Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [vb -s] been [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Korpi concludes that workplace bargaining is not more under the control of the central union organs in Swedish manufacturing industry than has been the case with its British counterpart . |
| 2 | I join the House in expressing sympathy to the families who have been so griveously bereaved through this tragedy , a tragedy that has been the experience of so many of the British people in Ulster over the past 20 years . |
| 3 | ‘ I cycle around quite often and I expect I 'll be doing some cycling in the North Yorkshire Moors during the next two months , ’ said Karen who is a member of the Tandem Club and has been a member of various Cyclist Touring Clubs . |
| 4 | Mr Greenway is also an accomplished horseman and has been a member of the Council of the British Horse Society since 1973 . |
| 5 | Ann has taught Medau for 14 years in both Essex and Surrey and has been a member of the National Display team and joint editor of the magazine . |
| 6 | The hotel itself has excellent amenities and has been the centre of great party nights . |
| 7 | In fact , a great many of the most important decisions by British Governments have been introduced without any prior leave by the electorate as has been the case with respect to the repeal of the Corn Laws , 1846 , the passing of the Trades Disputes Act , 1927 , the departure from the Gold Standard in 1931 , the decision by the post-war Labour Government to opt for a nuclear-defence policy , the decision to apply for membership of the European Economic Community in 1961 , the passage of the Commonwealth Immigration Act , 1968 , as well as a host of foreign-policy matters over the years . |
| 8 | The G-MEX venue of the 1992 Exhibition is a better and more accessible venue , with all the exhibitors being in one giant hall , rather than being spread between two small halls as has been the case in previous years . |
| 9 | It is just this protection that has been the justification for farrowing pens . |
| 10 | Yes , that was a bit that 's been a bit hyped up erm |
| 11 | It should be realised that the explosion of extreme-right support that has been a feature of most western European countries in greater or lesser degree throughout the 1980s is far from a totally homogeneous phenomenon . |
| 12 | Yet family planning programmes have almost invariably focused upon the cessation of childbearing after two or three children , a tactic that has been the signal to many women and couples that the service did not meet their needs . |
| 13 | If she is wise , she will soon get the message , and think to herself ‘ Oh well , so long as they 're happy , that 's all that matters ’ — an attitude that has been the saving grace of many mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationships . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's the other half that 's been the death of him . ’ |
| 15 | This situation has arisen particularly in the expansion of the Negro population into white communities and has been the reason for numerous bombings and other types of violence . |
| 16 | Served as Chairman of Finance Committee and has been a member of the Executive Committee since 1979 . |
| 17 | Known as Jimmy by his friends , he was due to retire in December and has been a weaver with Stoddards for the past 34 years . |
| 18 | The Toshiba America Information Systems Inc unit of Toshiba Corp will begin to market its portable computers in Brazil through local distributor Intercorp Ltda : the company says it is beginning a long-term relationship with Brazil where it will offer its full portable computer product line — and the machines will be bang up to date — ‘ We will not sell discontinued products in Brazil as has been the case with other computer companies , ’ the company added sniffily . |
| 19 | Throughout all our travails we have always known we wished to stay in the business which is the repository of our Organic Chemical skills and has been the parent of many of our best operations . |
| 20 | The former Empire Theatre in Corporation Road is a Grade II listed building and has been a haven for the eyes down regulars since the 1960s . |
| 21 | Mr Mates , a former Lieut Col in the Queen 's Dragoon Guards , was chairman of the Commons Select Committee on Defence and has been an MP for nearly 18 years . |
| 22 | As yet unfamiliar to a British audience , they are Darren Largo from this country , and two German sculptors , Werner Haypeter and Gloria Friedman , who lives near Dijon and has been the subject of a recent exhibition at the Moderne Kunst Museum in Vienna . |
| 23 | All the cases of leukaemia in Thurso were centred on this estate , which lies just within 12.5 km of Dounreay , so that the excess there was much higher than in the next cumulative zone , which included the eastern half of the town ( within 16.6 km ) , a difference that has been the subject of much comment . |
| 24 | ‘ It is my view they need an era of increased certainty which can now be built on the foundation of recent reform decisions and on which they can , with far more confidence than has been the case in the past , base and plan their futures . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ The commitment to fund a rolling programme in County Durham is also very good news as this will enable us to plan ahead over a three-year period rather than on a year to year basis as has been the case . |
| 26 | Based on the following , delegates , I 've been lucky like many of you , to live in a country where I have had available to me a National Health Service that has been the envy of the world . |
| 27 | This has its merits and has been the practice in Sweden , but it is of value only if the central government departments then restrict themselves purely to planning , thinking and regulating . |
| 28 | The following week he took his family on Sunday and has been a member of the church ever since . |
| 29 | Nurses are no longer expected to sublimate their feelings behind starchy officiousness as has been the case in the not so distant past . |
| 30 | One wishes the Scotts the longevity that has been the hallmark in the past of both the Austen Hayes Gallery in York and the Stone Gallery in Newcastle . |