Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] has [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , to the one person who throughout my life has been a great friend and now my husband , . |
| 2 | A solution we have adopted at my hospital has been a Diabetic Unit . |
| 3 | My master has been a broken man since that day . |
| 4 | ‘ My fitness has been a major talking point in Glasgow . |
| 5 | Their formation has been a good thing . |
| 6 | This market town and centre of its district has been a notable village of craft workers since the eighteenth century . |
| 7 | Its LEA has been a forceful innovator of LMS which has allowed some early decisions to be taken and the results monitored and evaluated . |
| 8 | However much teasing that must have provoked , her voice has been a considerable advantage over the years . |
| 9 | ‘ Her illness has been a terrible blow to her , I know , but … ’ |
| 10 | Her life has been a prototypical starlet scenario : country girl with dreams comes to the city and gets to see her name in lights . |
| 11 | The growth of overseas financial institutions in terms of their numbers has been a major factor in the formalisation of supervision with more emphasis on the ‘ rulebook ’ and a relative decline in the less formal traditional system . |
| 12 | Seizing their national moment continued from page one centred on conflict with Germany , but their solution has been a different one from that of the British . |
| 13 | Seizing the national moment continued from page one centred on conflict with Germany , but their solution has been a different one from that of the British . |
| 14 | But its context has been a general quickening of interest in research on ageing not only among sociologists and historians , but also from other disciplines such as psychiatry and anthropology . |
| 15 | But his work has been a spectacular casualty of the realignment of the contemporary art market , aggravated by disputes about the ownership of his estate ( see The Art Newspaper No.19 , June 1992 , p.20 ) and concern over forgeries . |
| 16 | His defeat is as certain as Mr Melding 's , although his campaign has been a good deal less rough : canvassing for Labour in a prosperous south coast resort may be discouraging , but it is scarcely dangerous , unless you count the speechless stick-waving of elderly gentlefolk as assault . |
| 17 | It takes a little while for an author to realize that his book has been a complete failure . |
| 18 | And Dooley 's massive presence is bound to add interest for City spectators , even though it could create problems for their players , especially at the line-outs , where his dominance has been a vital factor in England 's recent success . |
| 19 | The Holy Spirit and his power has been a favourite theme , or ‘ You too can build a splendid church , or be an excellent minister , if you buy this book or follow these ten lessons . ’ |
| 20 | But the reality for most of our clients has been a poor service from the system . |
| 21 | Ever since , your father has been a constant visitor to Drennan 's house . |