Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] has [be] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think my skill has been to take the legacy and build on it . |
| 2 | In this introductory discussion , my concern has been to stress the need for empathy and the difficulties in achieving it in relation to old people . |
| 3 | ‘ My objective has been to strengthen the recovery by giving help to business . |
| 4 | Their aim has been to alter the way in which management perceives its interests , calculates costs and benefits , and establishes objectives . |
| 5 | A Quiche Indian woman from Guatemala who has achieved worldwide recognition by speaking out against the oppression of her people has been awarded the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize . |
| 6 | To the charge that Victorians sentimentalised the deaths of their children has been added the allegation that they may have inflicted psychological damage by bringing them prematurely into contact with death . |
| 7 | But the manager CastleCourt , Belfast 's best known glass complex , says his building has been given the all-clear following tests . |
| 8 | Pat Nevin endured one of his less effective nights , but the beauty of his signing has been to bring the best out of Morrissey . |
| 9 | A farmer who 's been fighting for years to KEEP gypsies on his land has been given the go-ahead after a public inquiry . |
| 10 | His family has been farming the same land for generations but this year he has sown no cereal crops and has not even bothered to string the hops in the hop gardens . |
| 11 | His family has been importing the machines from America since the nineteen forties . |
| 12 | But when your father has been murdered the day you make only the fourth televised maximum break , when you win your first major title and receive a hero 's reception on returning to your native land , even the prospect of meeting Hendry is going to cause no more than a flutter of the eyelid . |
| 13 | Marriage breakdowns — if your partner has been paying the rent and leaves you , you may still be protected from eviction ; a solicitor will help . |
| 14 | Part of my job as your representative has been to put the views and ideas offered by you , the teacher , to the organising committees of the Society . |