Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] been [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One focus to this resistance has been realistic plot-paradigms which Sukenick constantly subverts in the interest of getting nearer to the real . |
| 2 | But when states have tried an outright ban , as some have , the result has been illicit stills , producing deadly brews that have blinded and killed thousands over the years . |
| 3 | The top rated American TV programme has been beguiling children for the last 13 years . |
| 4 | One of the world 's greatest classical violinists has been surprising audiences at a top JAZZ club . |
| 5 | An additional complication to Rugby 's future has been legal writs for damages by Mal Malik , a former Coventry and Rugby flank-forward . |
| 6 | In his biography of the earl of Pembroke , however , Dr Phillips has effectively disproved this notion and shown the baronial conciliators to have been royal supporters , rather than independents . |
| 7 | This was because those steps had been reasonable ones to take even though they had in the event aggravated the losses . |
| 8 | By any normal standards , the Al Fayed brothers had been rich men for perhaps a decade or even two . |
| 9 | For the first time she regretted being an identical twin ; none of this would have happened if she and Dana had been ordinary sisters , but then you might never have met Roman Wyatt , her subconscious whispered . |
| 10 | Her presence and her loss had been equal disasters . |
| 11 | My words have been grubby confetti , faded , tacky , blown far |
| 12 | But England 's recent games against both nations have been full Tests and the squad will include those available England players not selected by the Lions . |
| 13 | ‘ His own models of feminity have been extraordinary women — the Queen Mother , who never let a feeling come between her and her duty , and the Queen . |
| 14 | Up to now , most borders have been French imports , but this year a company has come into being which designs and manufactures borders in this country . |
| 15 | Thereafter , their books have been follow-up studies of this second group of children . |
| 16 | Middlesbrough-born Alf has been chief personnel officer with Middlesbrough council since 1974 and before that he worked for Teesside county borough council . |
| 17 | Churchill , Eden , Macmillan , and Home had been political grandees ; all emerged through the ‘ magic circle , and not as a result of election by MPs . |
| 18 | STAFF TRAINING The details have yet to be revealed but Mr Pearson said the council had been encouraging firms to train their staff since 1983 . |
| 19 | The companies have been arch rivals ever since and it 's only fitting now that the two main rivals in the so-called ‘ old school trainers ’ wars are Adidas and Puma . |
| 20 | The only bother he 's had in Lothian Road has been hostile looks from casuals in the Burnt Post bar . |
| 21 | She just knew that a basement room was for sitting in , a children 's ward for visiting , and railway stations had been prime targets for being bombed . |
| 22 | The Manchus had been full citizens with diplomatic privileges for more than thirty years now , but there still existed between them and other humans a coldness which could not be explained simply by xenophobia . |
| 23 | The Ypres salient , where since 1914 the Allies had been prime targets for the German guns , had been flattened , leaving only a small salient around Passchendaele itself . |
| 24 | ANDES 21 de junio ( Asociacion Nacional de Educadores Salvadorenos ) is a founder member of the BPR and openly expresses its support for the FDR-FMLN , while both the state and the Catholic universities have been consistent critics of the lack of democratic and civil liberties and have argued cogently for the need for social and economic reforms . |
| 25 | Any politically informed Briton knows that two of the most politically controversial issues during the last three years have been monetary issues : exchange rate policy ( membership of the ERM ) and interest rate policy . |
| 26 | The Thatcher Years have been splendid ones for a goodly number of golf members throughout this Royal and Ancient land of ours . |
| 27 | The last two years have been uncertain ones for the Gloucestershire regiment . |
| 28 | And the past few years have been good years of course |
| 29 | Does not that answer prove that the past 13 years have been wasted years in terms of the Government 's commitment to the footwear industry ? |
| 30 | Members of trade unions and other grass roots organisations have been particular targets of killings and ‘ disappearances ’ by the armed forces , who have accused them of supporting the armed opposition Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front ( FMLN ) . |