Example sentences of "have [been] [art] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been a Minister and I know that there is a difference between Ministers being in charge and Ministers who are run by their civil servants . |
| 2 | Our first and subsequent courses have been a success and are part of a long-term commitment to AIDS prevention . |
| 3 | The organic meat , the lambs , have been a success and made money last year . |
| 4 | My name is I have been a shareholder and other members of my family for many years much has already been said about directors ' and your particular erm , fees in particular . |
| 5 | I have been a pessimist and defeatist all my life and I 'm not going to change now ! ’ |
| 6 | With reference to my 2nd November letter , I would advise you that there have been no cancellations and , accordingly , the ten delegates are as listed therein . |
| 7 | The closest points of contact between the two elements have been the Treasury and the Bank of England . |
| 8 | What would you say have been the successes and the flops of more recent times ? |
| 9 | The major sectors witnessing recovery have been the shipping and the natural resources sectors . |
| 10 | Of central importance to a government committed to reduced public-sector have been the incentives and other aspects of public-sector intervention have proved crucial . |
| 11 | The great Continental stations , Paris , Stuttgart , Vienna , Budapest , Bucharest , Constantinople , have been the beginning and ending and en route stopping-places in the wealth of literature inspired by that acme of railway luxury , the Orient Express , the train on which James Bond once shot a man for ordering red wine with his fish . |
| 12 | Her Sacred Majesty , being by nature full of mercy and clemency , who is most inclinable to such pitiful complaints and will not endure to hear such tragedies made of her people and poor subjects , as some about her may insinuate , then she perhaps for very compassion of such calamities will not only stop the stream of such violence and return to her wonted mildness , but also con them little thanks which have been the authors and counsellors of such bloody platforms . |
| 13 | By contrast , almost the only areas of decline in Britain have been the conurbations and some of the older established industrial areas in South Wales , Scotland and the North of England . |
| 14 | One area which has proved very popular have been the walks and activities for children and young people with disabilities . |
| 15 | The Willses ' most obvious contributions in the sphere of education have been the founding and development of the University of Bristol . |