Example sentences of "have [been] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is older than the rocks among which she sits ; like the vampire , she has been dead many times , and learned the secrets of the grave ; and has been a diver in deep seas , and keeps their fallen day about her ; and trafficked for strange webs with Eastern merchants ; and , as Leda , was the mother of Helen of Troy , and , as Saint Anne , the mother of Mary ; and all this has been to her but as the sound of lyres and flutes , and lives only in the delicacy with which it has moulded the changing lineaments , and tinged the eyelids and the hands . |
| 2 | It is a memorable evocation , casting a spell over the reader : ‘ She is older than the rocks among which she sits ; like the vampire , she has been dead many times , and learned the secrets of the grave ; and has been a diver in deep seas , and keeps their fallen day about her … ’ |
| 3 | Hello folks , my boss has been away this morning so I 've been busy scanning a few leeds picies and saving them as gif files . |
| 4 | And of course in recent years there has been yet another pressure to move away from Brian Way 's methods . |
| 5 | To date , however , there has been rather little evidence on the means of transmission of difficulties . |
| 6 | In much of Western Europe a predominant characteristic has been trade union pluralism ( and sometimes reluctance to engage in continuous relationships with employers ) promoted by ideological , philosophical and religious differences , although in recent years there has been rather less emphasis upon the importance of religious affinity . |
| 7 | Given the undoubted importance of deixis to philosophical , Psychological and linguistic approaches to the analysis of language , there has been surprisingly little work of a descriptive nature in the area , with a Consequent lack of adequate theories and frameworks of analysis . |
| 8 | As he points out there has been surprisingly little research in this area and what there is derives mostly from the sociology of education under the heading of teacher socialisation . |
| 9 | Opportunities for dual qualification , in both education and librarianship , barely existed until the pioneer establishment of a Teacher-Librarianship Diploma at University College London in the late 1960s , and although a variety of different courses are now emerging there has been precious little encouragement or inducement for ambitious people to take advantage of them . |
| 10 | There has been precious little attention to giving basic education to the general public on the art of wise borrowing . |
| 11 | Yet there has been remarkably little research activity in this area . |
| 12 | However , there has been very little success with captive breeding and few of the cubs which are born survive past the first year . |
| 13 | ‘ We have a homogeneous population , there has been very little immigration into Scotland and we have fantastic records . |
| 14 | There has been very little work done on the psychology of the horse . |
| 15 | In comparison there has been very little work on the psychology of masculinity and the nature of male identity , although both men ( and women ) are becoming increasingly interested in the forms masculinity might assume in the 1990s and beyond . |
| 16 | Though we feel ourselves to be much more comfortable now than we used to be , there has been very little increase in domestic fuel demand over fifty years or more . |
| 17 | ‘ There has been very little criticism over price increases . |
| 18 | To date , the number of cases taken in this fashion are very few and there has been very little guidance from the Courts as to the ambit of the provision . |
| 19 | However , there has been very little guidance or information from the Scottish Office relating to the transitional arrangements for RECHAR and how the Regional Council can maximise potential additional capital consents in 1993–94 . |
| 20 | There has been very little attempt to produce an adequate framework for monitoring and evaluating such initiatives . |
| 21 | As we have seen , the response in England has been substantial ; in Wales , on the other hand , there has been very little reaction to the reports and teacher training for further education in the Principality is generally less well developed than in England . |
| 22 | There has been very little research into BSL learning , and certainly no systematic analysis of the skills needed . |
| 23 | As will be made clear in the following brief history of Marxist thought in Latin America , there has been very little interplay between the evolutions of Marxism-Leninist prescriptions for revolutionary development in Latin America , as shaped by Soviet ideologues , and the way that Latin Americans themselves have applied Marxism to their situation . |
| 24 | As there has been very little traffic today , I just thought I would comment on somebody 's statement that Leeds have possibly got the best squad in the premier league . |
| 25 | I endorse what the hon. Gentleman says about the responsibility that politicians of all constitutional parties have , and a willingness so to talk has been very much present in recent years . |
| 26 | erm The Health Service has been very much male-orientated . |
| 27 | The organisations concerned have asked that details of the comments received be mad public , criticising the level of secrecy surrounding the exercise , but to date , the UKCC 's response , from registrar Colin Ralph , has been only that publication of the consultation report is ‘ possible ’ . |
| 28 | In the past 20 years , however , there has been considerably more activity and publicity for econometrics in the UK , leading to often vigorous debate in specialist magazines such as Admap . |
| 29 | If league tables from North America were being reviewed these would probably show greater variation in analytical approach as there has been considerably more research into , and validation of , measures of health state preference . |
| 30 | There is hardly any bitterness for the devastation caused by the war ; there has been hardly any outcry about the inability to redeem Japanese notes-and the Japs issued Rs562 crores worth £420 million , over 30 years of Burma 's national revenue . |