Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] have [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most recently , societies ' ambitions to expand and diversify their operations have been a key factor behind the major package of new legislation introduced into Parliament in 1986 . |
| 2 | Their lives had been a circular journey : no less than nine of them had spent their schooldays there . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They assumed that their arrests had been a political move and began to suspect that their continued detention had equally a political motive . |
| 5 | The men were correct that their arrests had been a political decision . |
| 6 | Our policies have been a huge success up to now and we are determined to ensure that they will continue to be so . |
| 7 | But the reality for most of our clients has been a poor service from the system . |