Example sentences of "[noun] have been [adj] [noun sg] [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 | Europe 's regional economic development programme has been designated objective to status to Plymouth . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The effect of falling school rolls and DES cuts in teacher-training quotas has been some reduction in the numbers of students on courses ; however , recruitment in 1981 was still considerable and , in 1981 , the polytechnics had 1,300 students enrolled on to teacher-training courses . |
| 8 | THINKING , talking and working along European lines has been second nature to Mike Ward for many years now . |
| 9 | The advent of the Reagan administration , and its alliance with the powerful pro-Israeli lobby has been bad news for the UN agencies . |
| 10 | For example , Hans Dietrich Genscher has been Foreign Minister for the last 18 years . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Heather had been this way before him , had seen and understood what he would shortly see and might yet understand . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ But if the lad has been any sort of problem in the past I still believe United will get the best out of him and put an end to his wandering . |
| 15 | Since 1990 Dr Hazel has been Managing Director of Oscar Faber TPA , Edinburgh Office . |
| 16 | Fred has been encouraging pilferage over a long period . |
| 17 | The consequence has been fierce rivalry between the two in all areas . |
| 18 | Like the other playwrights whose response to Thatcherism and brutality has been some hand-wringing of their own , Barker is too infatuated by his heroine 's strength to humanise her withe vulnerability and too in awe of her for a passionate or coolly detached opposition . |
| 19 | One of the sad side-effects of industrial action during the early years of the implementation of ISS has been that work on improving the teacher-parent partnership has been more neglected by teachers than anyone initially expected . |
| 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 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Indeed , with the beginnings of credit unions in this country , one group that has shown considerable interest in this development has been this group of lenders whose business has been with poor people . |
| 25 | She knew her sons and would bet her last pound that Geoffrey had been awake waiting for something like this . |
| 26 | But obviously the revolution had been some time in the making . |
| 27 | Two other manufacturing industries illustrate how market-seeking investors have been shifting attention to efficiency-seeking investments as competition has intensified . |
| 28 | These demand changes have been one source of the escalating costs of voluntary and private residential child care and this escalating cost has , in a time of severe fiscal constraint , itself contributed to a further fall in the demand for contracted out places by local authorities . |
| 29 | Apple has been successful selling to schools in other countries , but has so far failed to make an impact in Japan ( apart from selling to private schools ) . |
| 30 | Mr Kaifu has been prime minister since August 1989 . |