Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] has [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed the ability to produce a range of returns on value for money indices has been a major factor in securing continued treasury funding . |
| 2 | The hair rig has been a great leveller of angling ability and because on most waters it is self-hooking this can often lead to complacency on the angler 's part . |
| 3 | The growing number of life sentence prisoners has been a considerable problem for the prison service for some years now . |
| 4 | For those who are capable of learning how to modify diet and insulin dose to suit prevailing circumstances and want to do so , the ability to determine their own blood glucose has been a major step forward , permitting more satisfactory glycaemic control and a more adventurous approach to many activities ( Skyler et al , 1978 ; Sonksen et al , 1978 ; Walford et al , 1978 ) . |
| 5 | Nonetheless , although for many people the rise in car ownership can be seen as a great success , for a significant minority either unable to drive or unable to afford a car , notably the old , the young , the unemployed , the housewife ( left at home without a car ) and the disabled the corollary of increased car ownership has been a rapid decline in rural public transport , a concentration of services into ever more remote central places with increased journey lengths as shown in Table 6.1a , and a real sense of isolation and deprivation . |
| 6 | The Government 's introduction of general practitioner fundholding has been a clear success , a fact confirmed in the independent academic research undertaken by Professor Glennerster of the London school of economics reported today by the King 's Fund . |
| 7 | A confidential internal Bank report leaked to Friends of the Earth commented that " absence of comprehensive forestry sector work has been a marked shortcoming in Bank operations " . |
| 8 | Our intention is to demonstrate that work organization has been a central strand of each of the otherwise contrasting change strategies ; namely , the evolutionary development of Pilkingtons , the total process perspective of RX , and Employee Involvement with Ford . |
| 9 | ‘ The winter sale has been a big disappointment . |
| 10 | The public sector unions will be cross at the failure of their political favourites , and control of public sector pay has been a conspicuous government failure in the last two years . |
| 11 | The primate house has been a key stage in the zoo 's development and we have been able to plan and equip the house and enclosure to the very highest standards , pooling animal management expertise and design ideas . |
| 12 | This charming period building has been a free school , public lending library and home for local gentry since 1710 . |
| 13 | Whilst we recognize the conceptual problems associated with rules and their application , the approach in the ethogenic study of the football and classroom cultures has been a pragmatic one . |
| 14 | The Highlands regional convener , Duncan McPherson , said : ‘ Team work has been a key feature of our approach and any success we can achieve will be through joint action . ’ |
| 15 | This link between the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf regions has been a consistent theme in Soviet statements . |
| 16 | Over the years , the expansion in the size and competence of the Party 's control apparatus has more than kept pace with the growth of the General Staff , and the proliferation of in-house staff supporting Politburo and Secretariat members has been a noteworthy aspect of the process . |
| 17 | The business sponsorship incentive scheme has been a great success and I am giving further encouragement to sponsorship of the arts by increasing its budget by £1 million a year to £4.5 million . |
| 18 | Novell 's relationship with Unix Systems Labs and their Univel Inc/Destiny joint venture for the desktop market has been a sore point for Sun , which wanted a Novell/Solaris-on-Intel distribution pact for itself . |
| 19 | Inasmuch as teachers by tradition are more closely associated with the planning and delivery of the curricular components of education than with arguments about priorities and about the distribution of resources , curriculum development has been a prime element of professional management . |
| 20 | In many countries in the early stages of industrialization agriculture has been a major source of foodstuffs , exports and labour , but the degree to which agriculture in Japan contributed capital over a sustained period is unusual . |
| 21 | Planning a proper food service facility is an essential aspect of hotel design , but until recently food service consultancy has been a neglected profession . |
| 22 | The development of the public enterprise sector has been a major cause of the crisis of state expenditure in Spain . |
| 23 | Table 5.1 Volume of international bond issues ( $ billion ) As outlined above , the traditional international bond issue has been a straight fixed rate bond with bullet repayment . |
| 24 | Mr. Simon Hughes As the Minister 's first answer made it clear that a price differential has been a major cause of the substantial increase in sales of unleaded petrol , and as the Secretary of State is on record as saying that the market has a role to play in cutting the use of petrol across the market in the United Kingdom , by what figures does the Department currently estimate that petrol prices will increase over the next few years ? |
| 25 | The mason god has been a Hebrew-Syriac-Egyptian mixture by the name of JAH-BUL-ON . |
| 26 | The oil price drop has been a particular blow to the economics of solar energy . |
| 27 | The abolition of one or other of the energy standing charges has been a popular mission for many people for many years , but abolition would undoubtedly lead to a higher unit cost and as many of the most vulnerable people use the most electricity or the most fuel generally , they would in fact be net losers and not net beneficiaries . |
| 28 | While the education system has been a major target for opponents of apartheid since the 1953 Bantu Education Act , it was not until the 1980s that more concrete attempts were made to formulate ideas for another kind of education system . |
| 29 | Ever since it first appeared , the tractor , like the motor car has been a potential source of danger and death . |
| 30 | ‘ The quality initiative has been a major driving force , ’ John added . |