 | ‘ You 've already been up all night . |
| 15 | I find that actually speaking to people my dad , mum and dad , well my mum works in an office , my dad works in a factory , and they 've always been very much sort of you know go out and get your education and |
| 16 | I mean I 've certainly been very much helped in the time at Sussex when I 've been working part time by the men that I 've worked with |
| 17 | You 've never been up this late I do n't think . |
| 18 | I 'm essentially a social historian , although I sometimes think that if I wanted to find the right adjective , and I 've never been too much worried about adjectives , I would say I 'm really a cultural historian . |
| 19 | Lots of people from the restaurants park down here in the evening , but I only just realized , talking to my wife , that it had actually been there all day as well . |
| 20 | The initial mass audience had obviously loved short films and especially comedies but there had never been that much attention given to content as novelty value guaranteed that every film would made money . |
| 21 | There had never been so much ‘ In Years Gone By ’ copy set , or so much waiting to be set . |
| 22 | There had never been too much money , but never less than enough . |
| 23 | We urge the Government to make swift progress with this issue , for there have already been too many years of procrastination during which we have paid a high price in terms of serious and irreversible environmental damage . |
| 24 | There have always been surprisingly few monopolies though they have become principal protectors of the exclusivity of the legal profession . |
| 25 | It seems to me that we are inclining to be very inconsistent in regard to two matters which have recently been very much before us . |
| 26 | Public tastes and current architecture have never been so much at odds . |