Example sentences of "been [adj] [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the patterns of species diversity do not coincide with those of endemism and one of the present ‘ refugia ’ seems to have been underwater 5000 BP and its endemism must have arisen subsequently . |
| 2 | I think prob problems of identification have n't really been right this time and we made a point a clear point this time with a note to people , if they were n't sure , to make comments on the books . |
| 3 | It can certainly be passed on by kissing , and there has recently been strong epidemiological evidence that CMV infection can be sexually transmitted . |
| 4 | For as long as I can remember , it has been standard medical teaching that teething of babies causes no symptoms . |
| 5 | ‘ Two games against Barnsley have been tight this season and we must be on our guard . |
| 6 | Mind I 've been cold all night and I 'm cold now . |
| 7 | They came complete with miniature versions of themselves , flawlessly self-assured offspring called Ben , Simon , Emma and Kate , who had been breast-fed dry sherry and even drier wit . |
| 8 | Walsh warned : ‘ James has been unstoppable this season since he trimmed down in the summer from 22 stone to a mere 18 . |
| 9 | Walsh warned : ‘ James has been unstoppable this season since he trimmed down in the summer from 22 stone to a mere 18 . |
| 10 | Part of the reason for this lies with the decentralised nature of the party membership records but it has also been conventional political wisdom that Conservative party members play an insignificant role in the determination of the party 's policies . |
| 11 | This would all have been uninhabited malarial marshland until the post-war boom made it worth draining . |
| 12 | It has n't been good all week and that 's not fair , ’ said George . |
| 13 | She had been awake all night and was looking forward to taking a nap . |
| 14 | I 've been awake all night and I 've got a hell of a day ahead , meetings from morning till night . ’ |
| 15 | Lord , she 'd been awake ten minutes and already they were at each other 's throats ! |
| 16 | er , was that because you 've not been well this week or just is it a , ro routine replacement or something ? |
| 17 | They had been married fourteen years and there were four strapping children . |
| 18 | In actual fact your Pete and Margaret have moved more , in the twelve years that they were married , I know they 've been married longer now , but when , th they been married twelve years and they moved four times , |
| 19 | Of those who have been married thirty years or more , only 4.3 per cent divorce . |
| 20 | The trip had also offered temporary escape from her mother 's pointed reminiscences that when she was Polly 's age she had already been married two years and was preparing for the birth of her first child . |
| 21 | Australian test-tube teams have been freezing spare embryos since the programme began in 1981 — partly to avoid having to throw unwanted ones away — raising questions ranging from the ownership of the frozen embryo to who pays compensation if it is damaged . |
| 22 | They ca n't have been bilingual last time because they were hired from Staffordshire County Council . |
| 23 | Indeed , when I visited the Pride Club recently , I got talking to a gay man who had been present that night and remembered it with anger and disgust . |
| 24 | The unrestricted interchange of 16 players — with 11 on the field at one time — has been experimental this season and will apply to all age groups , men and women . |
| 25 | There might have been considerable constitutional difficulties if it had turned out that , for the last 10 years , Britain had been ruled by a Martian , or a robot , or a vampire . |
| 26 | Recently , there has been considerable national publicity and extensive media coverage demonstrating increasing public concern about self-medication , and about the adverse effects of ‘ multi-prescription ’ . |
| 27 | We , we need the younger blood because you , you talk and say well how are you and oh my leg 's bad , my leg 's been dreadful this week and you ca n't very well ask these people to go campaigning on the streets , can you ? |
| 28 | The crew had been busy running cargo and vehicles on a waterborne Main Supply Route until just after midnight . |
| 29 | So great is the slaughter that there has been enormous public concern and since 1978 my colleagues and I have studied the effect of road casualties on the toads that breed in the lake at Llandrindod Wells , in mid-Wales . |
| 30 | Ferguson 's phone has been hot all summer as opposition managers enquired about Hughes ' availability . |