Example sentences of "[adj] have been " in BNC.

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1 Would that 've been a full time then or would she have done other
2 Who could that 've been ?
3 This unique Number 4850158 has been selected especially for you in the latest by invitation-only Hospital Plan Cash Match Prize Draw .
4 A woman in her thirties has been found dead at her home after a man walked into a police station and said he wanted to talk to detectives .
5 The research programme , for which 730,000 has been allocated , is being funded largely by the ESRC , with contributions from both the Home Office and DHSS .
6 Mr Stapleton says everything possible has been and will be done to answer their inquiries .
7 As much of the original structure as possible has been retained , with the Crypt being used as a very pleasant snack bar , and the old Cloisters for exhibitions and displays .
8 The Dundee-based packaging and materials multinational has been looking to sell off its interests in South Africa , Zimbabwe and Zambia for a number of years .
9 If you know that he is righteous you will know that everything everyone who does what is right has been born of him .
10 Such confirmations merely indicate that some theory that was well established and regarded as unproblematic has been successfully applied once again .
11 Perhaps more striking has been the disruptive impact on the NHS of many uncoordinated and poorly-managed projects .
12 May 20–26 has been designated ‘ One World ’ week by 18 national TV stations : it kicks off with a German production , The World In Our Hands , which highlights global issues from pollution to Third World debt , and ends with One World , One Voice , a two-hour musical chain letter masterminded by Kevin Godley and featuring 150 international musicians .
13 The Principality of Monaco is a hereditary monarchy , which since 1861 has been under French protection .
14 Equally controversial has been the recently-introduced Employment Contracts Act that has drastically undercut the powers of the trade unions — to the extent that New Zealand may now be in breach of International Labour Organisation provisions .
15 Particularly controversial has been the argument of human capital theorists that a number of economic variables must be held constant in calculating the economic effects of education and health services .
16 Figure 2.4 has been drawn to show that , as the partial remainder is shifted left , the vacated positions can be used to hold the bits of the quotient .
17 It is a tradition , and since 1911 the Indianapolis 500 has been rooted in American patriotism .
18 ‘ Your appeal against the above offer of permanent accommodation made available to you on 12-9-91 has been considered carefully but I regret to inform you that the appeal has not been allowed and you should sign for the tenancy at the local housing office by 2-12-91 .
19 A dog training scheme to help the deaf has been so successful that the organisers are having to open a second training centre .
20 ‘ You see , Saul , how opportune has been your return ! ’ beamed Araminta , coming up to him and taking his flaccid hand between both her own .
21 The Science Vote for 1992–93 has been divided as follows ( £m ) :
22 The task ahead has been clearly recognised and 1992–93 has been a year in which we have continued to apply our skills and core technologies across the wider spectrum of human endeavour from healthcare to the care of the environment in which we live .
23 Very little has been said about the boom in modern prints .
24 In this chapter I shall write only about women in the last group and their position in the British labour market since very little has been written about them .
25 Until now , efforts to stop the trade have depended on development programmes , but government reports readily concede that little has been achieved to create alternative employment .
26 But little has been done .
27 It is nevertheless significant that , however much anti-German growling there has been on Capitol Hill since the invasion of Kuwait , little has been heard within the administration .
28 Meanwhile , little has been heard from the fragmented pro-hunting campaign .
29 Little has been heard from Rodney Bickerstaffe of NUPE and Jimmy Knapp of the rail union .
30 Although we have a clearer picture than we did of long-term changes in demography and household structure , little has been done to fill out the picture in terms of living experience .
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