Example sentences of "have been [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our first and subsequent courses have been a success and are part of a long-term commitment to AIDS prevention . |
| 2 | He did not write an autobiography , but his letters have been a source of fascination to a wide audience , especially artists . |
| 3 | Novels have been a rich source of material for the film industry since the talkies were introduced , and it 's very interesting to see how both classic and contemporary novels require skilled adaptation of the dialogue to make sufficient dramatic impact in a film . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , I think that this needs saying , quite calmly and objectively , in this commentary , which will not spare me when I have done badly or in the wrong spirit or left half-done , but will not either , in a spirit of false modesty , gloss over those things in my life and work which have been a success , even , mildly , a triumph . |
| 5 | French-style café-bars have been a runaway success over here because they address a market which had previously been actively excluded by the ‘ pub tradition ’ — namely women . |
| 6 | The school fees have been a bit of a pain , but everyone finds that . |
| 7 | In the past there have been a number of problems with spin recoveries with light aircraft . |
| 8 | Over the years there have been a number of fatal towplane accidents caused by gliders getting too high and jerking the towplane into a steep dive . |
| 9 | It would , perforce , have been a ‘ devoted ’ service therein rendered ; and adequately ‘ nourished ’ . |
| 10 | In addition , I have a particular axe to grind , as I have been a professional woodcarver for 25 years in both ornamental and sculptural disciplines so woodcarving tools hold a special interest . |
| 11 | The 1980s have been a period of considerable and long-overdue change . |
| 12 | I HAVE been a free trader for eight years , with no brewery ties whatsoever . |
| 13 | Worries about an impending slow down in advertising spending have been a considerable drag on agency shares this year . |
| 14 | We need to do more work at grass-roots level — possibly , we have been a bit lazy in that respect . ’ |
| 15 | So it is that tomorrow , ITV will screen a profile of the man who spent the first eight years of his life in Abyssinia ( now Ethiopia ) and graduated to serious eccentricity via an English prep school ( where he was beaten ) , Eton ( where he learned to box ) and finally Oxford ( where he was a boxing blue and acquired the dramatically-bent nose which for six decades has lent drama to what would in any case have been a distinguished face ) . |
| 16 | Three All Black thrashings have been a cross Welsh rugby has had to bear alone , as in the same period , since June 1987 , this is three times more than any other home country has had to bear . |
| 17 | Appearing in Ackerley 's books pages might , you feel , have been a privilege but an afternoon of Joe and Joe 's dog would have been too much . |
| 18 | In the past , many researchers have tended to underplay the problems that arose in the process of research in case they affected the evaluation of their results , although there have been a few ex post disclosures in books intended to show social research as often a messy enterprise ( Bell and Newby 1977 ; Bell and Roberts 1984 ) . |
| 19 | ‘ Not many of the original lot that landed at La Breche five days ago , ’ I replied , ‘ There have been a lot of casualties since the landing , many of them caused by mortar fire over the past few days . |
| 20 | Recently there have been a number of mergers between these companies which have increased this financial pressure . |
| 21 | And the ecclesiastical yew wood slightly further afield would , we convinced ourselves , have been a perfect provider of the English yeoman 's longbow . |
| 22 | The second interpretation is that the economic outcomes , unfavourable as well as favourable , have been a consequence of the government 's policies . |
| 23 | The Conservatives have been a long way ahead of Labour not just in seats ( an arbitrary effect of the electoral system ) but also in votes . |
| 24 | I 'm not and I never have been a hippy , I ca n't just ‘ hang out ’ any more . |
| 25 | I think we in Europe have been a bit slow to recognise that we are in a totally new era . |
| 26 | With all the new techniques now available , such as twenty-four hour trading and the global marketing of securities , we have been a bit slow to adapt to changes that are now going to be permanent . |
| 27 | There have been a number of significant turning points in the career of Sir Robert Haslam , which he describes as ‘ negative accidents ’ , but which turned out to have very positive results . |
| 28 | Something which might — or might not — have been a smile , touched Karl 's lips . |
| 29 | The study by the transport economist Mr Bill Tyson also shows that fares have risen , and the overall savings to the tax-payer have been a modest £23 million . |
| 30 | In particular the debate focusses on the American variety of independent film , of which there have been a large number at this year 's festival , ranging from Jim Jarmusch 's annoyingly fashionable Mystery Train to Julia Cameron 's God 's Will , which cost only 31,000 dollars to make . |