Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [adj] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's lucky I was n't in the water then floating , cos that would 've been dangerous with that boat going past . |
| 2 | One has been convinced for some time that the idea was to take Weir in the guise of a No 6 . |
| 3 | The difference has been essential to European culture and civilisation since the Renaissance at least . |
| 4 | Photographic recording of naevi and use of these photographs to detect change suggesting development of melanoma has been essential in this study . |
| 5 | John Brushwood from Hook End , has been hand-picked from this month 's lucky dip , as the winner of a year 's supply of Scuba World . |
| 6 | And the reaction has been one of slight stuttering , saying ‘ Er , erm , … well … |
| 7 | Since the period in question has been one of economic growth , and since it is argued that the demand for temporary workers grows faster than the demand for labour as a whole in periods of rising economic activity , our findings are particularly noteworthy . |
| 8 | The general pattern of change has been one of upward mobility . |
| 9 | The picture since 1982 has been one of net zero change although there has been at least one new arrival , Boots PLC . |
| 10 | However , as Shaw has argued , although the main characteristic of competition has been one of parallel pricing , there have been occasional price wars , particularly following the entry of new firms . |
| 11 | While before 1962 most immigration into Britain consisted of men , temporarily migrant and unaccompanied by families , the post-1962 period has been one of permanent settlement with workers and their families ( Braham , 1985 , p. 112 ) . |
| 12 | The history of AEA Technology has been one of continual evolution and development . |
| 13 | However , their history , from the first appointments in 1839 , has been one of constant change and adaptation . |
| 14 | Thus the retailing scene has been one of dynamic change which has affected ways in which salespeople now operate . |
| 15 | ’ The last year has been one of steady progress . |
| 16 | When I have , on occasion , remarked upon this to other company wives , their reaction has been one of near disbelief , followed by looks of passionate envy . |
| 17 | In order to make sense of a self that has ‘ survived ’ both discourses of colonialism it would seem that Bhimji 's strategy has been one of intense resourcefulness , gathering in herself and her experiences . |
| 18 | However , if the house has been unoccupied for some time , the boards will need to be conditioned with water — this method can also help to flatten wavy boards . |
| 19 | He has been friendly with Holy Trinity 's vicar since teaching him at theological college in Durham . |
| 20 | has been guilty of fraudulent trading contrary to s. 458 of the Companies Act 1985 ; |
| 21 | Of course if her doctor has been guilty of serious neglect , you and your parent may decide that you should lodge a complaint with the local Community Health Council , whose job is to represent to the Area Health Authority the interests of the public in the district in which it operates . |
| 22 | 12–7– They dealt with " Mary Trotter who before joining the Free Church has been guilty of antenuptial fornication and that while a communicant . " |
| 23 | It will , however , consider whether the Panel has observed the basic rules of natural justice and has observed its own procedural rules and whether it has been guilty of any irrationality or has misdirected itself in law ( see Datafin ) . |
| 24 | has been guilty of any fraud in relation to the company while an officer , etc. , of the company . |
| 25 | Tumin claims that the American Medical Association has been guilty of this practice . |
| 26 | Damaris discovers that she has been guilty of intellectual sin in failing to believe , to realize imaginatively , the nature of the material she is studying . |
| 27 | The attack on a dichotomy of form and content has been persistent in modern criticism ; to change so much as a word , the argument runs , is to change the meaning as well . |
| 28 | Depo-Provera has been available for short-term use in Britain since 1978 . |
| 29 | We have described this process earlier ( chapter 6 ) , and it seems to occur in every case where fingerspelling has been available for some time and there has been a strong hearing influence . |
| 30 | In fact this shift has been visible for some time and seems at present to be increasing . |