Example sentences of "[noun] have [been] [det] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well some of the football Leicester have played in this opening twenty o twenty minutes has been some of the best I 've seen them . |
| 2 | In the twentieth century the most dramatic political collapse has been that of the Liberal Party . |
| 3 | ‘ The earls of Warwick have been some of the most powerful men in English history . |
| 4 | He says the last few months have been some of the driest since records began . |
| 5 | Perhaps one of the most creative and imaginative responses has been that of the Lucas Workers with their corporate plan for socially useful production . |
| 6 | It is perhaps not surprising , therefore that from the early days when the state became involved in the education of the masses one of the principal aims of the curriculum enunciated by successive Presidents of the Board of Education , Ministers of Education and Secretaries of State for Education has been that of the preparation for citizenship . |
| 7 | In both instances , the main markets targeted for development have been those of the US and Western Europe . |
| 8 | One of your major interests has been that of the relationship of allegory |
| 9 | One of your major interests has been that of the relationship of allegory |
| 10 | ’ One traditional way of discovering God 's will had been that of the biblical sortes — the question would be posed and the Bible then opened at random . |
| 11 | The royal grant which had offered Richard the best chance of a viable power base had been that of the forfeited de Vere estates , made in August 1462 , but these had been restored to the earl of Oxford at the beginning of 1464 . |
| 12 | The royal grant which had offered Richard the best chance of a viable power base had been that of the forfeited de Vere estates , made in August 1462 , but these had been restored to the earl of Oxford at the beginning of 1464 . |
| 13 | In the area of hydrology have been some of the most specific contributions made by physical geographers including the analysis of increased discharges ( Hollis , 1975 ; Walling and Gregory , 1970 ; Walling 1979a ) , investigation of sediment yield ( Walling , 1974 ) , research extending into the area of water quality and pollutants related to urban source areas ( Ellis , 1979 ) and analysis of river channel changes downstream from urban areas ( Leopold 1973 ; Gregory , 1981 ) . |
| 14 | Indeed , her pose by the fire had been that of the consummate temptress , and yet … there it was again , the feeling that something did n't add up . |
| 15 | But by far the most difficult and tiresome task had been that of the telephone girls , who had made scores and scores of transatlantic calls that Tuesday morning , afternoon , and early evening : calls made to one address that led to calls to another address ; calls to one friend that led to another friend or colleague ; from one police department to another ; one State to other States ; calls for one set of records that referred to another set of records that led … ad apparently infinitum . |