Example sentences of "[noun] have [be] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second major contextual change has been shifts in government policy , operating in the context of large scale youth unemployment . |
| 2 | Mr Devaux has been head of chambers at the firm which is soon to drop its name based on the names of partners in favour of the title East Anglian Chambers . |
| 3 | For more than forty years American football has been symbol of patriotism at the Upper Heyford airbase . |
| 4 | Mr Scott has been chairman of Stockton Council 's planning committee almost constantly since 1974 , says a dire slump in the local economy is enough in itself to sound a death knell for the Tories . |
| 5 | Hammer has been Director of Miller Nordenhake , the Cologne amalgam of Burnet Miller of Los Angeles and Galerie Nordenhake of Stockholm since April 1991 . |
| 6 | The Harrington brothers had been feed by Warwick , and their father had been feed by Salisbury . |
| 7 | The Harrington brothers had been feed by Warwick , and their father had been feed by Salisbury . |
| 8 | Whereas Guy had only arrived in the Middle East in 1180 and at the time of his defeat had been King of Jerusalem for less than a year , Saladin had ruled Egypt since 1169 and Syria since 1176 . |
| 9 | The Prussians had been allies of Britain at Waterloo , and preindustrial , Biedermeier , Germany was very attractive to many Britons . |
| 10 | Pinto had been Professor of English at Nottingham since 1938 and oversaw the university 's transition to the autonomous degree-giving status which was achieved ten years later . |
| 11 | If other readers have been victims of con tricks why not pass on a warning to others through our Letters Page ? |
| 12 | Typical potential savings have been 5% on debtor levels , 2% on energy costs and 25% on payroll preparation . |
| 13 | In the past such animals have been models of cleanliness , always asking to go outside before defecating , or confining themselves to a modern litter tray . |
| 14 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the problem faced by the United Nations in recent decades has been entanglement in east-west confrontation and that at this stage of its development it does not need to embark on an extremely controversial and difficult period of structural reform but should make greater use not only of the United Nations charter but of the existing United Nations machinery ? |
| 15 | ‘ What a pleasure it has been , and an honour to have been MP for Winchester for 13 years , ’ he said , thanking those who had supported him in the past year . |
| 16 | Karl Barth had been pastor in Safenwil since 1911 . |
| 17 | A completely contrasting interpretation of history is represented by MacFarlane 's ( 1978 ) work on the origins of English individualism , where he argues that the structure of kinship which prioritizes the nuclear family and de-emphasizes other kin has been characteristic of England at least since the thirteenth century . |
| 18 | The mineralogical modification of the clays has been montmorillonite to illite , kaolinite to illite below about 3000 m , and illite to sericite and chlorite at greater depths . |
| 19 | The hamlet of Thornholme has been part of Burton Agnes parish since time immemorial . |
| 20 | Worrell had been vice-captain against England in 1953–4 , but when Australia toured a year later the selectors ' feet , apparently , had turned cold ; Denis Atkinson , who had little captaincy experience , was made Stollmeyer 's deputy , and as Stollmeyer then missed three Tests through injury , found himself pitched in at the deep end . |
| 21 | But the reaction might have been different if Philip the Fair , rather than St Louis had been king of France at that time . |
| 22 | Before Rope Thrower subdued the Great Chief Manuelito — among whose lieutenants was Hawk 's many-times-great grandfather Armijo — the Navaho had been herders of horses and cattle , cultivators of corn , pumpkins , wheat and melons and famous for their groves of peach trees . |
| 23 | Chu Okongwu had been Minister of Finance until January 1990 and then Minister of Cabinet Affairs . |
| 24 | Chu Okongwu had been Minister of Finance until January 1990 and then Minister of Cabinet Affairs . |
| 25 | ‘ Faye 's been inches from death twice before with this disease , I 've seen other patients die — not many these days , thank God — and even if it was ‘ only ’ the baby she lost … ’ |
| 26 | Petite Forlarty which is a castle in the middle , just on the outskirts of Florence er and e for some reason I mean the c the Italians have been colourists for yonks . |
| 27 | Sanni Abacha had been Chief of Army Staff , in which capacity he was replaced by Maj.-Gen. |
| 28 | Sanni Abacha had been Chief of Army Staff , in which capacity he was replaced by Maj.-Gen. |
| 29 | By the time that Israel became part of the Roman empire , the idea was already widespread among the various religious sects that the ‘ End of the World ’ was at hand , although it was only for the Essenes of Qumran that this belief assumed a definite form ; that , whereas the First Judgement at the time of Noah had been destruction by water , the Last Judgement would be destruction by fire . |
| 30 | Consequently the basic concepts have been division of labour , organisational structure , job descriptions , but above all — hierarchy . |