Example sentences of "[noun] have [be] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cleanliness in TDC institutions has been a priority with the administration since Ellis 's time at least . |
| 2 | The building has been the subject of controversy ever since locals were told that it was to be turned into a clinic for twenty six convicted sex offenders . |
| 3 | The hotel stands right in the middle of the village , where the old part of the building has been the centre of village life for hundreds of years . |
| 4 | I am sure that the hon. Gentleman recognises that increasing productivity in agriculture has been a feature in the past , both in good years and in bad . |
| 5 | In the United States allergy has been a specialty for decades . |
| 6 | ‘ Edinvar has been serving tenants for 20 years and Link has been a landlord for nearly 30 years , so we both have a long history of putting tenants first . ’ |
| 7 | A related weakness has been the lack of effective co-operation between industry and higher education . |
| 8 | A recent development with current accounts has been the introduction of debit cards . |
| 9 | The crucial factor in the development of bureaucracy in communist states has been the impossibility of democratizing administration , of throwing it open to literate lay people as Lenin wanted . |
| 10 | Removing body hair has been a custom for centuries . |
| 11 | CPRW has been a member of the EEB for many years and works through it to influence European and global environmental policies . |
| 12 | This provision has been the subject of wide-ranging criticism ( Norman , 1980 ; Greengross , 1986 ) . |
| 13 | Mr Ferguson has been a fan of Schmeichel for four years , but it was not until last summer that he could persuade Denmark 's top club , Brondby , to accept an offer . |
| 14 | The school magazine put it in writing : ‘ R. Jenkins has been a tower of strength in Rugby and under normal circumstances would probably have gained an International cap . |
| 15 | A feature of these forms has been the increase in those aspects which relate to procedure rather than to strict contract conditions . |
| 16 | ACKLAM PARK has been the home of Middlesbrough CC since 1931 and has , since 1956 , hosted an annual Yorkshire fixture . |
| 17 | One useful change has been the restoring of parity of permitted hours for clubs opening with those enjoyed by public houses . |
| 18 | The forerunner to this change has been the decision of the Jockey Club with its fairly visionary determination to give Sunday racing a kick start with the experimental meetings . |
| 19 | For this author , the crucial change has been the break-up of consensus . |
| 20 | The great change has been the disappearance of the landowners from the Tory benches . |
| 21 | A more continuing change has been the wearing of smarter suits by most males and of brighter colours by many ladies . |
| 22 | A more significant change has been the separation of sales of ITV1 and Channel 4 : Channel 4 has been responsible for its own sales from January 1993 , and this has introduced the first genuinely competitive element into national commercial TV . |
| 23 | A further change has been the growth of liberal theology within the Irish Roman catholic intelligentsia . |
| 24 | Another change has been the centralisation of the various head office functions into new Glasgow offices , which Sir Lewis hopes will boost staff morale . |
| 25 | Testing by employers has been an issue around which , in the past , hostile stereotypes have been constructed . |
| 26 | One of the principal means of fulfilling this responsibility has been the development of the concept and practice of ‘ multicultural ’ education , which the Swann Report endorsed . |
| 27 | ( First Edition ) FOR YEARS , Bulent Ersoy has been a source of confusion to music-loving Turkish Muslims . |
| 28 | Although funding has been a problem for some flexible trainees in the past , these new arrangements should improve this aspect of the arrangements considerably . |
| 29 | A major worry has been the extent to which the newly structured capital market has drawn in scarce resources , notably graduates who are paid salaries far beyond their opportunity cost . |
| 30 | The issue of potency level has been a source of the bitterest argument between practitioners since Homœopathy began . |