Example sentences of "policy have [been] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole tenor of planning policy has been to restrict the presence of industry in the countryside and to preserve it as a largely pastoral backwater . |
| 2 | Throughout the post-war period , the policy has been to allow the exchange rate to adjust to costs rather than the other way round . |
| 3 | Though the policy has been to raise the price of long-distance season tickets well above the average , for thousands there is still standing room only on the high-speed commute . |
| 4 | Since the play is by Shakespeare , the critical policy has been to assume the tragedy must be of the first stature and , therefore , the play would be written to support this revelation of interiority . |
| 5 | If the objective of his policy had been to maintain a balance of power by opposing the strongest nation in Europe , he was no doubt picking the wrong enemy ; France was the rising power , and later in the century English policy was devoted to holding her in check . |