Example sentences of "have be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already we could say that tall creatures like diplodocuses had unnecessarily large chests , housing appropriately large lungs needed to inhale an atmosphere that should , in theory , have been thinner than it probably was . |
| 2 | In fact , moves towards integration in most countries have been cautious and sensible . |
| 3 | Although literary critics have been cautious about assuming that Hoccleve is indeed writing about himself in these passages , rather than adopting a conventional autobiographical stance which is in fact a fiction , there are strong arguments to support the reality of his claims . |
| 4 | Admittedly the Lords have been cautious and , apart from Rhodesian sanctions , have avoided a head-on clash with Labour when a Labour Government had a clear majority in the Commons . |
| 5 | Exmoor offers unrivalled opportunities to unwind — its dramatic scenery , quiet village centres and small towns have been welcoming visitors for centuries . |
| 6 | The people of the Valleys have been welcoming and courteous . |
| 7 | Encounters have been all the rage of this Italian election campaign — only the 12th since the republic 's first in 1948 . |
| 8 | Rovers have made enormous strides in the past 14 months and we were totally committed today — as we have been all season . ’ |
| 9 | BEATRIX : You ca n't , so long as you remain as pig-headed as you have been all your life . |
| 10 | When I get back Lucker wonders where I have been all night . |
| 11 | ‘ If you mean drugs , then no , Adam , you 're way off line and you have been all the time — as you 'd realise for yourself if you 'd just open your eyes and see the truth instead of what you want to see . ’ |
| 12 | We 're all on air , we have been all morning |
| 13 | But there have been one or two things this year . ’ |
| 14 | Snobby brands have been one of the success stories of the late 1980s . |
| 15 | There have been one or two irksome omissions — Elektra , Die Frau ohne Schatten , productions that were highlights of the Strauss centenary celebrations in Salzburg and Vienna in 1964 — as well as one or two works that Karajan has recorded but not conducted in the theatre since Ulm or Aachen . |
| 16 | There have been one or two double-handers but not at the highest level . |
| 17 | As we shall see later , they have been one of the factors that have helped to tip the economic balance firmly against the nuclear option . |
| 18 | These catfish have been bred in captivity in tanks containing African Rift Valley cichlids , although there have been one or two reports of them scattering their eggs in the substrate in the usual Synodontis fashion when no cichlids were present . |
| 19 | He has achieved his success through his own talent , the support of his parents , and the skill and guidance of David Lloyd , the fiercely independent former British Davis Cup player whose mushrooming tennis centres have been one of the few success stories in British tennis in the last decade . |
| 20 | Since rising retirement rates among elderly people have been one of the striking developments in labour market behaviour this century , it seems appropriate to begin by looking at the reasons why the employment status of the elderly population has changed so much over time , and the consequences of this change . |
| 21 | In this latter respect , government policy ( or the threat of intervention ) would seem to be the most significant factor tending to remove authority over collective bargaining to the national confederations.9 Attempts to align the outcome of wage negotiations with macroeconomic policy objectives have been one factor which has tended to raise the level of bargaining and it has played a significant role at certain periods in countries such as Holland , Norway and Austria . |
| 22 | Pliant judges have been one of Pakistan 's problems in the past . |
| 23 | Rules about appropriate modes of dress , whether concerning school uniforms or clothing for PE and sports , have been one such arena . |
| 24 | This century the professions have been one of the fastest growing sectors of the occupational structure . |
| 25 | It is now funded by the health authority under the normal joint finance arrangements and there have been one or two local disputes which I 'll come back to later on . |
| 26 | Since the death of Poulantzas there have been one or two attempts by Marxist and neo-Marxist theoreticians to accommodate some of these substantive criticisms . |
| 27 | It is , however , vital that mothers realise that scans do not only detect abnormalities , they also detect multiple births , and have been one of the main factors in increasing the survival rate of twins and triplets over the last few years . |
| 28 | ‘ There have been one or two … ’ |
| 29 | But it is clear , too , that social classes have been one of the fundamental elements in political conflict in many other types of society ; that slave rebellions , peasant revolts and the bourgeois revolutions were so many instances of a continuous struggle over the control of the labour process and the appropriation of the products of labour . |
| 30 | All monitors and TV sets give off high levels of electro-magnetic fields at all frequencies and there have been one or two studies that suggest these might be harmful . |