Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] been [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also brings out further one character 's idée fixe ( stonework ) , and develops the theme of racial tension/personal harmony which has been a feature of this relationship in the story for some time . |
| 2 | The main worry is that modular schemes might undo the progress towards an integrated approach to first degree studies which has been a feature of some professional subjects in recent years , notably in post-Finniston engineering courses . |
| 3 | Maybe introducing a touch of that pragmatic responsible approach to financial control which has been a feature of this Union 's development over the years . |
| 4 | There has , however , been a change of climate in recent years which has been a result of the pressures for accountability spelt out in Chapter 1 . |
| 5 | They had this very unhealthy large majority and they put before the House a Bill which offered total deregulation of shopping hours and to all intents and purposes stripped out nearly all the employment protection which has been a hallmark of Sunday trading legislation , certainly for the past century . |
| 6 | This is the church which has been the centre of opposition in East Berlin for the past few weeks . |
| 7 | Just in this area which has been the centre of terror of erm the nazis and of the Hitler regime . |
| 8 | Some of these processes will be documented in order to interpret the fauna from a British cave site which has been the subject of intensive study for the last ten years . |
| 9 | One of the longest mythological pedigrees belongs to the snake , which has been the subject of both loathing and reverence . |
| 10 | The new array of problems that we are now confronting highlights the complexity of the task in hand , while at the same time exposing the inherent weaknesses and the general philosophical insufficiency of an object-oriented ontological approach to the " problem of reality " , the categorial basis of which has been the subject of the past three chapters . |
| 11 | When embalming a case which has been the subject of a post-mortem examination , there is likely to be more opportunity for formaldehyde to enter the atmosphere but care is taken to minimise this . |
| 12 | ( a ) a director or member of the body is or has been a director or member of a recognised body which has been the subject of an order or direction under paragraphs 18 or 21 of Schedule 2 to the Act or the recognition of which has been revoked under Rule 10 of these Rules or has expired under Rule 9 of these Rules ; or |
| 13 | Even the awkward , the misfits , the discontented , feel a lessening of their misery when they realize they have a place , specially set for them , at a dinner which has been the subject of much thought , care , and several hours of preparation . |
| 14 | The decision , following a public inquiry in February , clears the way for a controversial gipsy transit camp which has been the subject of a long-running dispute between Warrington Borough and Cheshire County councils . |
| 15 | The Whitby line , another which has been the subject of closure worries , will serve shoppers better and has new connections at Grosmont for the North York Moors Railway . |
| 16 | He announced that he was making good last year 's promise to look into the knotty question of advance corporation tax , an impost which has been the subject of a crescendo of complaints from some of Britain 's biggest companies . |
| 17 | The abductions have served to emphasise not only the anarchical state of Sidon itself , which has been the scene of five recent inter-Palestinian assassinations , but the vast Palestinian guerrilla presence in the city . |
| 18 | Land-use practices have also altered the Fijian landscape , as has been discussed by Clarke and Morrison ( 1987 ) who point out that this is the result of sugar-cane cultivation which has been the mainstay of Fiji 's economy since the 1880s . |
| 19 | In more recent times this theory ( which has been the orthodoxy of post-war European Communist parties and Stalinist accounts of modern capitalism ) has been further refined to take account of the ever-increasing directive interventions of the state into the private economy , on top of earlier moves to provide social welfare concessions . |
| 20 | As this relates to English , the central concern of which has been the dissemination of liberal culture throughout society , it has undergone considerable revision . |
| 21 | It is the culmination of a lengthy deliberation process which has been the hallmark of Sir Geoffrey 's rise to the position he now occupies as one of Britain 's most successful businessmen . |
| 22 | I am told you have bought up a large quantity of corn lately , which has been the means of raising the price of corn to such a degree , as to incense the tinners so much against you … that I am credibly informed no less than a thousand of them will be with you tomorrow early : they are first to assemble at Chacewater and then proceed for Falmouth . |
| 23 | The militarism and caste rigidity which has been the bane of Germany in Europe , has its roots in the Thirty Years War . |
| 24 | The move puts new pressure on Metromedia 's partner in the New York franchise , LIN Broadcasting , which has been the object of a hostile tender offer by McCaw since early summer . |
| 25 | This is somewhat ironical in that , as we shall see , it is Engels 's anthropological enthusiasm and his trust in Morgan which has been the source of many of the points in his work which appear now as unacceptable to anthropologists and which have been the cause of some of the most damaging objections to his theories . |
| 26 | The defence infused a breathless energy into every move ; they bustled the northern cracks into comparative impotence ; they beat back this magnificent fighting line which has been the terror of a dozen clubs as a break-water hurls back the lashing waves . |
| 27 | One concept which has been the focus of much debate in evaluating efficiency is that of the ‘ Quality Adjusted Life Year ’ or QALY developed by the health economist , Alan Williams . |
| 28 | This is a topic which has been the focus of some scholarly discussion , partly because Leonardo himself is known to have visited the city in 1500 , but mainly because Vasari , in the second edition of the Lives , stated that Giorgione had been greatly impressed by some unspecified works of Leonardo 's which he had seen . |
| 29 | This was the point which was most politically explosive , and this was the point which has been the cause of the greatest revilement of the book to this day . |
| 30 | The three Western Allies do n't agree with the East Germans on this point , which has been the cause of many disagreements in the past . |