Example sentences of "[noun] have [been] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The loss of Batty was a big blow to the midfield but the injuries to both Wallace and Speed have been the big set back this season . |
| 2 | Dock Road is the main route linking the M53 motorway with Seacombe and the Twelve Quays area , and the cranes have been a familiar sight for drivers for years but some will see their disappearance as further evidence of the de-industrialisation of Merseyside . |
| 3 | The snowdrops at Painswick have been a popular attraction for over a century . |
| 4 | ‘ Panics over juvenile crime have been a recurrent feature in Britain for at least the last 150 years , ’ Mr Bowman claimed . |
| 5 | The annual reports of the Law Society , and the comments and advice of the Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee on Legal Aid have been a valuable source of information and of recommendations for changes in policy ( whether accepted or not ) . |
| 6 | Strategies to deal with this issue have been a major concern to local organisers . |
| 7 | Studies of social change in rural communities have been a major theme in rural community work since the early 1950s , when the first typologies ( some of which have already been discussed in Chapter 4 , and notably in Tables 4.6 and 4.7 were developed . |
| 8 | Concerns have been the small number of inter-disciplinary and student-led projects put up for funding . |
| 9 | The Conservatives have been a long way ahead of Labour not just in seats ( an arbitrary effect of the electoral system ) but also in votes . |
| 10 | From the start , chapels have been a constant source of concern to SAVE , and Northern chapel architecture was the subject of a special SAVE exhibition and report , The Fall of Zion . |
| 11 | Copiers have been a real blessing , but they are more likely to be small models , not those that print , collate , fold and insert . |
| 12 | The Bosnian refugees have been a pitiful sight to the world during the months of conflict with Serbian Militia . |
| 13 | Green belts have been the major instrument of planning in fringe areas , having long been advocated by leading planning theorists such as Unwin and Howard . |
| 14 | Since 1965 the 15 Cook Islands have been a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand , which in addition to providing economic assistance , has responsibility for the territory 's defence and foreign policy . |
| 15 | The Fothergills have been a well-known family over the centuries : landowners , farmers , benefactors , trustees . |
| 16 | ‘ These past few days have been a living hell for you and for me . ’ |
| 17 | Watching on for the past few weeks have been a small handful of experts , among them Jim Railton of The Times , who 's been following the Boat Race for twenty years . |
| 18 | The last two or three years have been a testing time for the 180 people who work at Angered . |
| 19 | But these last few years have been a potent reminder of what the union movement was originally about in terms of ensuring just reward for work , and enlightened protection for workforces . |
| 20 | We have already noted that two key ingredients contributing to this crisis have been the burgeoning remand population during the 1990s and , closely linked with and contributing to this , the explosion in the number of committals for trial to the Crown Court . |
| 21 | Although the Student Tutoring Scheme and the Enterprise Studentships have been the main focus of Student Enterprise activities within Napier over the last year , students have been involved in ‘ enterprising ’ activities elsewhere : |
| 22 | Crackers have been a popular Christmas custom since the reign of Queen Victoria . |
| 23 | Traditionally , individuals have been the central feature of attempts to understand corporate crime , but unfortunately for criminology , it was their pathological characteristics which were advanced as the cause of their deviations . |
| 24 | Among the more successful privately owned terminals have been the Glaswegian trio of Deanside , Mossend and Law junction , all of which ( but especially the first two ) have attracted healthy quantities of regular traffic . |
| 25 | The cards and calls from well-wishers have been a real pick-me-up and I want to thank everyone for their concern and support . ’ |
| 26 | The results of assessments and examinations have been a valuable source of feedback to enable teachers to evaluate their teaching material , curriculum , presentation and so on . |
| 27 | Restrictions on external dealings have been a recurrent prescription for the cure of British economic ills . |
| 28 | Neither the researches funded by charities specifically directed towards cancer nor the great drives sponsored by governments and planned by committees have been a fruitful source of new treatments . |
| 29 | Two important initiatives in community economic development have been the National Association of Development Trusts for England and Wales and also an investigation into the strategic needs of community enterprises called Investing in Community Enterprise . |
| 30 | Always boobs have been big business , blondes have had more fun , ‘ sexuality ’ has been top of the agenda and brains have been a distinct disadvantage , as we have tried to emulate the qualities of the famous beauties our men salivate over . |