Example sentences of "[verb] been a [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cheap solar energy conversion has been a dream of some scientists since the first oil crisis back in the late 1970s . |
| 2 | THERE HAS BEEN A CONSENSUS among European drug researchers for many years over the value of needle exchanges , but US politicians ignored their recommendations . |
| 3 | Following the work of Rawls , however , there has been a profusion of important contributions to liberal political philosophy . |
| 4 | Formal planning has been a feature of many schools and local authorities for a number of years now , and for those who have yet to embark , DES Circular 7/88 , The Education Act : Local Management of Schools has now made this a statutory requirement . |
| 5 | It should be realised that the explosion of extreme-right support that has been a feature of most western European countries in greater or lesser degree throughout the 1980s is far from a totally homogeneous phenomenon . |
| 6 | It has been a feature of English commercial and legal practice for at least 250 years . |
| 7 | The main worry is that modular schemes might undo the progress towards an integrated approach to first degree studies which has been a feature of some professional subjects in recent years , notably in post-Finniston engineering courses . |
| 8 | Goldsmith ( 1986 , p. xv ) observes that concern with legislation as a means of controlling central-local government relations and the parallel use of the courts to enforce government intentions has been a feature of post-1979 Conservative governments . |
| 9 | It also brings out further one character 's idée fixe ( stonework ) , and develops the theme of racial tension/personal harmony which has been a feature of this relationship in the story for some time . |
| 10 | Maybe introducing a touch of that pragmatic responsible approach to financial control which has been a feature of this Union 's development over the years . |
| 11 | In the last decade , the ouija board has been a feature in several serious crimes . |
| 12 | In the older nation states , after the war , fascist parties disappeared ( although they have begun to re-emerge on a small scale in recent years ) , regional and nationalist parties have been formed within existing states , there has been a succession of new political parties ( and destruction of them by military intervention ) in Latin America , while in some European countries there has been a revival of liberal and ‘ centre ’ parties and the emergence of ‘ green ’ parties . |
| 13 | This has been a problem on some of the new designs of Sprinter and at present , it is often quite uncertain whether one can or can not travel with a cycle on specific journeys , which discourages cyclists from using rail at all . |
| 14 | Arson has been a problem since last August . |
| 15 | Although funding has been a problem for some flexible trainees in the past , these new arrangements should improve this aspect of the arrangements considerably . |
| 16 | Before the 1972 Act , it was usual for principal authorities to have a fairly standard pattern of senior officials — a medical officer of health , an engineer and surveyor , a chief education officer and so on , but there has been a development towards different breakdowns of functions and new titles . |
| 17 | Though there has been a change of Prime Minister and of the Secretary of State for the Environment since the publication of the White Paper , the environmental cause seems as strong as ever . |
| 18 | There has been a church on this site since 1170 but the present building dates from 1430 , with the famous hexagonal and crocketed spire being added in the early fifteenth hundreds . |
| 19 | There has been a church on this site since 519 AD . |
| 20 | And in Britain between nineteen eighty eight and nineteen ninety one there has been a doubling of racist attacks in large areas of London it is now commonplace for such attacks to take place . |
| 21 | Recently there has been a reappraisal of general dietary considerations for diabetics on both sides of the Atlantic ( Nuttall , 1980 ; Nutrition Sub-Committee of the British Diabetic Association 's Medical Advisory Committee , 1982 ) . |
| 22 | Criticism of religious institutions , leadership and policies is rife , and religious people have on the whole been tardy in responding creatively to justified charges and pointing out the inappropriateness of false charges ; an approach of burying one 's head in the sand has been a characteristic of many religious people . |
| 23 | Regardless of the effects this waste has on marine life and the fishing industry , it has also been noted that there has been a migration of radioactive material from sea back to coast . |
| 24 | Professor Weir , a founder member of the British Academy of Management and a Fellow of the British Institute of Management , has been a consultant for several large organisations including the World Bank , the Scottish Development Agency , the Portuguese Government and UNESCO . |
| 25 | There has been a flowering of Scottish culture . |
| 26 | In Asia there has been a semblance of continued progress : China and India have such huge internal markets that they are less dependent on the vagaries of the world economy ; food production has continued booming ; and many Asian countries have begun to compete successfully in some areas with the West . |
| 27 | Surgical nurse practitioner Lou Jacobs has been a nurse for 17 years and has over 12 years ' experience in intensive care units . |
| 28 | There has been a flurry of colourful rumours over the sale of Irises in the past ten days . |
| 29 | In fact for many years , the banks have been telling people to seek legal independent advice er since March nineteen ninety two , this has been a requirement of all loans . |
| 30 | The dis-used brick pit has been a tip for 10 years and will continue as one for 30 more . |