Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb base] been [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , Figure 8.5 shows that this can vary from landscape improvement to recreation , and that the two main spatial units have been kilometre squares and landscape tracts ( Penning-Rowsell , 1975 ) . |
| 2 | Journalists also represent a fertile field of would-be Parliamentarians : in each successive general election since 1959 , over 100 of the candidates standing for all three major political parties have been journalists . |
| 3 | Some clubs have been party to the ‘ Augusta effect ’ — using chemicals to emulate greens seen on TV . |
| 4 | ‘ A number of distinguished engineers have been Whitworth Scholars , and we expect this year 's award winners to be high achievers in their subsequent careers , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Farms that have ceased to exist in the last few years have been Osentons ( or Clinkham Farm ) , Whitings , Clements and Flint House . |
| 6 | All the cases discussed in this section have been ones in which words addressed to one person were held to make another person a trustee either for the first person or for a third party . |
| 7 | In the past such animals have been models of cleanliness , always asking to go outside before defecating , or confining themselves to a modern litter tray . |
| 8 | ‘ Registrations are running about 300 up on last year ; average prices have been £300 to £500 up on the previous year ; and our commercial customers have been taking top prices for finished Limousin crosses at markets through the UK . |
| 9 | In the mills additional factors have been rationalisation and the use of more modern machinery . |
| 10 | All six greyhounds have been dope tested and the results sent for analysis at Glasgow University 's forensic department . |
| 11 | These clubs have been part of the backbone of British rugby for decades , but Mr Salmon would obviously be quite happy to see them fade into extinction . |
| 12 | These houses have been homes to squattors for the past 4 years . |
| 13 | These companies have been Britain 's top exporters in the past . |
| 14 | Others who have undertaken the care of the church and halls in later years have been Mrs Bell , Mrs Carson , Mr and Mrs Redpath , Mr James Twyble , Mr John Lavery , Mrs David Binks , Mrs K McClatchey and Mr William McFadden . |
| 15 | Consequently the basic concepts have been division of labour , organisational structure , job descriptions , but above all — hierarchy . |
| 16 | Its most obvious difficulties have been lack of scale and disappointing growth . |
| 17 | Some of history 's worst decisions have been group decisions . |
| 18 | His previous interests have been science fiction and drugs , and I suspect his present passion for radical politics will pass . |
| 19 | Figures from the Treasury and the International Stock Exchange also show just how important large issues have been share ownership . |
| 20 | A former history professor at the University of Michigan and at Columbia University in New York City , Waggoner traded blackboard for typewriter five years ago and since then his main journalistic beats have been baseball , travel , food and fashion . |
| 21 | How many artists have been Deputy Lieutenant of Gwynedd ? |
| 22 | The major exceptions have been counties in the mining areas where there has been a basis for Labour support . |
| 23 | According to Sunkel , the major changes have been industrialisation , urbanisation and an expansion of the economic and social activities of government which have , together , brought an improvement in the standard of living of urban middle-sector groups . |
| 24 | In many other trades , crafts and professions , vocational qualifications have been part of their prosperous development and I therefore commend to you that we be attentive . |
| 25 | Both the first church and the present church have been Memorial churches . |
| 26 | The better ones have been amalgamations of Gibson and Fender features with the Paul Reed Smith topping the heap . |
| 27 | An anniversary poem went to the Queen , and many MPs have been recipients of his comments couched in rhyme on subjects from food irradiation ( he 's an opponent ) to saving the Antarctic . |
| 28 | Er I suppose erm er the , most of the people I 've seen in the last ten years have been people either approaching retirement , planning for retirement or actually at the point of retirement and er we 've obviously looked at this course over a number of years and we try to sort of distil it down to the basics of things that we think are important er and that we think will be useful to you . |
| 29 | Elected to the board in the past twelve months have been Steve Ahearne , Rodney Chase and Bryan Sanderson ( managing directors ) and Dr Karen Horn ( non-executive ) . |
| 30 | Though most enterprises in developing countries have been by-standers in many rounds , more are now coming forward to play their part for the future . |