Example sentences of "[be] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am the Conservatives ’ Jeremy Irons , ’ he murmured as apologetically as if he were standing at the rostrum with a brand new Oscar . |
| 2 | Of central importance to a government committed to reduced public-sector have been the incentives and other aspects of public-sector intervention have proved crucial . |
| 3 | To a large extent the areas nearest to the Mediterranean were the most civilized , but there were cities further north with important cultural traditions , including Lyons , Bordeaux and Autun , and there were other cities , including Trier and Paris , which had at times been the residences of emperors . |
| 4 | They clambered up the rickety wooden outside staircase to Louis 's workshop in what had been the grooms ' quarters . |
| 5 | What have been the processes producing this shifting geography ? |
| 6 | It had some connection with the Bronte sisters , and two of the houses in the dale , High Hall and Whernside Manor , may have been the models for Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange . |
| 7 | There have always been the eccentrics and academics who have travelled the East only to return home to announce great spiritual discoveries . |
| 8 | Hence the Queens of Avelorn have always been the Everqueens of Ulthuan , forming an unbroken chain from ages past . |
| 9 | The back-to-back Grand Slam and a place in the final of the World Cup in November have been the triggers for a vast increase in recruitment . |
| 10 | Most problematic for the courts have been the cases involving flats given by local authorities to persons in the course of pursuing their duties under the Housing Acts towards homeless persons . |
| 11 | A part of the history of perceptions of people has been the changes in the labels that have been used over the years . |
| 12 | Even more important in the context of this book , however , have been the changes wrought by migration . |
| 13 | These two examples show just how complex have been the changes affecting villages in the landscape in the past . |
| 14 | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what have been the changes in the rates of value added tax since the beginning of 1979 . |
| 15 | MARK MELTON has been the Musicians ' Union 's music business adviser since 1987 . |
| 16 | Malan ignored calls in Parliament for his resignation from both the Democratic Party ( DP ) and the CP — the latter on the grounds that right-wing organizations had been blamed for what had in reality been the activities of the CCB . |
| 17 | The best businesses over a long period of time have been the ones with a single thrust . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's a sad fact that Celtic have taken advantage of their top players , ’ he claimed , in his ghost-written biography , ‘ The kind of players who have supported Celtic and been really loyal to the club have been the ones who have suffered the most . ’ |
| 19 | It was only natural that the two artist-writers , Gleizes and Metzinger , should have been the ones who were forced into a position of compromise between the two poles of abstraction and representation . |
| 20 | Of all continental rulers , the German emperors may have been the ones Cnut was most eager to imitate , for in the second half of his reign he perhaps wished to see his own position in the northern world as emulating theirs in Europe . |
| 21 | But er interestingly , the Americans have just put er more tax on to their gas for , for different reasons admittedly , and er the environmentalists er always feel happy about that because they 've been the ones who 've been telling us for years that er petrol is if anything underpriced , and that we 're rather profligate in the way that we use it , so er at least some people are happy out of this , not everybody , but it , but er it 's making some people happier . |
| 22 | This approach made it inherently possible for the Jews to claim to have been the teachers of the Greeks owing to their own greater antiquity . |
| 23 | In addition , from the Soviet point of view , ‘ Within the whole spectrum of measures taken to promote trade between the USSR and Latin America , of greatest importance have been the agreements reached between the USSR Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Chambers of Commerce in some Latin American countries including Argentina , Brazil , Peru , Colombia and Mexico ’ ( Zinoviev : 1981 , pp. 101–2 ) . |
| 24 | There were many theories about how it had been carried out and who had been the accomplices . |
| 25 | She had two large rooms , and a kitchen and bathroom constructed from what had been a warren of smaller domestic offices ; her own front door had once been the tradesmen 's entrance . |
| 26 | Have we been the cups , if so . |
| 27 | How important have been the constraints of history and of resources ? |
| 28 | The significance however is that the counties where community involvement in the project was strongest have also been the areas producing the most active follow-through . |
| 29 | The north of England and Scotland have traditionally been the areas of greatest activity in collected credit . |
| 30 | Even more important have been the improvements brought about through separating the roles of purchaser and provider . |