Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] been a [adj] part " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Major told MPs that the awarding of honours had been a valued part of British life for centuries but the system must from time to time be reviewed . |
| 2 | The secrecy that surrounded Emor had been a large part of its charm . |
| 3 | Being a late developer , I had been small and slim in comparison to most of my peers , and my appearance had been a large part of my character . |
| 4 | Africa had been a significant part of her life . |
| 5 | Whereas the railways in the past had been an integral part of the cityscape , running down main streets , leaving in their wake a succession of railroad crossings on the classic American street grid plan , by the turn of the century they were already disappearing behind fences , into cuttings , or underground , a process which was to be speeded up in the years leading to the First World War . |
| 6 | However , without exception , all the women had to make some economies because their wages had been an essential part of the household economy and their benefits were too low to compensate for their lost earnings . |