Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | well it she could 've been done last year but we 've not done this year , be gone . |
| 2 | Mairead has been elected this year to the Executive Committee as Tralee Area Secretary . |
| 3 | Of 720,000 sq ftof office space that has been completed this year , 350,000 sq ft has been let . |
| 4 | The small voluntary TRANSAID team has been strengthened this year by the addition of Eric Schumacher , formerly a senior manager with I.C.I. Eric brings with him extensive general management and transport experience , which is already proving to be valuable . |
| 5 | The UK Queen 's Awards for Industry system has been extended this year to include an environmental category , with twelve companies being judged worthy of recognition for a " significant advance " offering " major benefits in environmental terms compared to existing products , technology or processes " . |
| 6 | Her income support entitlement ended when she obtained maintenance at £5.00 per week but only one payment has been made this year . |
| 7 | And the Sheikh 's dominance has been maintained this year as he heads the table with some £1.75m in prize money , half a million ahead of his older brother , Hamdan Al Maktoum , who owns Nashwan , with Sangster languishing in 10th place with a mere £250,000 or so in the kitty . |
| 8 | They will have to prove to the Society that at least 15 minutes of their music has been played each year — fine enough for those who write lengthy pieces , but much more difficult for those who are at heart and in practice miniaturists . |
| 9 | A further gift of £1000 has been received this year for this purpose . |
| 10 | I think this is one of the chairman because there was so many horrendous forecasts in the summer and autumn about the S S A that when it was announced you know we thought it was goods news and of course it was n't , erm so this is why they 're trying to be prudent and we have kept in our proposals to the erm , has already mentioned that er , thank god , the er democratic growth has been covered this year and so on , erm , plenty of other things that we would like to see erm to comply with the government 's own legislation erm but they where with all . |
| 11 | He has been pursued all year by race fan Newman and his Chicago business partner Carl Haas . |
| 12 | A new formative assessment for third year students has been introduced this year — namely , an integrated workbook assignment . |
| 13 | Finally , a work-based Certificate in Funeral Directing has been introduced this year . |
| 14 | An initial A$2.5 million has been provided this year but it should be increased to A$5 million a year within three years . |
| 15 | ‘ The council has been capped this year and we felt it would have been incredibly insensitive to spend money on road races when some council workers are facing the prospect of losing their jobs . ’ |
| 16 | In addition to the evening sessions there will be four ‘ away-days ’ on Saturdays ( from 10.00 am to 4.30 am ) , which give the opportunity for some extended skill-training and group-work ( an additional ‘ away-day ’ has been included this year ) . |
| 17 | ‘ Christmas has been postponed this year . |
| 18 | It might have been brewed this year , but I doubted it . |
| 19 | Mr Li is believed to have been criticised last year by China 's senior leader , Deng Xiaoping , for his caution on the economy . |
| 20 | In the period before 1910 about 85,000 new houses had been built each year , but after the introduction of Land Values Duties the building rate fell sharply . |
| 21 | In July 1969 , the select committee reported in favour of the publication both of the five-year rolling programme in the form of an annual White Paper with a full explanation of what changes had been made that year , and of the Medium Term Economic Assessment . |
| 22 | 150 enquiries had been made this year , and potential students are now seeking funding . |
| 23 | At the last meeting of the committee I did in fact congratulate the director and his staff for the way in which community care had been implemented current year and I 'd certainly like to congratulate him on the way he 's presented er proposals for next year . |
| 24 | Justice Minister Kobie ( H. J. ) Coetsee announced on March 22 that the ban on unauthorised political and protest meetings without written permission from a magistrate , which had been renewed each year since 1976 , would lapse on March 31 . |
| 25 | As the news of the quarrel between the Old King 's sons spread , those who had been defeated last year took fresh courage , while others like Geoffrey of Lusignan , who had previously been too cautious to join the revolt , now decided that their moment had come . |
| 26 | One had been found that year floating off the coast of Qatar , prompting search operations by GCC states up and down the Gulf . |
| 27 | Mr Crawford added more than 600 illegal nets had been seized this year . |
| 28 | He had become involved in the administration of St Anne 's House in Soho , for example ; it had been opened this year as a " centre of Christian discourse " , and in the autumn he and Philip Mairet conducted a discussion group , " Toward the Definition of Culture " which met once a week until the middle of December . |
| 29 | More recently the Solstice has attracted thousands of New Age travellers , but they 've been banned this year by the same injuctions that now govern Castlemorton common in Worcestershire , where an illegal festival just over a year ago attracted 20,000 travellers . |
| 30 | Twenty-one red kite chicks have been raised this year , compared to just 10 last year . |