Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second legacy of Tiananmen has been increasing tension over the course of Hong Kong 's political development , with just six months remaining before China 's parliament is due to enact the mini-constitution , or Basic Law , setting out the pattern of post-1997 government . |
| 2 | Since the acquisition of Mercia Weavers by the Stoddard Group in 1988 , Ronnie has been Chief Designer of the Runcorn Studio which specializes in Contract carpeting . |
| 3 | Agnes absorbed that and found that she believed it : Mo had been thirty years in intelligence work which trains up a determination not to know some things quite as strong as the desire to know others . |
| 4 | Bruno of Nordgau had been fifty-one years old when he died . |
| 5 | Voight first got to know Dustin well when he was playing Rudolpho in A View from the Bridge in January 1965 , on which Dustin had been assistant director . |
| 6 | The Monastery of Santa de Nogueira had been imported stone by stone from Portugal to the Gila Desert , Arizona , in 1819 , and abandoned after the Mexican-American War . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Although climatic changes undoubtedly occurred during the post-glacial , it appears that the principal determinants of regional vegetational change in the Outer Hebrides have been natural soil changes , with widespread leaching , podsolisation , and bog development beginning at about 7000 B.P. From about 5000 B.P. or even earlier ( Bohnke , 1988 ) , human influence has also been an important factor . |
| 9 | She and co-star Charlie Schlatter have been toiling flat out for six months . |
| 10 | Yeah , cos I think Ann 's been two courses now and we 've picked her brains so we can have basic use , but er you start to realise it 's only a little bit of the system you know , you could do a lot more |
| 11 | Middlesbrough-born Alf has been chief personnel officer with Middlesbrough council since 1974 and before that he worked for Teesside county borough council . |
| 12 | For example , Hans Dietrich Genscher has been Foreign Minister for the last 18 years . |
| 13 | An invigoratingly stormy relationship was in the making and if Nicholson had been gossip-column fodder at the time , the writers would have had a field day . |
| 14 | Although we did not foresee any difficulties , we were astonished to hear that the Secretary of the Cabinet , Sir Robert Armstrong , had asked for the programme on the Suez operation of 1956 , in which Mountbatten had been First Sea Lord , to be deferred ‘ possibly for some months ’ . |
| 15 | Heather had been this way before him , had seen and understood what he would shortly see and might yet understand . |
| 16 | The idea had arisen for Frank through his location and questions that had come up about muons ; Sakharov had been developing fusion in secret and picked up the notion because he would have been on the lookout for any papers about fusion , of whatever sort . |
| 17 | Demirel had been Prime Minister six times in the period until 1980 , and several of his administrations had been coalitions . |
| 18 | Artemis had been busy drawing , sitting on the window seat of the nursery , high up on the third floor of the family wing . |
| 19 | Since 1990 Dr Hazel has been Managing Director of Oscar Faber TPA , Edinburgh Office . |
| 20 | The only bother he 's had in Lothian Road has been hostile looks from casuals in the Burnt Post bar . |
| 21 | Fred has been encouraging pilferage over a long period . |
| 22 | One of the sad side-effects of industrial action during the early years of the implementation of ISS has been that work on improving the teacher-parent partnership has been more neglected by teachers than anyone initially expected . |
| 23 | For more than 40 years , Don Williams has been growing Christmas trees at Leigh Sinton farms near Malvern . |
| 24 | Trade and Industry Secretary Navarro was the head of an accounting firm , while Agrarian Reform Secretary Garilao had been executive director of the Philippine Business for Social Progress , a business-funded foundation established to undertake community projects . |
| 25 | Back at the pub , Connor had been busy serving drinks all the evening , but by this time things were quietening down . |
| 26 | Could one really put one 's hand on one 's heart and swear that the Ponting case would not have happened if Harold Wilson had been Prime Minister ? |
| 27 | Fräulein had been two years already at The Towers . |
| 28 | ‘ Innes Place had been vacant ground for a long number of years , and the planning people insisted that there never had been houses fronting on to the Donegall Road , ’ Mr Smyth explained . |
| 29 | He was an implacable enemy of Ted 's , from the 1 950S when Ted had been Chief Whip , and they had a great row . |
| 30 | At first Sophie listened with only mild interest as the other girl spoke of her involvement in veterinary work , which had begun when she had worked as a receptionist in a large practice in Shropshire , where Robert had been senior assistant . |