Example sentences of "and [noun sg] have [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their dedication and support have been invaluable in both accounting for the Association 's funds and managing them effectively . |
| 2 | The history of Glasgow Rangers Football Club , for example , makes it clear that riots , violence and vandalism have been well-established since at least the 1870s . |
| 3 | In recent years the Employment Department and the Department of Trade and Industry have been responsible for appropriate interventions but they have been more of a fire fighting nature than a sustained development of policy and role — which in any case , has not been the way government departments have tended to behave since they are organised to implement government policy in the immediate rather than long term . |
| 4 | The ‘ aristocratic ’ character of landowning has been a central basis for social status and political power in Britain for centuries , and the divisions of interest between land and industry have been fundamental to the political development of the upper class . |
| 5 | I have known Rob and Sarah for ten years and their constant support , encouragement and friendship have been invaluable . |
| 6 | There is no question here of portraying our heroine as a normal woman whose energy and intelligence have been frustrated . |
| 7 | In comparison to the way in which fraud , obfuscation and inanity have been able to hold out in other fields — from politics and religion to scholarship and law — it is an impressive record . |
| 8 | whether your job performance and attitude have been satisfactory over the years ; |
| 9 | The affinities between music and poetry have been familiar since antiquity , though they are largely ignored in the current intellectual climate . |
| 10 | The role of music , song , and poetry have been important to the YCCC as well , and this too is a central theme of Highlander . |
| 11 | The material conditions of production and distribution have been crucial for the perpetuation of the romance form , and the romance form continues to thrive because it so well answers the commercial demands of a mass-market paperback and communications industry . |
| 12 | In particular , the concepts of loss , attachment , self-esteem , anger against the self and helplessness have been important . |
| 13 | The citation which won the award , written by David Lowe , a school board member , read : ‘ Mr Crosbie 's commitment , dedication , innovation and leadership have been far and beyond his call of duty . ’ |
| 14 | Traditionally , releases of major pollutants to air , land and water have been subject to separate controls . |
| 15 | The specific policies and rhetoric have been different as the occasion demanded . |
| 16 | The worlds of industry and commerce , accountancy and finance , advertising and government have been major recruiters of graduates from the department for many years . |
| 17 | When things are not right he can be almost static , but when in full flow his grace , elegance and timing have been beautiful to behold . |
| 18 | Over the years the weather and man have been responsible for destroying parts of the forested areas and , although some re-afforestation has taken place , large areas have remained depleted for many years . |
| 19 | Thirty years of contention and legislation have been powerless to prevent or reverse them . |
| 20 | The WYSIWYG that word processors offer has always been based around monospaced fonts because that is all that the computer and printer have been able to cope with . |
| 21 | The two related factors that have worked against an integration of education and training have been traditional recruitment into the professions via Oxbridge , and the view that the summum bonum of English education is A levels . |
| 22 | Though the net gains to Malaysia 's balance of payments and employment have been valuable , the hoped-for transfers of technology to local suppliers have been disappointing . |
| 23 | For the past 43 years , since the Town and Country Planning Act of 1947 , agriculture and forestry have been exempt from most of the Act 's planning controls . |
| 24 | The correlations between occupational status , income , educational opportunity and attainment have been well-established ( see for instance Westergaard and Resler , 1975 ) , and it can be politically important to stress these systematic connections when opposing the notion that ‘ class inequality ’ is disappearing . |
| 25 | Swindon and Speedway have been synonymous since 1949 . |
| 26 | Injuries and fitness have been topical issues for some time now . |
| 27 | In 16 per cent of weddings , both bride and groom have been married before . |
| 28 | In my attempt at a wide-angled overview , however , I shall argue that the camera has not just two but many sides , and that feminist film criticism and theory can only benefit from casting its eye outside a field of vision in which the theory of the gaze and questions of representation and power have been dominant for too long . |
| 29 | On the other hand , results of restorative proctocolectomy in patients with megacolon and megarectum have been good . |