Example sentences of "have been [adj] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such monomania has been useful to warriors since long before the silicon age . |
| 2 | Historically the industry has been better at peripherals than add-ins , but it contends that the elements are now in place for redressing the balance . |
| 3 | The post has been vacant for months and the lack of suitable candidates puzzled officials as the job proved the starting point for such politicians as Mr Chris Patten , Mr Iain Macleod and Mr Reginald Maudling . |
| 4 | The post has been vacant for months and the lack of suitable candidates puzzled officials as the job proved the starting point for such politicians as Mr Chris Patten , Mr Iain Macleod and Mr Reginald Maudling . |
| 5 | ‘ The course has been invaluable in terms of awareness and spotting hazards . ’ |
| 6 | Here , too , the cassava variety is the result of breeding work at IITA which has been available to farmers since 1978 . |
| 7 | Although the Museum has put on a large number of successful temporary exhibitions , the display of its permanent collection has been subject to difficulties and delays . |
| 8 | In Cuba , the former has been emphasised with marked success , while economic growth has been subject to fluctuations . |
| 9 | This new exhibition area is the first stage of the Nuovi Uffizi complex , which has been subject to delays even though the funds have long been available . |
| 10 | This neglect of walking has been apparent for years . |
| 11 | His motive for doing so is that he thinks that English verse has been ill-served by prosodists in the past . |
| 12 | On occasions it has been necessary for members to ‘ walk the pitch ’ and clear up before being able to play . |
| 13 | But despite intervention and interest rate adjustments , it has been necessary for realignments of exchange rates to take place on a frequent basis . |
| 14 | To achieve this , and also to attract the interest of would-be exponents of the approach who have not had the opportunity to undergo an extensive systems education , it has been necessary at times to over-simplify the explanations of concepts and applications , and condense them from those developed by system researchers over many decades . |
| 15 | We move on next day over hard packed snow that has been wind-blown into flutes and columns . |
| 16 | In areas with long nursery waiting lists it has been usual for governors to establish admission panels drawn from their own members . |
| 17 | Mrs Thatcher has been alarmed over reports from Washington that President Bush is already contemplating follow-on talks from the present East-West negotiations on conventional forces . |
| 18 | The economy of these villages — in Mirpur , Jhelum or in East Punjab across the Indo-Pakistan border ( see Table 1 & map ) — has been feudal for centuries . |
| 19 | The dispute , which has been simmering for years , came to the boil in April when Michael Harcourt , the province 's premier , revealed a scheme that would protect 33% of the region , permit limited logging in 17% , and open the rest to extensive ( although , at least in theory , well-managed ) timber harvesting . |
| 20 | I promptly eased it back onto the lap and desperately tried to imitate someone who has been asleep for hours , with his arm wrapped fiercely round his dog . |
| 21 | Thirty police officers , some of them armed , have surrounded the two bedroomed bungalow , and the area has been sealed-off to members of the public and the media . |
| 22 | It has been rare for shareholders to raise concerns with company boards on audit matters , probably because they are not well-informed and because their priorities are elsewhere . |
| 23 | Since that time , and first fully developed by the Radical wing of the Liberal Party , it has been normal for parties to fight elections on the basis of a manifesto of policy promises . |
| 24 | For example , the Rowntree Trust Family Fund has been helpful to families with severely handicapped children . |
| 25 | ‘ My family has been sterile for generations . ’ |
| 26 | Since the abolition of exchange controls in the UK in October 1979 it has been possible for residents of the UK to hold foreign currency on account if they so wish . |
| 27 | After all , Michael has been involved with drugs before . ’ |
| 28 | All my work has been involved with estates where game birds were the prime consideration . |
| 29 | She has been involved with minors and this is completely horrendous . |
| 30 | As part of this procedure the Authority has been involved in meetings with parents and governors of the schools concerned . |