Example sentences of "[verb] been [adj] [prep] [adj] " 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 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Er , if the person er is sitting watching the television and er has been awake for several hours then we are at a disadvantage . |
| 5 | Quite the opposite , in fact , has happened , as seasoned Royal-watcher James Whittaker points out : ‘ The Queen has been phenomenal during these 40 years . |
| 6 | Interest has been phenomenal with all Areas represented by ladies 7s and gents 11s . |
| 7 | One has been convinced for some time that the idea was to take Weir in the guise of a No 6 . |
| 8 | Ecstasy , which has been illegal since 1977 , is used by many on the rave scene . |
| 9 | The sale of cigarettes to children has been illegal since 1904 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The difference has been essential to European culture and civilisation since the Renaissance at least . |
| 12 | Photographic recording of naevi and use of these photographs to detect change suggesting development of melanoma has been essential in this study . |
| 13 | For a long time it has been content with this unchanging splendour but more recently it has treated itself to a quartier in the most modern style , complete with a magnificent new concert hall , the Corum ( which unfortunately appears to have been built on ground that it is less than stable ) . |
| 14 | John Brushwood from Hook End , has been hand-picked from this month 's lucky dip , as the winner of a year 's supply of Scuba World . |
| 15 | In a sustained way ( meaning in more than sporadic decisions ) , it can be argued that the court has been critical to national questions only twice . |
| 16 | Rowlands has been critical of Welsh officials who went to the SA Rugby Board celebrations . |
| 17 | And the reaction has been one of slight stuttering , saying ‘ Er , erm , … well … |
| 18 | By contrast , in Britain the pattern has been one of small disruptive strikes — often over job demarcation or manning levels — which have had serious long-term effects on output quality , delivery dates and labour costs , leading to a corrosive loss of markets both at home and abroad [ Phelps Brown , 1977 ] . |
| 19 | That schools differ widely in outlook , expertise and resources , and that such differences help to influence the degree to which individual pupils may find it difficult to progress has been one of seminal emphases of the Warnock Report ( DES 1978 ) . |
| 20 | And he enjoyed picnics ; in the Guide he recounts how one day during a drive up Little Langdale and home by Dungeon Ghyll , ‘ the cloth was laid on the green grass , for that was the table : the cold collation was next produced from the carts , and the writer , though he has been one of many , has seldom witnessed more cheerful gipsyings . |
| 21 | Since the period in question has been one of economic growth , and since it is argued that the demand for temporary workers grows faster than the demand for labour as a whole in periods of rising economic activity , our findings are particularly noteworthy . |
| 22 | President Howard Smith maintains the problem has been one of long sales cycles by large accounts considering bulk purchases of up to two or three thousand units rather than the impulse buying originally anticipated by Clarity 's business plan . |
| 23 | The general pattern of change has been one of upward mobility . |
| 24 | The picture since 1982 has been one of net zero change although there has been at least one new arrival , Boots PLC . |
| 25 | However , as Shaw has argued , although the main characteristic of competition has been one of parallel pricing , there have been occasional price wars , particularly following the entry of new firms . |
| 26 | The Republic of El Salvador was ruled by Spain until 1821 and gained separate independence in 1839 , since which time the country 's history has been one of frequent coups and political violence . |
| 27 | Professor Barrie Wilson , Vice-Principal of Edinburgh University , who has been one of those most closely involved with implementing recent management changes , says staff are still mainly concerned with teaching well and doing lots of research . |
| 28 | ‘ Fundamentalism ’ , Islamic and otherwise , has been one of these . |
| 29 | While before 1962 most immigration into Britain consisted of men , temporarily migrant and unaccompanied by families , the post-1962 period has been one of permanent settlement with workers and their families ( Braham , 1985 , p. 112 ) . |
| 30 | The history of AEA Technology has been one of continual evolution and development . |