Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] have been part [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The exhibition presented in stark contrast a series of ideological pronouncements on the wonders of life in the ‘ people 's democracy ’ , together with images and reconstructions of the realities : ‘ fake elections , the forced exploitation of workers in the form of ‘ work competitions ' ’ , the ruining of peasants , the servile imitation of Soviet methods , the ridiculous praises given to domestic and Soviet conditions , the unscrupulous abuse of everything in the capitalist system , the unlawfulness which had been part of the system from the very beginning , persecutions , the drabness of life , of the immediate surrounding , of the work-place , of the living quarters , of the clothing , the false and forced propaganda inundating everything …
2 It did little for the image of a man who has been part of the backbone of the team for so long , and was playing in his eighty-seventh Test .
3 Before he 'd interfered in her life she had been part of a team , doing a job that she enjoyed well .
4 In the 1920s , an uncle founded the Barrandov film studios that were to have their finest hour with the Czech New Wave of the Sixties , and his father was responsible for and owned , among other buildings , the Lucerna block in the heart of the city which has been part of the life of most Pragers , with its remarkable collection of art-deco restaurants , bars , cinemas and concert hall .
5 He usually comes to a struggling club with nothing to lose but this time he 's been part of the slump .
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