Example sentences of "[verb] been the [noun] [prep] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This has been the dream of many an entrepreneur and researcher for years . |
| 2 | Throughout all our travails we have always known we wished to stay in the business which is the repository of our Organic Chemical skills and has been the parent of many of our best operations . |
| 3 | Whether platelet endo-peroxides have a proaggregatory role in their own right or only when converted to thromboxane A 2 has been the subject of many studies ( Bunting et al , 1983 ) . |
| 4 | The OAU stated publicly what has been the worry among many developing countries : it welcomed rapprochement between East and West but warned that funds which might have helped alleviate poverty in Africa may be diverted to central Europe . |
| 5 | had been responsible for running the ‘ Popp : maltings in Louth before it was de-commissioned in the mid 80s , and if this was not enough , he has been the mentor of many newcomers to the industry , providing induction training to all levels of new recruits from director level down . |
| 6 | In the USA some state legislation forbids syringe provision and possession , and bleach distribution has been the mainstay of many HIV-prevention initiatives aimed at drug injectors . |
| 7 | Though ambition has been the grave of many minor artists , it is also that without which no artist can be called major — with all the provisos about art , artists , major , minor , already touched on . |
| 8 | Leith has been the scene of many interesting events and developments over the years and proof of this can still be seen today in some of the old buildings and narrow streets , and to a lesser extent , in the docks . |
| 9 | This has been the case with many traditional British companies and it is only now that they are really being exposed to greater change . |
| 10 | The 14th has been the graveyard of many an aspiring champion 's hopes . |
| 11 | This has been the practice in many countries internationally , but our sudden realisation of its effectiveness in creating bilingualism has made it the major discovery in language acquisition . |
| 12 | Yet family planning programmes have almost invariably focused upon the cessation of childbearing after two or three children , a tactic that has been the signal to many women and couples that the service did not meet their needs . |
| 13 | This is somewhat ironical in that , as we shall see , it is Engels 's anthropological enthusiasm and his trust in Morgan which has been the source of many of the points in his work which appear now as unacceptable to anthropologists and which have been the cause of some of the most damaging objections to his theories . |
| 14 | More recently , 20th-century abstract art , with its asymmetrical geometric forms , has been the source of many contemporary Donegal schemes . |
| 15 | The crypt of what is now the House of Commons has been the venue of many historical events . |
| 16 | Ever since this time , Caernarfon Castle has been the venue for many royal tours of Wales . |
| 17 | Investors have frequently been offered special inducements , but the biggest inducement of all has been the underpricing of many of the issues and the chance of an immediate profit . |
| 18 | THE HAPPY knack of winning , despite occasionally playing badly , has been the cornerstone of many a well-built team . |
| 19 | The chusing too high subjects has been the ruin of many a tolerable Genius ’ . |
| 20 | The fact is , I fear , that the " itching ear " which popular election has created in most people for hearing candidates has been the ruin of many a parish , and threatens to be the curse of many more . |
| 21 | A snap decision to turn has been the cause of many serious stalling and spinning accidents , often when , in fact , there was ample room for a landing ahead . |
| 22 | The three Western Allies do n't agree with the East Germans on this point , which has been the cause of many disagreements in the past . |
| 23 | It has been the starting-point for many a vintage Sherlock Holmes adventure — ‘ London Bridge Station , cabby , and do n't spare the horses ’ . |
| 24 | It also may be the first single to have celebrated the guitarist as icon and as such has been the target of many awful cover versions by people like Michael J Fox , who want to be guitar heroes . |
| 25 | Mr President , since nineteen twenty four and the great amalgamation which formed the G M W , it has been the ambition of many within the G M W and the T & g to complete the task and bring together the tru two great general unions to form one super union . |
| 26 | His predecessor as leader of China 's billion people , Mao Zedong , may have been the maker of many of those revolutions , but Mr Deng was the one who often cleaned up the debris and put China back on its feet . |
| 27 | It may well have been the desire of many , perhaps a majority , of the Cabinet and the Conservative backbenchers . |
| 28 | In passing it may be observed that journeymen and apprentices were seldom specified , although this must have been the status of many of the servants that were listed . |
| 29 | Charles Barry Junior , who chaired the lecture , spoke warmly of ‘ his great , his exceeding kindness to all those younger than himself ’ , having been the recipient of many instances of it in his own career . |
| 30 | Although family farmers and part-time farmers have been the subject of many studies little information exists on their training needs or their capacity to utilise training . |