Example sentences of "[verb] been the [noun] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One measure of our regard for the charity , has been the increase in Home Office funding . |
| 2 | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what has been the increase in labour productivity in the coal mining industry since 1983-84 . |
| 3 | A contributory factor to the muddled thinking on excise duty on whisky has been the discrimination in favour of imported wine , where increased consumption has been shown to cut away at the base of whisky consumption . |
| 4 | Equally significant has been the rise in unemployment which is now higher here than in any other county in mainland Britain . |
| 5 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the change in manufacturing industry productivity in the past 10 years . |
| 6 | 1835 " It was … unanimously approved of , that instead of levying the Cess and Contingencies on the Estate of Islay by the extent of land as has been the practice in time past ; the same shall be charged as a percentage upon the whole Rental of Islay … " |
| 7 | One of the most significant changes in the national economy over the last thirty years has been the shift in employment from the manufacturing sector to the service sector and the associated growth in female employment . |
| 8 | Another important reason for the trend to eurosterling bonds has been the growth in interest-rate swaps . |
| 9 | It has been the growth in tax allowances that has allowed the rich to hide behind a smokescreen of high marginal tax rates , while , in reality paying an average rate far below that of many ordinary households ( see the answer given to Gordon Brown MP above , in ‘ Tax Benefits ’ , p. 99 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ The one ray of light on the world scene , ’ he said , ‘ has been the recovery in North America and particularly in the United States . |
| 11 | The vicar said that indeed if this had happened then it must have been the Devil in disguise . |
| 12 | It must have been the change in engine tone that woke her a long time later . |
| 13 | Well Spinks did well to win the place from the young Australian this season with Bosnich having been the man in possession of the goalkeeper 's gloves most of last season . |
| 14 | How strange , Merrill reflected that evening , as her mind did a re-run of the lunchtime conversation , that she had n't felt at all bitter towards Rob when , on Saturday , she had learned that he had been the man in question . |
| 15 | Earlier had been the months in bed on traction , then being encased in plaster , and later figure-moulded ( embarrassing ! ) suit of plastic armour which at least allowed me to undo it and bath occasionally . |
| 16 | Added to that have been the cuts in funding ; the attack on the ‘ book health ’ of schools has been considerable . |