Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [noun] [verb] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Health and medicine , environment , labourers ' rights , witchcraft , land rights and the caste system have been the subject of many seminars throughout the region . |
| 2 | The parameter types are : On entry to the subroutine the parameter table contains the following values : Except it the case of a movable string ( normal string variable ) , the parameter address given is the absolute address at which the item is stored . |
| 3 | The first night after the cocktail party had been the start of it all . |
| 4 | The traditional business of the building societies has been the taking of small savings deposits and the financing of house purchase . |
| 5 | The eurobond market has been the most innovative of all bond markets in designing new types of bond , both in terms of coupon payments and redemption proceeds . |
| 6 | The LOB corpus has been the principal corpus used throughout the current project . |
| 7 | In a ferocious attack on President de Klerk , he said that the Boipatong killings had been the work of " faceless murderers who work closely with Mr de Klerk " . |
| 8 | Perhaps the most significant barrier to the growth of the factoring industry has been the failure to ‘ package ’ the service effectively . |
| 9 | The most publicised aspect of the North-South divide has been the wide disparity between house prices in different regions of the country . |
| 10 | Since the late 1940s the Queen Mother had been the darling of National Hunt racing : it was largely her enthusiasm for the sport that raised its status from that of a poor relation to the Flat to , by the mid-1950s , a position of near equality — in popularity if not in the prize money available . |
| 11 | To read how my own ancestors lived in the time of the Tudors and the Stuarts and to even learn that they occupied the 10th pew adjoining the South Wall in the Myddle Church has been the inspiration to write down some reminiscences of my own childhood and of the stories related to me , in the hope that they will be of interest , not only to the present generation , but maybe , also to that 500 years hence ! |
| 12 | Why can not the Government force the pace , make real progress and do something about reducing what the Home Secretary acknowledges is the fastest growing crime ? |
| 13 | Apart from the greater occupational variety , the greatest change in the village community has been the introduction of large numbers of new residents . |
| 14 | Lawyers went on strike from Nov. 9 to protest at what the bar association said were the arbitrary arrests of four of its members in North-West Province . |
| 15 | They are very , very , very quick indeed and very , very efficient , and this is why , since the War London has been the centre of the recording industry , simply because it 's been worth the while for Americans in recording companies , for example , to record in London rather than anywhere else because we are so efficient . |
| 16 | Few of Camille 's schoolmates , even had they been able to read and write , would go on to a career in the sciences , since the chemistry lab had been the first to succumb , years back , when the rules had just been relaxed and attitudes to education liberalized . |
| 17 | The sample lexicon shown is the representation for the words cat , catch , cot , cots , dog , doggy and dogged ( from ( Evett et al , 1991 ) ) . |
| 18 | Although the Student Tutoring Scheme and the Enterprise Studentships have been the main focus of Student Enterprise activities within Napier over the last year , students have been involved in ‘ enterprising ’ activities elsewhere : |
| 19 | And perhaps the drum beat had been the noise which had excited Scathach . |
| 20 | The selection criteria used were the same for all patients — namely , each patient was individually assessed with respect to general fitness for function of the anal sphincter . |
| 21 | Phil : Well I would say that if I had my life over again I wish and hope that everything happens the same , and I think at the end of the day Becky had been the cream on top of the cake … |
| 22 | The guide prices indicated are the manufacturers ' recommended retail prices — it 's worth shopping around for the best buy . |
| 23 | Another momentous occasion in the Convocation Calendar has been the INSTALLATION OF THE DUCHESS OF YORK AS THE NEW CHANCELLOR of the University in September 1991 amidst much pomp and ceremony and with many distinguished guests . |
| 24 | Both the Listening Test and the Grammar Test have been the subject of rigorous research over a number of years , with up to forty different nationalities of students . |
| 25 | For centuries , the Clan Campbell had been the enemies of Clan Macdonald and to ensure that no mercy was shown to the Macdonalds of Glencoe , the Campbells of Glen Lyon were instructed by Dalrymple to enforce the orders . |
| 26 | A key feature of the CASPE approach has been the emphasis on the planning rather than the control aspect of budgeting through PACTs ( Planning Agreements with Clinical Teams ) . |
| 27 | Traditionally the merchant banks have been the main financial advisers in a merger or acquisition deal — they traded very much on their reputation for knowing all the right people and being able to approach them at any time . |
| 28 | The values which the choice theory represents are the values of a strong laissez-faire conception of the market . |
| 29 | The air base had been the subject of controversy both in Italy [ see p. 36434 ] and in the USA , where Congress had only agreed to vote funds after the beginning of the Gulf crisis . |
| 30 | This need for ‘ distance ’ from political control has given rise to the doctrine of the ‘ arm's-length ’ relationship in countries such as Britain where the classic form of the state enterprise has been the ‘ public corporation ’ under the control of a ‘ sponsor ’ department . |