Example sentences of "[pron] have been [noun] of [det] " in BNC.

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1	He has provided a much needed corrective to the over-individualistic approach to conversion which has been characteristic of many western evangelists and missionaries .
2	Three modal types can be distinguished : industry-wide , multi-employer bargaining which is external to the firm , as practised in much of Western Europe on wage-related issues ; single enterprise or firm bargaining , as typically found in the USA and Japan ; and economy-wide systems between trade union and employer central confederations which have been characteristic of several countries , including Norway , Sweden , Denmark and , at times , the Netherlands .
3	Mrs Owain Williams , who has been Chairman of this ball for the last three years , looked very pretty in black velvet .
4	There 'd been photographs of these people 's faces in the newspapers , but Stephen had forgotten what the faces looked like .
5	‘ Would there have been criticism of any other retailer doing the same ? ’ , he asked .
6	According to dozens of villagers , journalists , and workers for the opposition candidate , the journalist grandson of Mahatma Gandhi , Mr Rajmohan Gandhi , who is no relation to the incumbent Prime Minister , there have been scores of such incidents in Amethi in systematic attacks that suggest that they have had sanction from higher authority .
7	And erm although there 's been sort of all sorts of stuff in the press , have you seen all this stuff in the press about endowments ?
8	They have been members of some very dodgy Latvian old-pais club but nothing else is known .
9	Maureen 's attempt to move into her father 's office and her subsequent compromise of commandeering a desk in the room outside it had been gestures of little practical effect .
10	CRIME-HIT small firms are demanding more powers for the police and courts today after a survey found that almost 50pc of them have been victims of some sort of crime .

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