Example sentences of "been [adj] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No Party has been victorious three times running increasing its majority each time . |
| 2 | Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared . |
| 3 | The defence which had been suspect all season became vulnerable and the forwards simply could not score goals , so poor Palace fell out of the bottom of Division Two . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , both British Nuclear Fuels and the French operation , Comega de France , have been encouraging Eastern Europe to sign deals by which the waste would be reprocessed at their plants in the West . |
| 5 | ‘ They 've been encouraging local authorities to tighten their belts for the last 14 years , ’ he protests . |
| 6 | There has always been considerable social stigma attached to the venereal diseases , probably more so in the country than the town . |
| 7 | But neither he nor Antoinette are direct blood descendants of Monsieur de Rochefort , so there would have been heavy financial penalties attached to the inheritance . ’ |
| 8 | Before the decisive revolt , which provoked the full-scale Roman backlash , there had been numerous abortive insurrections extending back to Jesus 's time and , indeed , well before . |
| 9 | Last year the London evening newspapers had been able several times to trot out their favourite banner headline . |
| 10 | In the first place , his appearance had changed : what had been youthful good looks had changed into a sort of equine distress . |
| 11 | There had been occasional brief meetings to discuss some detail of the conversion . |
| 12 | Despite this there have been various Parliamentary attempts to define the phrase . |
| 13 | ( Perhaps the fact that the pubs had been open all day had something to do with that . ) |
| 14 | Some widows who have been moderate social drinkers begin to drink more during bereavement , in order to take the edge off their emotional pain ; but this of course creates more problems than it ever solves , so you should never encourage your elderly parent to start taking ‘ tonic ’ wine for her ‘ nerves ’ or a tot of whisky at night to help her to sleep , for you may be helping her to establish a habit that can easily get out of control and become very hard to break . |
| 15 | THE MORAL guardians of Germany and America have been active this week ensuring that youth are not corrupted by ‘ obscene ’ record sleeves . |
| 16 | THE MORAL guardians of Germany and America have been active this week ensuring that youth are not corrupted by ‘ obscene ’ record sleeves . |
| 17 | In recent years there have been significant statutory interventions protecting the consumer . |