Example sentences of "have [adv] been [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , for all the vast growth in the range of government activities — which has meant that civil servants have effectively been making major business decisions on the allocation of resources — the Treasury made little attempt to devise fundamentally new and appropriate methods of training and re-training [ Fulton Report , 1968 ; Chapman and Greenaway , 1980 ] . |
| 2 | They have all been given legal status in the country and enjoy the same social welfare benefits as Nicaraguans . |
| 3 | Departments have all been given tight target figures which some feel will be hard to meet . |
| 4 | We are not alone in having the grant cut , some of the governing bodies have only been given one year 's notice or nothing at all . |
| 5 | From the tenor of speeches that have already been made this morning , it is obvious that the work TECs do must be acknowledged . |
| 6 | But there 's no hope for a fifty mile an hour limit along the whole road because some sections have already been made dual carriageway . |
| 7 | 200 redundancies have already been announced this year . |
| 8 | If I 'm g go over things that Dennis covered or that have already been covered this morning , I , I will be brief a and I just wanted to say these are some of my personal views on the quality initiatives . |
| 9 | Largent 's records for most catches and most receiving yards have already been eclipsed this year by Washington 's Art Monk and Buffalo 's James Lofton . |
| 10 | This deficiency is frequently obvious in foals whose dams have not been fed sufficient calcium , and the foals may have dramatic leg defects as a result . |
| 11 | Previous holders of Royal Enclosure vouchers should apply in writing in the usual way before the end of April , stating their full names and ages if between 16–25 years , who have not been granted Royal Enclosure vouchers previously . |
| 12 | Since subscriptions for membership have not been increased this year , one way in which everyone could help would be to add a donation — no matter how small — when sending in their subscription fee . |
| 13 | However , a substantial proportion of the long-term cases are children who have been taken into care against the wishes of their parents because they have not been receiving adequate care or control . |
| 14 | ‘ We are asking staff who have not been given another location to turn up at their nearest branch , where a desk and computer terminal will be provided for them . ’ |
| 15 | This is no mean task , especially if they have not been doing any recruitment for the past few months . |
| 16 | ‘ We have not been running this campaign as an entertainment for our dear friends in the press and broadcasting media . |
| 17 | Law by convention is never complete , because new issues constantly arise that have not been settled one way or the other by whatever institutions have conventional authority to decide them . |
| 18 | In Vale Royal , 30pc of registration forms have not been returned this year , meaning that thousands of people may lose their vote . |
| 19 | And , interestingly , of all the Royal ladies , Princess Michael and the Duchess of York have not been accorded that privilege . |
| 20 | So far we have just been using linear demand curves , with a linear demand curve the slope is constant , however , elasticity varies everywhere along its length . |
| 21 | ‘ The way you and he have just been pawing each other about just has to mean that , in your own sweet way , ’ he inserted thunderously , ‘ you 've been endorsing the fact that your affair with him is over ! ’ |
| 22 | Thanks so very much for getting me Bloomfield 's annotated NT , vol I. I 'm delighted to have it , and have just been spending some time revisiting a few cruces to see what explanations are offered . |
| 23 | And we have just been noticing that Brentano , like the British empiricist , John Locke , thinks of believing , expecting , hoping , and so on , as things — Locke called them ‘ operations ’ , Brentano called them ‘ phenomena ’ — as things we perceive in ourselves . |
| 24 | Climbing walls in the past have always been given short change from sports centres and the Sports Council . |
| 25 | He may also act on the principle that ‘ things have always been done this way ’ and justify his actions accordingly . |
| 26 | The authority for doing things this way lies in the fact that they have always been done this way and so questioning is not encouraged . |
| 27 | You have probably been given this brochure by your local ABTA Travel Agent . |
| 28 | BIRKENHEAD Sixth Form College students Lisa Keenan and Lisa Hudson have both been offered direct entry to fashion degree courses . |
| 29 | Lay readers or elders who have traditionally been given this job may well not be gifted to lead the congregation in the way described above . |
| 30 | ‘ We in BP and Unipart have also been introducing each other to potential customers in the Ukraine and Russia . ’ |