Example sentences of "[vb base] been [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , parent involvement , there is no mention in this report about parent involvement , and I think this is absolutely essential that the , it 's often the families who are poor parenting , because they 've been poor parent people , and you have succession , and we 've gone somewhere along the line , we 've got to go down that road . |
| 2 | They 've been bloody computer games in work , the chuffs . |
| 3 | Yeah , just as a , as a side issue , I am interested that they 've been growing plum tomatoes because each year I hear of more and more people growing plum tomatoes successfully in this country and while we are just on the subject of diseases and things to control them , you may remember that a few weeks ago we were giving advice on how we should dispose of waste garden chemicals and , and we said you ought to pour it down an outside drain . |
| 4 | The past few years have been poor snow years for frustrated skiers . |
| 5 | Whereas in the past there have been various pressure groups setting themselves up as having a special reason for being heard thanks to their scientific credentials , perhaps the wisest comment on this came from the professor who , while urging scientists to make their voices heard , also urged them not to make any special claims to knowledge or understanding of the issues just because they were scientists . |
| 6 | However , for several years now there have been low cost cameras like Polaroid 's Palette that provided a quick and effective alternative for those who either needed total confidentiality or were simply rather less fussy about the quality . |
| 7 | Oxfords and brogue styles have been standard office issue for most of this century , but in the last 30 years the loafer has — thanks to its American and Italian perfectors — become a relaxed and stylish alternative to lace-ups , but there are purists who still harbour doubts about its suitability for the boardroom . |
| 8 | The report points out that over the past two years there have been international hotel mergers and acquisitions worth $8.8b ( £5.5b ) . |
| 9 | They are usually quite a mixed group , some of whom have had bad experiences at school or have been long term truants . |
| 10 | There have been substantial population losses in the more industrialized and urbanized regions , including the South East , North and North West , while the largest gains have been in the South West , East Anglia and the East Midlands . |
| 11 | An increasing number of women , perhaps career women in their 30s who have been regular Pill users for several years , may wish to check if they are ovulating before planning the timing of a pregnancy . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Some state enterprises have been efficient state enterprises , and some price controls ( usually highly selective ) effective . |
| 14 | I , that , there have been endless position papers in the department and I have n't actually seen that one |
| 15 | Since 1959 , when the Younghusband Report on Social Workers in the Local Authority Health and Welfare Services appeared , there have been systematic training courses for social workers designed to include the welfare of the disabled in their scope . |
| 16 | They have been issuing equity instruments ( eg , convertible bonds and warrant bonds ) on the capital markets rather than going to their bank managers for costly old-fashioned loans . |
| 17 | In a world where few computer companies have been good computer users , IBM 's increasing tendency to practise what it preaches has helped maintain its advantage . |
| 18 | There have been good match results such as the 10lb 8oz winning catch from Seaforth angler Mick Higgins in the Sharpe Tackle open . |
| 19 | Radiogenic studies indicate that there have been metasomatic enrichment events of comparable antiquity in the mantle . |
| 20 | However , I have chosen to complement the Formula One statistics with coverage of the European Formula Two and Formula 3000 Championships which , like Formula Three , have been excellent breeding grounds for many of today 's top Formula One drivers . |
| 21 | But some are also saying , it 's been a missed opportunity to make a more radical shake up to a shadow cabinet where some members performances have been notable lack lustre . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | When you say that people have been bad packing things , |
| 24 | There have been electronic publishing systems for many years but these were , and generally still are , expensive in the extreme . |
| 25 | PUPILS at a Birkenhead primary school have been busy raising cash for starving children . |
| 26 | PHYSIOTHERAPY experts at Teesside Polytechnic have been busy helping pupils from a Middlesbrough school make a video about the dangers of developing brittle bones through unhealthy diets . |
| 27 | Members of the Worcester Park Machine Knitters Club have been busy knitting items for the Special Care Baby Unit at Kingston Hospital in Surrey . |
| 28 | NATIONAL Union of Students leaders have been busy dining Conservative MPs such as George Walden to lobby against Government plans to introduce voluntary student unions . |
| 29 | Where computer systems have been investigated they have been large mainframe systems . |
| 30 | But in our century there have been British coalition governments in 1915 , 1922 and 1940–1945 , and governments that existed by tacit agreement between parties in 1910–1915 and 1977–1979 . |