Example sentences of "have [adv] been [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Defence and foreign policy have long been bedrock attributes of the nation state , and each European nation has entrenched national attitudes and distinct national interests . |
| 2 | ‘ And Rhoda Brocklebank and Roxie Farmer and Shirley Place have all been spending money , ’ said Coffin . |
| 3 | Between 1979 and 1989 the reduction in public-sector employment , extension of private home-ownership ( up from 55 per cent to 65 per cent ) and share-ownership ( up from 7 per cent to 22 per cent ) , increasing scope for private provision of services , and run-down of trade union membership ( down from 54 per cent to 46 per cent of the workforce ) have all been government objectives . |
| 4 | this season we 'll be cheering louder than ever for our three teams … in the new first division we 've got Oxford United … they 've new owners and new heart after escaping relegation … we 've first division football at the County ground as well … where style and skill have always been swindon town 's hallmarks … this time around they 're hoping for strength too … in division three Hereford United have been rebuilding … they 're going continental with a player-coach instead of a manager … so for the best season ticket sit down for Central South … . |
| 5 | There have also been pilot programmes in Iowa , USA , New Zealand , and Edinburgh . |
| 6 | There have also been software problems . |
| 7 | There have also been poliomyelitis outbreaks despite high vaccine uptake , which suggests that strategies that rely exclusively on routine administration of OPV are inadequate to achieve global eradication of poliomyelitis by the year 2000 . |
| 8 | This has been a major problem in Kent , Essex , Suffolk , and Norfolk , and most notoriously at Halvergate , where there have also been acidity problems , causing some farmers to have to jet their drains every year . |
| 9 | In practice , most of them have previously been deputy lieutenants . |
| 10 | There have certainly been sea level changes since then , leaving raised beaches at many points along the exposed coasts of both continent and islands . |
| 11 | These lakes have never been landlord lakes — the fishing has always been free for the people . |