Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] have [been] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would the result have been the same if the original agreed price for the carpentry had been a fair price ? |
| 2 | Evans listed 135 hieroglyphic signs ; although the total is actually rather greater than this , there are still not enough for the system to have been a purely ideographic one , with one sign for each idea . |
| 3 | And , and also that , he then goes on to say that the revolution , it is n't , it 's not a re re final thing , it 's not an insurrection , er he says it 's not like writing an essay , you know all these er analogies , that I mean basically the revolution is an over , it needs force er and i it 's , it is a violent , y y you do n't , in order for the revolution to have been a success it , it needs to be |
| 4 | The truth about the warren had been a grim shock . |
| 5 | According to their former captain and hooker , Douglas Livingstone , McPherson 's influence both on and off the field has been a major factor in what has been a very successful season . |
| 6 | Cabbages ( part of the Wilderness had been a vegetable patch ) armed themselves with woody bark ; rhubarb threw off weak elastic branches ; roses shed superfluous petals and muscled into the potato patch ; vegetables , weeds and shrubs increased their ranks or sizes while snowdrifts or perennial flowers transformed the land . |
| 7 | It was alleged in the articles that the leader of the council had been a prime mover in the share dealings . |
| 8 | A consequence of these changes to the control of the curriculum has been a considerable increase in the number of legal provisions . |
| 9 | Common to much of the literature has been a notion … that these kids — and many others like them — have been trying to ‘ recover magically ’ territory , both physical and cultural , that they have lost and to appropriate in the same way territory that has never been theirs . |
| 10 | The UN Security Council said late on Friday that an Israeli decision on 1 February that 101 of the deportees could return immediately and the remainder before the end of the year had been a step in the right direction . |
| 11 | John Kay , the Sunderland Supporters Association 's Player of the Year has been a model of consistency over the season tough , dependable and never over-awed by the occasion . |
| 12 | Although the original intention was that this would be an intermediate language between two established languages ( for example , German natural language — switching language -French natural language ) , the product of the work has been a new general classification scheme known as the Standard Reference Code or the Broad System of Ordering ( BSO ) . |
| 13 | One reason for the slow take-up of the Transputer has been a lack of standard systems software for developers to use as a base . |
| 14 | A notable feature of the campaign has been a large number of ‘ do n't knows ’ , with many people waiting until the last minute before deciding how to vote . |
| 15 | A consequence of the recession has been a reduction of just over six per cent in the 5,000 worldwide workforce in the past 12 months . |
| 16 | Early in the year , flooding of the road at the northern end of the village had been a grave problem , but after a great deal of pressure on the authorities , the matter had been successfully resolved . |
| 17 | No issue of THE FACE has been a doddle to produce ( especially this one ! ) |
| 18 | On the front of the Octavo had been a representation of Bel-Shamharoth . |
| 19 | Sendei realized immediately that from every possible viewpoint , the destruction of the discod had been a bad move . |
| 20 | A by-product of the resurgence of the Left has been a far-reaching reappraisal of the Russian revolution . |
| 21 | Ukpo had earlier alleged that one of the financiers of the rebellion had been a businessman , Chief Great Ogburu , who was said to have gone into hiding . |
| 22 | I think it 's true to say that the design responsible company , Deutsch Aerospace erm has discovered that er there 's a lot more software in this system than they had originally imagined and the , their sub contractors of course , they 've had to er write various parts of that for them and erm putting together the four elements of the programme has been a lot more complex than anyone imagined . |
| 23 | Then she walked to the door , and tried to open it , just in case the sound of the key had been a figment of her over-active imagination . |
| 24 | A paternalistic concern for the well-being of the nation has been a feature of most if not all monarchs and has been associated with a particular and often predominant tradition within the Conservative party . |
| 25 | The nub of the meeting had been a lengthy discussion on the merits or otherwise of four-day cricket , while matters decided on were the 25-point penalty for producing inferior pitches , retained with wider definition to include over-grassed pitches ; overseas players ( counties may register up to two for next season only ) ; a return to 15-yard run-ups in the Sunday League ; and the making up of lost time in Tests to a maximum one hour . |
| 26 | The nub of the meeting had been a lengthy discussion on the merits or otherwise of four-day cricket , while matters decided on were the 25-point penalty for producing inferior pitches , retained with wider definition to include over-grassed pitches ; overseas players ( counties may register up to two for next season only ) ; a return to 15-yard run-ups in the Sunday League ; and the making up of lost time in Tests to a maximum one hour . |
| 27 | Much of the letter has been a succession of passages of theology , rooted in the practice of Christian daily living . |
| 28 | Being the sinless character that I am , my quest for a sin has been a long and arduous task ( which started five minutes ago ) . |
| 29 | Lord Salisbury 's active and generous support of the BDA and of the deaf community as a whole has been a significant factor in the development of the Association in recent years . |
| 30 | To preserve Wood Walton as a wetland has been a constant challenge for the Nature Conservancy Council , which leased Wood Walton Fen from the RSNC in 1954 . |