Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [noun sg] have [been] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Germany population screening for prostate cancer has been a policy since 1978 , and in Belgium an insurance supported annual check up includes a rectal examination . |
| 2 | The issue of potency level has been a source of the bitterest argument between practitioners since Homœopathy began . |
| 3 | In many countries in the early stages of industrialization agriculture has been a major source of foodstuffs , exports and labour , but the degree to which agriculture in Japan contributed capital over a sustained period is unusual . |
| 4 | In contrast to perceptions of nature , the issue of animal suffering has been a periodic cause for concern throughout recorded history . |
| 5 | The industrialisation of animal production has been a phenomenon of the last fifty years , which is not very long in recorded history . |
| 6 | The association of productivity levels with the extent of company commitment has been a theme among writers who have suggested that elements of the Japanese system should be incorporated into management practices in Western companies . |
| 7 | The ascent of Arsenio Hall has been a low but steady one . |
| 8 | For years lunch had been a twenty-minute affair . |
| 9 | If the increase in child benefit had been a real increase , there might have been some logic in that . |
| 10 | Another consequence of reorganization apparently detracting from job satisfaction has been a depersonalization of relationships within the organization . |
| 11 | One consequence of these lacunae in multiculturalist discourse has been a failure to confront issues of cultural difference . |
| 12 | But a £250 grant from Langbaurgh Council had been a lifeline , he said . |
| 13 | Associated with the decline in manufacturing employment has been a change in the gender-'time' composition of the work force . |
| 14 | Worries about an impending slow down in advertising spending have been a considerable drag on agency shares this year . |
| 15 | Apart from intervention , the other usual response to currency pressure has been a rise or reduction in interest rates . |