Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] have [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Gracie had been the last governess , a pale sad woman who had lived for the brief holidays she could get away to spend with a beloved brother and his family in Stirling . |
| 2 | ‘ David McCallen has been the big difference to Bangor . |
| 3 | North Yemen had been the only country to contribute troops to support Iraq during the Gulf war . |
| 4 | The messenger had been sent by a group of Annan citizens loyal to the Bruce connection ; after all , the late King Robert had been the sixth Bruce Lord of Annandale . |
| 5 | Sister Cooney had been the first to hint it to him . |
| 6 | The women 's game is much more open today and Gabriela Sabatini has been the best player on the women 's tour this year . |
| 7 | Sir Edmond had been the first of the Goldsmiths to found a School but his example was soon followed . |
| 8 | President Assad had been the first Arab leader to criticize the Iraqi invasion , but there was considerable apprehension in the West that Saddam Hussein 's emergence as a focus of anti-Western Arab radicalism might open the way to a rapprochement between Iraq and Syria . |
| 9 | For several years Spain has been the biggest source of sales for the majority of ELT publishers ; indeed , it is reported that for one of the smaller players it represents a dangerous 50% of turnover . |
| 10 | But for Christians Sunday has been the first day of the week ever since the faith came into being . |
| 11 | Of the rest Matthew Cooper played as a fledgling in the All Blacks ' scamper through Japan in 1987 ; Jon Preston had one game in the World Cup last year ; Kevin Schuler appeared briefly as a replacement in France in 1990 ; and Graham Dowd had been the reserve hooker for the World Cup and the home series against the World XV and managed a short time on the field when Richard Loe was injured in the second half of the First Test against Ireland . |
| 12 | Sister Murphy had been the last nurse to be with Sister Edith Cavell , and King George V had honoured her by making her the first to receive a medal for bravery at one of his levees . |
| 13 | ‘ Garren Of New York and Trevor Sorbie have been the biggest influences on me ’ . |
| 14 | Lloyd George had been the Liberal most hated before 1914 and . |
| 15 | Meeting Arnold Palmer has been the greatest thing that has happened to me . |
| 16 | In that instant , Derek Whyte had been the chief pursuer . |
| 17 | Jacob Epstein had been the unwitting means of introducing Nina Hamnett ( Miss Hamlet to Montparnasse ) to Modigliani by recommending Rosalie 's restaurant to her . |
| 18 | Rob McKinnon had been the only Hartlepool player not pilloried in that game , and the 23-year-old left-back was the most impressive player again . |
| 19 | Laporte 's trumping of Wassall on 8 January with a £135m bid for glue maker Evode has been the nearest thing to a typical bid salvo , although there have been some minnow-sized transactions . |
| 20 | Deng Xiaoping has been the dominant figure within the upper echelons of the ruling Chinese Communist Party since 1980 . |
| 21 | Dudley Clarke had been the only casualty , hit in the ear , which had been sewn back in place by a petty officer as the boat left the beach . |
| 22 | For most of the century Mount Everest had been the ultimate symbol of human endeavour . |
| 23 | Henry Phipps had been the chief celebrant at this particular form of ‘ get-together ’ , and now someone had brought his priapic revels to a rather spectacular end . |
| 24 | In the days when Carnaby Street had been the spiritual centre of swinging London , everyone went to the Green Room . |
| 25 | ‘ I think Neville Southall has been the best goalkeeper in England for a long time , but now he has been joined by others like David Seaman , Tony Coton and Chris Woods . |
| 26 | His son John had been the first editor of The Stopfordian in 1929 . |
| 27 | The performance of the avuncular Shadow Chancellor John Smith has been the undoubted success of Labour 's campaign . |