Example sentences of "[verb] been [adj] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It always has been desirable for governors in special schools to have some knowledge of the curriculum in mainstream schools and for this awareness to be reciprocated . |
| 32 | It has been hard for Souness to stamp his authority in a similar way since he took over when Dalglishfatigued by the demands of the Anfield job departed 22 months ago . |
| 33 | By the end of the novel Jaromil has forsworn his artist friend , who is under the ban of the regime and compelled to paint by candlelight : ‘ The whole world of his pictures has been dead for years . |
| 34 | With Wayne Rosing off to run FirstPerson , Dave Ditzel has been named acting head of Sun Microsystems Laboratories , an appointment it 'd be crazy not to make permanent : Ditzel , among his other credits , has been responsible for RISC and we 're expecting to see some interesting aspects of his handiwork soon ; Sun Labs , from whence Sun 's ideas flow , figures it 's handling the transfer of research to development better than practically anyone in the industry — the secret is moving the people with the project . |
| 35 | For the past two years he has run Colnaghi 's representative office in Paris and has been responsible for business development in Europe , Japan and South America . |
| 36 | In this role he has been responsible for LASMO 'S operated and non-operated North Sea projects . |
| 37 | Ruth McCurry , who has been responsible for Mowbray 's development since its purchase by Cassell in 1988 , continues as publisher with responsibility for Geoffrey Chapman . |
| 38 | This view is espoused by Myers ( 1986 ) , who believes that deforestation in the Himalaya has been responsible for flood disasters in the lower reaches of the Ganges and Brahmaputra and the higher incidence of flooding that has occurred since 1940 ; apparently flooding now affects some 10 6 ha of land as compared with 6 × 10 6 ha in the early 1950s . |
| 39 | But Ian Shiels , who works in the warehouse and has been responsible for football activity in the past , is aware of this and is hoping for better things to come . |
| 40 | According to the World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) , the trade in rhino horn products in these countries has been responsible for deaths of some 60,000 rhinos , or 85 per cent of the total population , since 1970 . |
| 41 | At least Rocky has been quiet for Man City . |
| 42 | As the shop manager pointed out , it was the third time that month she 'd been late for work , and if they had n't needed her to turn up on time , they would n't have hired her in the first place . |
| 43 | I 'd been house-sitting for Nassim Nassim 's cousin Sunil in Leytonstone for a week now , which meant that the five-day house-warming party where all my so-called friends drop in to see how I 'm coping , how much booze I 've laid on and what the music centre 's like , had come to an end . |
| 44 | Clearly , the observations made by Darwin during his voyage on the Beagle , for example , would have been inconsequential for science had they remained Darwin 's private experiences . |
| 45 | It would have been simple for Rachel . ’ |
| 46 | He had wanted a short Report , with strong emphasis on grammar , spelling and punctuation , which would have been easy for parents to read . |
| 47 | It might have been easy for Celia to persuade herself that it would all make little difference to me . |
| 48 | It might have been possible for Britain to enforce Anglo-American nuclear collaboration by withholding ore stocks , but to have done so would have reduced American production of fissile material to the Soviets ' advantage . |
| 49 | Had this been successful it would have been possible for managers of education and training at every level within a locality to identify major employment issues , to assess likely large-scale change in employment patterns and to identify educational links which might have to be developed or changed . |
| 50 | ‘ We offer the literature of reassurance ’ states the press office for Mills and Boon : a reassurance that has been marketed with resounding success , a success that would not have been possible for Mills and Boon or for Harlequin without the intervention and resources of the Torstar Corporation . |
| 51 | It must have been awful for Mme Wyatt . |
| 52 | HIV may have been present for centuries in a relatively harmless form and only recently evolved into a more damaging one . |
| 53 | The phrase ‘ surgical , medical or dental treatment ’ is evidently used in a fairly narrow sense : otherwise it would not have been necessary for Parliament to provide , by section 8(2) , that the expression includes diagnostic procedures , and ancillary procedures such as the administration of an anaesthetic . |
| 54 | It may have been necessary for Jesus to have eaten a few fishes in order to survive in first-century Palestine , but it is not now necessary to feast on the bodies of dead animals in order to be healthy . |
| 55 | In passing I have reflected its natural selection and our God had not created the fruit fly , it would have been necessary for biologists to have invented it . |
| 56 | In the past it must have been necessary for spectators to keep well clear or be vigilant . |
| 57 | 15 March 1986 : A Ford takeover of Austin Rover would have been good for Britain , according to a top Ford executive . |
| 58 | That would have been good for Britain , for employment , for British Airways , for British Aerospace and for Rolls-Royce . |
| 59 | Life should have been good for Pamela Wray . |
| 60 | It would n't have been good for staff morale . |