Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] been a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Panics over juvenile crime have been a recurrent feature in Britain for at least the last 150 years , ’ Mr Bowman claimed . |
| 2 | The annual reports of the Law Society , and the comments and advice of the Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee on Legal Aid have been a valuable source of information and of recommendations for changes in policy ( whether accepted or not ) . |
| 3 | Strategies to deal with this issue have been a major concern to local organisers . |
| 4 | The main features of this revolution have been a great decline in the area of grassland , the increase of mechanisation with the consequence of reduced farm labour , the widespread use of chemicals as tools and the simplification of crop rotations , and the introduction of important new crops such as maize . |
| 5 | Newspapers and television have been a popular subject for content analysis . |
| 6 | The fiscal incentives for use of unleaded petrol have been a great success . |
| 7 | Worries about an impending slow down in advertising spending have been a considerable drag on agency shares this year . |
| 8 | Overlaps in the tax payment transfer receipt system have been a focal point for much discussion in the 1980s with various sorts of ‘ traps ’ identified . |
| 9 | So it is that tomorrow , ITV will screen a profile of the man who spent the first eight years of his life in Abyssinia ( now Ethiopia ) and graduated to serious eccentricity via an English prep school ( where he was beaten ) , Eton ( where he learned to box ) and finally Oxford ( where he was a boxing blue and acquired the dramatically-bent nose which for six decades has lent drama to what would in any case have been a distinguished face ) . |
| 10 | The continued energy , good humour and loyalty of the staff through a most difficult time have been a major strength to the Management Board and the Council |
| 11 | All the investments we 've made in clean room technology have been a great success and the new laminate tubes business is doing well now after a difficult start some years ago . |