Example sentences of "[verb] been [adj] [prep] " 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 | No , they , they only done that because it would 've been hard for us I think , in the |
| 3 | Where he found the energy — Anyway , this poor child , only nineteen she was ( he should 've been ashamed of himself and him a man of forty ) — if she 'd only come to me at the start ! |
| 4 | ‘ Pa would 've been livid with me for getting pregnant , and he would n't want his precious fiddle going to pay for anything to do with it . ’ |
| 5 | Valentin has been discreet about his upbringing . |
| 6 | Not for the first time , therefore , a government keen on deregulation has been upset by the results . |
| 7 | The report proposes a new structure for the centre , which it says has been underused as a TNO institute . |
| 8 | Such monomania has been useful to warriors since long before the silicon age . |
| 9 | Similarly , should you wish to discuss with either of them how BAIE has been useful to them in their university post , why not telephone , Director of PR and Information Services , University of Edinburgh ( ) 31 etc ) or , Director of development , University of Stirling on xxxxx . |
| 10 | In recent years , however , the canine colon has become a standard model for colonic motility studies and , although it displays some kinds of contractile activity not seen in man , it has been useful for investigating neuropharmacological interactions . |
| 11 | But whilst the concern might , therefore , have been largely misplaced , it has been useful in fostering a re-examination of the way schools and LEAs maintain discipline amongst pupils and in prompting fresh research into the nature of misbehaviour in schools . |
| 12 | FTIR analysis has been useful in identifying the provenance of ceramics , which is usually complicated by their processing from raw clay into the finished artefact . |
| 13 | The work has been useful in 2 ways : firstly , it has yielded demonstrator programmes that can be used to convince more senior officers ; and it has increased the number of people available with some knowledge of expert systems . |
| 14 | This work has been useful in two main areas : analysis of types of content — see Berelson ( 1950 ) and Williams ( 1962 ) — and of the selection and portrayal of certain social figures — see Lowenthal ( 1961 ) . |
| 15 | Although two thirds of Oxfordshire teachers consider that the scheme has been useful in producing proposals for change in schools , the actual changes claimed are rather nebulous and a quarter of all teachers are unsure as to whether their review has led to any changes at all . |
| 16 | Er , if the person er is sitting watching the television and er has been awake for several hours then we are at a disadvantage . |
| 17 | The growth and international expansion of the hotel and catering industry has been phenomenal during the past decade , ensuring a constant demand for trained and skilled staff and providing ample opportunity for those who are temperamentally suited to the industry . |
| 18 | Quite the opposite , in fact , has happened , as seasoned Royal-watcher James Whittaker points out : ‘ The Queen has been phenomenal during these 40 years . |
| 19 | Interest has been phenomenal with all Areas represented by ladies 7s and gents 11s . |
| 20 | One has been convinced for some time that the idea was to take Weir in the guise of a No 6 . |
| 21 | Ideas only find favour once an influential person(s) has been convinced of their practicability . |
| 22 | Ecstasy , which has been illegal since 1977 , is used by many on the rave scene . |
| 23 | The sale of cigarettes to children has been illegal since 1904 . |
| 24 | For 15 years it has been illegal in the U8A to produce a new car without a three-way catalytic converter . |
| 25 | He will not bow before another no matter what pain is inflicted and is confident , at least having lost the battle in Heaven , he has been victorious in shaking the throne of the Almighty . |
| 26 | It is in the field of its own procedures that the Court of Appeal , in the past , has been receptive to the claim of substantive justice . |
| 27 | Not much has been made of this migration , some ethnic tension apart , and even less of the fact that in the years since the second world war it has been essential for western European economic life . |
| 28 | The difference has been essential to European culture and civilisation since the Renaissance at least . |
| 29 | Photographic recording of naevi and use of these photographs to detect change suggesting development of melanoma has been essential in this study . |
| 30 | It is a great merit in Mrs Taylor that she has been content to be guided by her moral taste , which is very fine and true , without trying to form a set of principles upon it . |