Example sentences of "[conj] have be [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is of great significance that most of the NICs are presently or have been in recent times one-party states , not necessarily totalitarian in the classic sense , but certainly lacking in most of the genuinely pluralistic institutions that characterize advanced industrial societies .
2 The NHS has much to learn from other industries and organisations that have been through similar changes .
3 there 's been a lot of people that have been on that level for a long while .
4 But , whatever their idiosyncrasies and complexities , this highly individual body of printers served the book well and , if they sometimes failed in their human relationships , achieved in print a beauty and harmony that have been of inestimable benefit to us all .
5 Country houses that have been in institutional use
6 Now remember I am the leader of a party that has been in the front line against his violence for twenty years , and have been at many risks , as have been members of my party , but when I say that that dialogue is the best hope they 've seen for peace for twenty years .
7 Erm , please , appalling and have been for many years and er the whole of the road needs to be done .
8 My children do go to school and have been for some months now .
9 My children do go to school and have been for some months now .
10 Yes my children do go to school and have been for some months now .
11 ‘ I think you do follow us , ’ Cranston replied , ‘ and have been for some time .
12 Have a degree or equivalent qualification directly relating to your employment , and have been in regular employment for at least two years ; and
13 The Faroe Islands are self-governing , but have been for many years a colony of Denmark , and still rely on the government of the old mother country for international representation .
14 Many are extremely tense , not only since the infarct , but have been for many years , and it is possible that the inward tension that they suffer has been a contributory factor to their disease .
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