Example sentences of "have [been] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Possibly because some of them might 've been councillors and knew the ways that sort of er things went on and how to get things done officially and above board . |
| 2 | so it might 've been Rob that went out with her , but I du n no . |
| 3 | Unemployment has risen by nearly 1 million in the time that the hon. Gentleman has been Chancellor and Prime Minister , but still he refuses to do anything useful to stop that remorseless rise . |
| 4 | During the course of the time the right hon. Gentleman has been Chancellor and Prime Minister he is convicted by his own record and condemned by his own inaction in the face of the slump that he caused . |
| 5 | The winner has been apathy and the loser democracy . |
| 6 | There has been speculation that the body was booby-trapped before it left Awiel , and may have been timed to explode in mid-air . |
| 7 | Lambert has been widely criticised and there has been speculation that the controversy could lead to his departure from the FT . |
| 8 | Recently there has been speculation that the generally disappointing effects of hypotensive drug therapy in mildly hypertensive subjects may result from the deleterious metabolic side-effects of the agents themselves Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial Research Group ( 1982 ) . |
| 9 | There has been speculation that Sun will not build another generation of desktop workstations , but will instead design and license . |
| 10 | There has been speculation that a Carrier Battle Group of the Royal Navy would be sent to the Red Sea to relieve an American unit for redeployment to the Gulf ; and that this would be based on HMS Invincible . |
| 11 | Since US food giant Philip Morris bought Jacobs Suchard in 1990 , ostensibly for its coffee business , there has been speculation that Cadbury might bid for the Suchard chocolate business . |
| 12 | There has been speculation that he might have been the ideal Tory candidate for the Hexham seat if he had not already given his allegiance to Langbaurgh . |
| 13 | There has been speculation that the move might be the first step towards privatisation of the business formed as a state-owned entity in 1989 when the Government decided to withdraw the nuclear power sector from plans to privatise the rest of the electricity industry . |
| 14 | The head-on collision happened a mile west of Bowes in County Durham at roadworks , where no overtaking has been allowed and the speed limit has been 50mph since road widening started . |
| 15 | Recently , there has been discussion whether the concept of ‘ attitude ’ , as used by social psychologists , should be essentially an individual or social concept . |
| 16 | All my life has been work and each other . ’ |
| 17 | What they confirm is the complex notion of uneven development outlined in the last section , and how the changing geography of the UK since the mid-'60s has been part and parcel of its wider transformation . |
| 18 | They have not always been sufficiently quick to follow up when there has been evidence that a site has been tampered with , and certainly they have not always been keen to organise rescue excavations to investigate these sites . |
| 19 | Sometimes it has been persecution or suppression . |
| 20 | Rangers were reluctant to talk about the incident today — they say there has been vandalism but they 'll wait until the morning to consider their next step . |
| 21 | This is probably because the focus of much of locality based history has been reproduction and the important political initiatives in relation to reproductive issues during the Second World War were national in origin and response . |
| 22 | Professor Stewart has been Secretary and Deputy Chairman of the Agricultural and Food Research Council since 1988 . |
| 23 | Whether strictly order twenty eight , er order sixty , rule twenty eight for erm applies in this case is not amount entirely clear to me because the obligation to lodge a bill of taxation under rule twenty nine provides that he must begin proceedings for the taxation either within three months after the judgement direction or order of the terminations enter sides are otherwise perfected , and that is presently on it 's face which seemed to be debited May of nineteen ninety three and er accordingly that is right , it 's not in fact been any failure to comply with order tw order sixty two , rule twenty nine , one , and that has n't been disregarded , it 's not entirely clear to me that erm there is any matter come from paragraph sub paragraph A of rule twenty eight , four , it may already require , still nevertheless erm fall within paragraph B of rule fo , erm there has in fact been a delay in lodging the bill of costs for taxation , the delay being really and truly , the delay in having the order of Mr Justice perfected and it seems to me that although in chasing matters generally speaking it is the court will itself draw the order , nevertheless where er it seems to be clearly in this case would contemplate it that counsel would sign a minute erm that counsel do sign a minute and that minute has been signed having forwarded by the defendants solicitors to the defendants solicitors seems to me it must be the case that erm the obligation to , as it were , forward that minute to the court , it is an obligation which would lie upon the plaintiffs solicitors and it maybe said that erm there has been delay and erm on the best it should be lodged with the court sealed , er shortly after it was received and that therefore on that footing there has been delay lodging the bill of costs for concession , er Mr , doctor does n't seemed to be take any point in relation to that er because it 's not in his interest to do so , it seems to be that he does have to say if it has been delayed , with an order of twenty eight rule four that 's a rule , rule , rule twenty eight er four if he is to have interest disbarred and er Mr er he 'll apparently have the matter of read before the taxing master , it seems that the taxing master did not chew any sympathy with that er suggestion , that er there was in fact no breach of the requirement rule twenty , four , Mr he said , very probably , that erm , look on text upon it , he really is concerned to erm have this case dealt with as you put it on the merits , it seems to me it 's in the interest of all parties that erm I should deal with the case on merits have on the assumption erm that er , that that was lodged properly I think , I ca I , a matter of which found within rule twenty eight , four and that the taxing officer give our interest under that rule . |
| 24 | In all these sports I have mentioned England has been masters and had all the top players . |
| 25 | A spokesman said : ‘ It has been mayhem and our main sale has n't even begun yet . ’ |
| 26 | So far no case has reached the reports where there has been difficulty because of the death , retirement or other incapacity of an expert after appointment . |
| 27 | Mr Deighton , who has been chairman since the club 's formation , said : ‘ I feel honoured and pleased that I can officially keep close ties with the club . ’ |
| 28 | There has been doubt whether Mælbæth is identifiable with Shakespeare 's Macbeth , who deposed Malcolm II 's grandson Duncan in 1040 , and whose name is given clearly enough as MacbeoDen by D under 1054 . |
| 29 | Despite such considerations , there has been concern that a neonatal diagnosis would interfere with the normal social and emotional growth and interaction of child and family . |
| 30 | There has been concern that , since Nicholas Serota moved to the Tate Gallery in 1989 , its exhibition programme had lost the momentum gathered through his energy and vision . |