Example sentences of "[adj] have [be] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to companies generally experiencing the recession within the industry , another aspect of this has been an actual reduction in the number of textile companies in the Grampian area , compared to last year . |
| 2 | ‘ This has been an utter fiasco . |
| 3 | Counterposed to this has been an anti-scientific trend which , disturbed by the alienation and military disasters of industrialism , has dreamed either of a pastoral world of decent craftsmen in harmony with nature or posed the nightmare of dystopias . |
| 4 | Although this has been an indifferent year for the club in the league , Hibs are in knockout mood again . |
| 5 | He admitted : ‘ This has been an absolute nightmare for me and my family . ’ |
| 6 | This has been an introductory chapter in which it has been suggested that students do not need to delve deeply into the debate about the definition of the field of study of social policy . |
| 7 | The Netherlands , where methyl bromide was heavily used , phased it out completely between 1981-89 , replacing it with safer alternatives , but this has been an isolated example ; world production and sales of methyl bromide increased by 5 per cent in the late 1980s . |
| 8 | This has been an interesting debate , because there is such a sharp contrast between Opposition Members and those who support the Government in their view of the future of Britain . |
| 9 | This has been an experimental year for the social programme , with speakers chosen almost entirely from our own members . |
| 10 | This has been an important year for the development of Enterprise Training services . |
| 11 | This has been an important influence in promoting a communicative approach to the teaching of languages . |
| 12 | Let me be personal here , for coming to grips with this has been an important milestone in my own life as a Christian . |
| 13 | 1991 has been an interesting year , also a year of many changes . |
| 14 | The fact is that 1991 has been an unprecedented year of success for Belfast . |
| 15 | But the massive post-election bomb in London is likely to have been an each-way bet planned well in advance . |
| 16 | ‘ 1992 has been an exciting year , ’ says Michael Morse of The Dolls House in Covent Garden . |
| 17 | Atrophic gastritis was found in three of our patients and is therefore unlikely to have been an important factor in our study . |
| 18 | ‘ The alleyway is so remote that it is unlikely to have been an opportunist crime , ’ Chief Inspetor Graham said . |
| 19 | 1977 had been an odd vintage , at CRD . |
| 20 | Lithuania first had been an independent state in mediaeval times , until the end of the 14th century . |
| 21 | That had been an awful tea they 'd had at five o'clock ; two slices of bread and fat , a slab of hard cake and a bowl of milk ; then nothing else , only a drink of water , if they wanted one , before they came to bed , and it only half-past seven . |
| 22 | The three-month euro D-mark interest rate future , which was introduced in 1989 has been an important source of trading activity from its inception . |