Example sentences of "have been [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | That has been such a constant that I ca n't believe anyone still falls for it … ’ |
| 32 | If we relate this to the changes in the Labrador Sea we see ( Fig. 2 a ) that the only time there has been such a long period with little or no change in salinity , followed by a sudden marked freshening , was the period leading up to the renewal in 1972 . |
| 33 | A friend of mine in Houston , who has followed the orchestra since the 1940s , explained why Eschenbach has been such a great success in Houston . |
| 34 | The extent to which there has been such a departure is well shown by the fact that , when the World Council of Churches was originally formed in 1948 , the basis of that Council ( to which churches which wanted to join must subscribe ) read : ‘ The World Council of Churches is a fellowship of churches which accept our Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour . ’ |
| 35 | Further , the fact that there has been such a steep rise in the number of divorces , combined with a fairly high rate of remarriage , means that a rising proportion of all marriages are of people marrying for at least the second time . |
| 36 | ‘ Because my love life has been such a mess ! ’ |
| 37 | He has been such a good , kind husband . ’ |
| 38 | A common tendency , reflecting perhaps a consciousness of the taboo on didacticism which has been such a strong feature of recent primary education , was for some teachers to ask questions rather than make statements or give instructions . |
| 39 | As such they are seen as antithetical to the work ethic which has been such an integral part of Thatcherite political rhetoric . |
| 40 | ‘ It has been such a long time ! |
| 41 | Since there has been such extensive research on both systems we have had to be selective : we have therefore confined ourselves to discussing just one line of work in connection with each . |
| 42 | It has been such a success within the company over recent months that JT Design Build are now making it available throughout the construction industry and to the industry 's clients . |
| 43 | Thirdly , if there has been such a form of duress leading to a contract for consideration , I think that contract is a voidable one which can be avoided and the excess money paid under it recovered . |
| 44 | Indeed , the internal acrimony levelled against him at times has been such that , when his departure was announced , the best that some figures within the health network could say was ‘ we 'll be very happy to wish him goodbye ’ . |
| 45 | This is why there has been such a rapid growth of organic foods and mineral waters . |
| 46 | If that programme has been such a failure , why do we now have 30 programmes targeting support for identifiable industrial priority areas , and why are there almost 200 collaborative research programmes ? |
| 47 | It is not surprising that there has been such growth in the south-east . |
| 48 | It is all too clear why there has been such an unremitting broadside from Ministers against our tax and national insurance proposals . |
| 49 | Elsewhere , the rate of growth has been such that ancient parishes have been carved into much smaller units so that new churches could serve the expanding population . |
| 50 | The impact of the restrictive practices legislation has been such that many agreements were abandoned as firms were unwilling to incur the costs of defending an agreement within the Court , and also as firms gradually came to recognise the difficulties of overturning the presumption that an agreement operated against the public interest . |
| 51 | No it , it 's because they are nice round amounts , one twenty five is has been such a derisory amount it , it 's it really has . |
| 52 | In order to show that a landlord is precluded from exercising his right to call for a rent review , the tenant must show that the lease or the rent review clause has been abrogated by mutual consent or that the landlord 's conduct has been such that he is estopped from exercising his right to a rent review ( Amherst v Walker ( James ) Goldsmith & Silversmith Ltd [ 1983 ] 2 All ER 1067 ) . |
| 53 | There has been such a reaction around the world that there may be some hope . |
| 54 | Meanwhile , World Cup hero Alan Ball has been such a big hit with Graham Taylor that he could soon be named as England 's permanent coach . |
| 55 | He said : ‘ It has been such a long time coming I had almost given up hope . |
| 56 | Until recently , the acoustic analysis of speech has been such a slow and laborious business that only small samples of speech could be analysed , but recent developments in the use of computers are making it possible to carry out analysis on a much larger scale . |
| 57 | In case you think I have been having a merry old time , I 'd better tell you also that I have been staying up to the small hours as there has been such a lot of preparation to do , and the course participants have also been keen to make use of our presence by asking all kinds of questions about English etc. , so this is literally the first free time I have been able to make since I have been here . |
| 58 | The evolution of integrated circuit technology has been such that you 've been progressively able to put more and more transistors down on a single integrated circuit , and so a microprocessor has got more and more powerful with the passage of time . |
| 59 | I ask the Chancellor to explain why there has been such a humiliating U-turn by the Prime Minister . |
| 60 | Now I ask the Chancellor to explain why there has been such a humiliating U-turn by the Prime Minister ; herself the inventor of the Madrid conditions , and now their arch destroyer . |