Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My words have been grubby confetti , faded , tacky , blown far |
| 2 | Duke of Northumberland 's Archive ( Alnwick and Middlesex ) The Percy family and its successors have been prominent in English history since the thirteenth century , firstly as earls , and later as dukes , of Northumberland . |
| 3 | Fans have been constant in their opposition to all-seater . |
| 4 | He says : ‘ The fans have been frustrated because we have n't scored but all we can do is to try and put it right . |
| 5 | Visitors through the centuries have been impressed by the beauty and harmony of these proportions . ’ |
| 6 | In its November 1987 Offer For Sale Eurotunnel stated that ‘ safety and security considerations have been central to the overall design of the System and the plans for its operation ’ . |
| 7 | Fortunately , major contemporary building styles have been subject to detailed analysis in terms of their social significance . |
| 8 | Oxfords and brogue styles have been standard office issue for most of this century , but in the last 30 years the loafer has — thanks to its American and Italian perfectors — become a relaxed and stylish alternative to lace-ups , but there are purists who still harbour doubts about its suitability for the boardroom . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , none of the superpowers have been willing to say that they would not actually use these weapons in a second nuclear strike , on the grounds that for the deterrent to be credible the other side has to be convinced that a first nuclear strike would result in nuclear retaliation . |
| 10 | Initial reactions from schools have been favourable : both the content and quality of presentation have been well-received . |
| 11 | There is currently a move towards Community Education in the Urban and Burgh schools ; rural schools have been involved in this , informally for a long time . |
| 12 | We shall see below how different schools have been involved in one or more of these types of situation , but for the present two illustrations should suffice to demonstrate the potential of this classification . |
| 13 | In recent years , strong parish based courses — especially in preparation for the Sacraments of the Eucharist and Confirmation — have grown up and schools have been happy to change their programme accordingly . |
| 14 | ( Some schools have been able to co-ordinate work with the National Film School , where a script has been written for the personalities in a group and then filmed on location , and this worked effectively . ) |
| 15 | Hitherto , few secondary schools have been able to do this consistently . |
| 16 | Despite the much-needed rain , schools have been able to play a substantial amount of cricket before turning to address the examiners rather than their opponents . |
| 17 | Since 1 August , the self-drive hire firms , private taxis and driving schools have been able to reclaim tax paid on cars purchased for their businesses . |
| 18 | Under PNP , schools have been able to break away from the traditional conception of primary school professional life centring on just two roles : those of head and class teacher . |
| 19 | Has my right honourable friend had time to study the recent annual survey of grant maintained schools which shows that since becoming grant maintained , schools have been able to recruit more teachers , improve their results and offer better facilities for their pupils . |
| 20 | In Tasmania , however , schools have been responsible for allocating resources for some time . |
| 21 | In understanding brains , some of the crucial steps have been technical . |
| 22 | In those years in which claims have exceeded premium income , the profits on the investment of premiums have been sufficient to produce an overall profit . |
| 23 | The stables have been open for one year this November . |
| 24 | These solutions have been successful in providing users with the ability to fire off queries to multiple databases . |
| 25 | These solutions have been successful in providing users with the ability to fire off queries to multiple databases . |
| 26 | Because of these difficulties artificial bile solutions have been prepared to a total ionic strength of 0.295 mmol/l . |
| 27 | Neil says he does n't like the swimming and the lakes have been cold while Derek says they 've been through the pain barrier and have had to spend up to ten hours a day in the saddle but they 've had a good back up team … he also jokes that there has n't been a day when he would n't have rather stopped in bed |
| 28 | Monetarists have been hostile to Keynesian attempts at demand management in principle , arguing that they are inflationary . |
| 29 | Not every bomb has hit its target , but in Baghdad — the only place western journalists have been able briefly to observe — many clearly did . |
| 30 | Duncan Campbell and other journalists have been able to reveal intimate details of the workings of the system , as has Cathy Massiter , a former MI5 employee who ‘ went public ’ in a Channel 4 television programme . |