Example sentences of "[noun] have been [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another change has been extensive draining of moorland ( Stewart and Lance , 1983 ) and this allied to increased sheep numbers and other factors ( Anderson and Yalden , 1981 ) has led not only to a decrease in moorland vegetation but to a reduction in wildlife , notably grouse . |
| 2 | A second legacy of Tiananmen has been increasing tension over the course of Hong Kong 's political development , with just six months remaining before China 's parliament is due to enact the mini-constitution , or Basic Law , setting out the pattern of post-1997 government . |
| 3 | The top rated American TV programme has been beguiling children for the last 13 years . |
| 4 | Europe 's regional economic development programme has been designated objective to status to Plymouth . |
| 5 | Since the acquisition of Mercia Weavers by the Stoddard Group in 1988 , Ronnie has been Chief Designer of the Runcorn Studio which specializes in Contract carpeting . |
| 6 | One of the world 's greatest classical violinists has been surprising audiences at a top JAZZ club . |
| 7 | An additional complication to Rugby 's future has been legal writs for damages by Mal Malik , a former Coventry and Rugby flank-forward . |
| 8 | He had been employed before 1917 in the archives of the foreign ministry and one of his ancestors on his mother 's side had been Russian ambassador in Vienna during the 1814 – 15 congress . |
| 9 | By any normal standards , the Al Fayed brothers had been rich men for perhaps a decade or even two . |
| 10 | The Monastery of Santa de Nogueira had been imported stone by stone from Portugal to the Gila Desert , Arizona , in 1819 , and abandoned after the Mexican-American War . |
| 11 | Thereafter , their books have been follow-up studies of this second group of children . |
| 12 | The advent of the Reagan administration , and its alliance with the powerful pro-Israeli lobby has been bad news for the UN agencies . |
| 13 | For example , Hans Dietrich Genscher has been Foreign Minister for the last 18 years . |
| 14 | An invigoratingly stormy relationship was in the making and if Nicholson had been gossip-column fodder at the time , the writers would have had a field day . |
| 15 | The idea had arisen for Frank through his location and questions that had come up about muons ; Sakharov had been developing fusion in secret and picked up the notion because he would have been on the lookout for any papers about fusion , of whatever sort . |
| 16 | Since 1990 Dr Hazel has been Managing Director of Oscar Faber TPA , Edinburgh Office . |
| 17 | The only bother he 's had in Lothian Road has been hostile looks from casuals in the Burnt Post bar . |
| 18 | Fred has been encouraging pilferage over a long period . |
| 19 | The consequence has been fierce rivalry between the two in all areas . |
| 20 | Trade and Industry Secretary Navarro was the head of an accounting firm , while Agrarian Reform Secretary Garilao had been executive director of the Philippine Business for Social Progress , a business-funded foundation established to undertake community projects . |
| 21 | Her last post had been General Secretary to the Association of Headmistresses . |
| 22 | She just knew that a basement room was for sitting in , a children 's ward for visiting , and railway stations had been prime targets for being bombed . |
| 23 | ‘ Innes Place had been vacant ground for a long number of years , and the planning people insisted that there never had been houses fronting on to the Donegall Road , ’ Mr Smyth explained . |
| 24 | After all James was of the Stewart dynasty , so called because his ancestor Robert had been High Steward of Scotland , and had succeeded to the throne on the death of David II in 1371 . |
| 25 | The Manchus had been full citizens with diplomatic privileges for more than thirty years now , but there still existed between them and other humans a coldness which could not be explained simply by xenophobia . |
| 26 | The Ypres salient , where since 1914 the Allies had been prime targets for the German guns , had been flattened , leaving only a small salient around Passchendaele itself . |
| 27 | ANDES 21 de junio ( Asociacion Nacional de Educadores Salvadorenos ) is a founder member of the BPR and openly expresses its support for the FDR-FMLN , while both the state and the Catholic universities have been consistent critics of the lack of democratic and civil liberties and have argued cogently for the need for social and economic reforms . |
| 28 | The Thatcher Years have been splendid ones for a goodly number of golf members throughout this Royal and Ancient land of ours . |
| 29 | The last two years have been uncertain ones for the Gloucestershire regiment . |
| 30 | And the past few years have been good years of course |