Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [been] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Collins ' form has been as stable as his club 's progress has been erratic this season and the player feels he should have represented his country more often than he has done . |
| 2 | The Pentagon is particulary worried that Iraqi anti-aircraft radar has been tracking allied planes . |
| 3 | All the houses in the village had been small single-storey homes , perhaps only four square metres in area . |
| 4 | Her window had been wide all night and as she got out of bed she looked down on the dusty heads of trees where sparrows were fussing . |
| 5 | SALES of nursing and residential care home in the south have been buoyant last year , according to national business agent , Christie and Co . |
| 6 | Concealed miniature radios and microphones which use wires other than telephone have been other bugging expedients . |
| 7 | But the main focus has been networked distributed computing , which does n't provide the same levels of performance or fault-resilience — and it 's in this aspect that the Sequent customers are most interested . |
| 8 | However , the key factor has been domestic agricultural policies which protect indigenous agriculture for security or political reasons . |
| 9 | His scope has been modest this summer . |
| 10 | Ferguson 's phone has been hot all summer as opposition managers enquired about Hughes ' availability . |
| 11 | Fernando 's escaladun had been wonderful last night and not direct from the freezer . |
| 12 | The crew had been busy running cargo and vehicles on a waterborne Main Supply Route until just after midnight . |
| 13 | Prime movers in the recent development have been hyperactive local Mick Ryan , ably assisted by Mark Radtke and John Holmes , who have produced a number of excellent and atmospheric pitches between them . |
| 14 | His work rate has been prodigious all season , and although he may not have the quickest service around , he must rate currently as the world 's no 1 scrum-half . |
| 15 | Trade had been bad that night so she thought he 'd be her last trick . |
| 16 | He once sang , ‘ I keep getting younger/My life 's been funny that way ’ . |
| 17 | My mother disapproved of him because she was his contemporary , and she thought , ‘ This man 's been married three times , why would n't he love a beautiful nineteen year-old girl ? ’ |
| 18 | We , we need the younger blood because you , you talk and say well how are you and oh my leg 's bad , my leg 's been dreadful this week and you ca n't very well ask these people to go campaigning on the streets , can you ? |
| 19 | Moving Waddle from the right wing , where he performed so imaginatively against the Italians , in order to accommodate Rocastle , whose form has been patchy all season , is another selection open to doubt . |
| 20 | Ottakars ' growth has been exceptional Managing director James Heneage said that , following a 17% rise in sales on a like-for-like basis last year , the group was poised for expansion . |
| 21 | AEA 's Commercial and Planning Director , James Bretherton , commented that the ‘ MMC Report has been useful external validation of what we are trying to achieve . |
| 22 | HEALTH : Lenny 's health has been excellent all summer . |
| 23 | In the first place protectionism had been traditional Conservative policy before the emergence of free trade and Joseph Chamberlain had revived some sympathy for the idea in the early twentieth century . |
| 24 | Slavery and imperial domination have been crucial social forces in the emergence of a modern world order , characterized by the striking inequalities which provide the essential backdrop to an understanding of the post-Second World War migrations of black communities to Britain , and which continue to generate migratory pressures on peoples from the Third World . |
| 25 | This very friendly family-owned hotel has been welcoming British guests for over 30 years . |
| 26 | Then she said as casually as if the previous conversation had been trivial small talk which was already half forgotten : ‘ What about next Sunday ? |
| 27 | The couple had been married nine years . |
| 28 | No Party has been victorious three times running increasing its majority each time . |
| 29 | ‘ It is not just for a blow to be struck against Iraq when Saddam 's main victim has been innocent Iraqi people , ’ he said . |
| 30 | In just three months , Kaliber was reformulated for the Spanish market and launched by Cruzcampo in July 1992 as Kaliber Sin , containing 1 per cent alcohol In the six months since its launch , sales of Kaliber Sin have been double original expectations . |