Example sentences of "been [noun] [noun] and [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The politics she had encountered had been trades councils and Young Socialist meetings ; the Americans wore beads , mumbled , talked about direct action . |
2 | Firstly , it is a family archive covering the period since the thirteenth century ; secondly , the dukes of Norfolk have been Earls Marshal and Hereditary Marshals of England for many centuries ; and finally , as the family has adhered to the old religion , many documents have an important bearing on English ( Roman ) Catholic history . |
3 | He had been deputy chairman and chairman-designate since November 1985 . |
4 | English Estates had been in existence for some years , but its traditional role had been factory building and commercial development on green field sites with 5,000 factories and offices on 508 estates . |
5 | The most recent approaches have been language laboratories and computer-based instruction . |
6 | In the majority of studies the most frequently used drugs have been thiazide diuretics and beta-blocking agents . |