Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] 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 | 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 |
| 4 | Middlesbrough-born Alf has been chief personnel officer with Middlesbrough council since 1974 and before that he worked for Teesside county borough council . |
| 5 | For example , Hans Dietrich Genscher has been Foreign Minister for the last 18 years . |
| 6 | Since 1990 Dr Hazel has been Managing Director of Oscar Faber TPA , Edinburgh Office . |
| 7 | The only bother he 's had in Lothian Road has been hostile looks from casuals in the Burnt Post bar . |
| 8 | Fred has been encouraging pilferage over a long period . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | For more than 40 years , Don Williams has been growing Christmas trees at Leigh Sinton farms near Malvern . |
| 11 | Here , the manageress Giovanna has been welcoming guests for 30 years and prides herself on offering a simple , comfortable hotel and a good choice of menu . |
| 12 | Mr Kaifu has been prime minister since August 1989 . |
| 13 | Rob Wilson 's tackle shop in Brora has been welcoming anglers for more than fifty years . |
| 14 | Hugh Scrimgeour has been Managing Director of the company since 1991 . |
| 15 | All are back with Parramatta and their father Les has been first grade manager . |
| 16 | On the whole , especially at local level , the Left in Britain has been more goal orientated than the Right . |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia has stockpiled close to 30m barrels of the stuff during the first quarter of 1989 ; Iran has been busy filling European storage tanks ; Saudi , Kuwaiti and Iraqi oil has been pouring into America almost as fast as it did in December . |
| 18 | Busy is something Graham Myers has been all season with all Forest injuries Ward with a free kick gets it clear straight to Thomson though Greyson Thomson Gemmell closes down the room immed that 's a very good ball . |
| 19 | The starting-point in Eastern Europe has been clear rejection of Marxist economics and clear commitment to a market system , complete with private ownership and private enterprise . |
| 20 | Author Salmon Rushdie has been busy Christmas shopping . |
| 21 | Though Belgium has been pouring money into Sabena to keep it upright , officials said there was no question of illegal state aids . |
| 22 | Lalande wrote of him in 1763 : ‘ Sisson has been several times in prison for failing to pay his workmen [ of whom Jesse Ramsden , q.v. , was one ] ; he starts many things and finishes nothing : he takes his instruments to the pawnbroker , where they have been seen selling for a tenth of their value . |
| 23 | For more than a decade , Sellafield has been Western Europe 's biggest industrial construction site , employing 5,000 contractors ' employees in addition to its own staff of around 7,000 . |
| 24 | Mr Norris has been button-holing passengers about their voting intentions . |
| 25 | Novell has been busy writing application programming interfaces to accommodate object-oriented applications , which , it says , will read and distribute objects as packets ( or images ) across the network . |
| 26 | EMI has been busy adding to its ‘ Beecham Edition ’ . |
| 27 | One means suggested for transfer of moisture into the interior of Pangaea has been monsoonal circulation created by the Permian continental configuration . |
| 28 | West Ham 's assistant manager Harry Redknapp has been another victim of a fans ' fit-up . |
| 29 | Guatemala has been Central America 's sideshow . |