Example sentences of "have been [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exmoor offers unrivalled opportunities to unwind — its dramatic scenery , quiet village centres and small towns have been welcoming visitors for centuries . |
| 2 | Over the last century or so there have been frequent conflicts between individual and group interests . |
| 3 | We know that in most regions there have been frequent changes of climate in the geologically immediate past . |
| 4 | We have been frequent visitors at Government House and have been staying also at their cottage , New Norfolk . |
| 5 | There have been frequent disagreements over the use of industrial action to bolster annual negotiations . |
| 6 | Three key staff have resigned in the past year , and there have been frequent complaints that its establishment of 240 is too low . |
| 7 | I More recently there have been frequent criticisms of the injustice of examinations and of their effects on school . |
| 8 | There have been frequent demands for a single system and investigations of its possibility ; for after the introduction and spread of comprehensive schools it was clearly both inconvenient and divisive that pupils within the same school should be classified either as fit to take the GCE or fit only for the CSE . |
| 9 | Following the crash of the New Zealand share market in 1987 , and the subsequent failure of many large companies , there have been frequent demands from the public for improved standards in financial reporting . |
| 10 | There have been frequent attacks in the media on ‘ trendy teaching methods ’ and falling academic standards , and there can be no doubt that this has resulted in a deterioration of teachers ' status in society . |
| 11 | There have been frequent clashes between Coptic and Muslim students and between fundamentalist groups and the authorities . |
| 12 | To date there have been eight experiments , all but one of which used photons rather than protons . |
| 13 | Over the years there have been innumerable accidents and incidents caused by the airbrakes opening in flight . |
| 14 | Over the years since union , there have been innumerable instances of Parliament enacting measures which conflict with the terms of union . |
| 15 | ’ Up near Alexandra township , bordering on a swish white suburb , there have been seventeen hijackings recently . |
| 16 | Why is it that the Government promised higher standards of education in 1979 , 1983 and 1987 but the results of 13 years in office have been lower standards of education ? |
| 17 | Throughout geological time there have been irregular changes and reversals of the Earth 's magnetic field [ 1,2 ] . |
| 18 | An inadequate system has been made worse by the Government 's decision that it will no longer accept responsibility for collecting maintenance unless there have been irregular payments . |
| 19 | Since then there have been 14 records comprising a total of c. 85 birds in six winters . |
| 20 | Between 1961 and 1976 there have been 14 records : in January ( two ) , March ( four ) , April ( two ) , May ( one ) , August ( three ) , September ( one ) , and November ( one ) . |
| 21 | They say they have been innocent victims in a crime for which the law says they must also be punished . |
| 22 | And there have been unconfirmed reports that troops from Pakistan , Morocco and Tunisia refused to take part in active combat against Iraq . |
| 23 | There is a cuddly look about the new Scottish Office ministerial team and there have been unconfirmed sightings of the word ‘ consensus ’ . |
| 24 | There have been fund-raising events , back-to-school meetings and enough notes sent home to make me wish I could employ a filing clerk . |
| 25 | ‘ One faces a decision , I guess at such times , about how far to go with company instructions , and since the spirit of such meetings only appeared to be correcting a horrible price level situation , that there was not an attempt to actually damage customers , charge excessive prices , there was no personal gain in it for me , the company did not seem actually to be defrauding , corporate statements can evidence the fact that there have been poor profits during all these years … |
| 26 | There have been brilliant Candlemas days when the tiles seemed to skip under the whip of the cold . |
| 27 | Parts of Africa and South America have been keen buyers of our malt . |
| 28 | There have been similar incidents in Northumbria . |
| 29 | And there have been similar demonstrations in Gloucestershire which has a similar vote next week . |
| 30 | There have been similar events in the Middle East as well . |