Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are usually quite a mixed group , some of whom have had bad experiences at school or have been long term truants . |
| 2 | Since the Williams Report , the only books which have been prosecuted have either glorified illegal activities , such as the taking of dangerous drugs , or have been hard-core pornography lacking any literary pretension or sociological interest . |
| 3 | joined the Group with the acquisition of of Trowbridge in May 1978 and has been regional buyer for the north west region since March 1985 . |
| 4 | Curt Fredrikson founded the Swedish Debt Surveillance operation , and has been Managing Director of the Swedish wing of Justitia since 1985 . |
| 5 | As the right hon. Gentleman was Chancellor before it started and has been Prime Minister throughout its course , is it not clear that he is not only the Prime Minister of recession , but the prime cause of recession ? |
| 6 | As a director of public health , and having been chief officer to a health authority for some 17 years and having experienced more reorganisations than I care to remember , I can see the career turbulence that the current reforms are producing for some senior doctors in public health medicine . |
| 7 | He had led the party since 1984 , succeeding Dom Mintoff [ see p. 33794 ] , and had been Prime Minister from then until the party 's defeat in 1987 . |
| 8 | Allegations had been first made against Papandreou and three other politicians in connection with their dealings with the bank in late 1988 [ see p. 36562 ] and had been one factor in the electoral victory of the New Democracy party in April 1990 . |
| 9 | Beattie was a senior foreman and had been twenty years with his company . |
| 10 | Nowhere do you mention the several hundred thousand Arabs ( Muslims , Christians ) who carry Israeli passports and have been second-class citizens for the past 45 years . |
| 11 | Captain Sturt was the great explorer who had discovered the Murray River , and have been some years in New South Wales before coming to Adelaide , where he was Colonial Secretary . |