Example sentences of "been [adj] of [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tumin claims that the American Medical Association has been guilty of this practice . |
| 2 | In that process , it may well be that some of those concerned in the management of the company , and others as well , have been guilty of some misconduct or impropriety which is of relevance to the liquidation . |
| 3 | Given the Committee 's proposals on buggery , this would have meant that a man who procured a woman 's submission to anal intercourse by threats other than of violence would not necessarily have been guilty of any offence . |
| 4 | has been guilty of any fraud in relation to the company while an officer , etc. , of the company . |
| 5 | It will , however , consider whether the Panel has observed the basic rules of natural justice and has observed its own procedural rules and whether it has been guilty of any irrationality or has misdirected itself in law ( see Datafin ) . |
| 6 | He and Franca had always been fond of each other . |
| 7 | However , it 's all extremely well played , the Waltz is light as air , and the Elegy all the more moving for its having been relieved of any hint of bogus pathos . |
| 8 | In other ministerial changes announced on the same day by President Daniel Arap Moi , ( i ) John Okwanyo was appointed to the Water Development portfolio ; ( ii ) Matthews Onyango Midika replaced Okwanyo as Minister for Regional Development ; and ( iii ) John Kyalo was appointed as a Minister in the Office of the President , replacing Johnstone Muendo Makau who had been relieved of this post ( to which he had been appointed in May 1989 — see p. 36648 ) on March 2 [ for full Cabinet list as of September 1989 see p. 36917 ] . |
| 9 | There was no logical reason why they should add to the vague tension he 'd been conscious of all day . |
| 10 | Perhaps the Indians would have done so if they had been conscious of any pressure of numbers on the land , but North America was not crowded and the Indians assisted the new settlers and showed them how to grow the local crops . |
| 11 | She was not going to fall in love with him , but even as she said this vehemently to herself , Sara was afraid that she had already gone over the precipice she had been conscious of this morning . |
| 12 | The pre-race hype had been worthy of any world heavyweight boxing match , on a par with Ali and Frazier . |
| 13 | Many people have been glad of this device over the years , which has saved them from death or serious injury . |
| 14 | A few years ago any self respecting farmer would have been ashamed of this field , with its bumper crop of nettles and thistles … |
| 15 | Dr Dichter would have been proud of that piece of depth thinking . |
| 16 | The late Ray Petri would have been proud of this issue . |
| 17 | Big Daddy would have been proud of this tackle on Dave Mitchell , but the ref waved play on . |
| 18 | How could he have been capable of such cruelty ? |
| 19 | For Gordon might well have been one of this newspaper 's very first journalists . |
| 20 | A prisoner had been taken who reported a possibility that the Emperor was with those forces , but the prisoner had not been certain of that fact . |
| 21 | Fourth cousins by marriage , the girls had been aware of each other for much longer and had a number of friends in common . |
| 22 | Before he slipped into sleep had he not been aware of another kind of light , too luminous for words , the radiance of an undefined , perhaps indefinable force , spirit or presence which was greater than or beyond himself ? |
| 23 | Brewers have been aware of this issue for centuries and have developed the practice of adding ‘ copper ’ hops early in the boil to provide bitterness and ‘ aroma ’ or ‘ late ’ hops towards the end of the boil for flavour . |
| 24 | The DES seem to have been aware of this problem by 1984 when Educational Support Grants ( ESG ) were established ( DES , 1984 ) offering funds to LEAs to appoint consultant teachers who would work with pupils alongside classroom teachers developing practices in curriculum areas which the DES perceived as important . |
| 25 | Alex Bell , CastleCourt 's manager , said : ‘ We have been aware of this problem but are satisfied it does apply to us . |
| 26 | While individual officers may indeed have been aware of this work , consideration of it did not form part of the policy-making . |
| 27 | I think , in fact , that he had been aware of this property of the area . |
| 28 | ‘ You mean to tell me , Peter , that you 've always been aware of this spate of ‘ reprisals ’ on officials of the fallen Government ? ’ |
| 29 | None of the patients interviews said they would have taken paracetamol had they been aware of this danger . |
| 30 | Its formidable bulk means that you are unlikely to want to carry it about with you if you can avoid it , but that has probably been true of most audit manuals for some time now . |