Example sentences of "[noun sg] [ex0] have [been] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the war there 's been the slow death of the British beer drinker . |
| 2 | Within education there has been the long standing view that the individual teacher is the key resource to developing and delivering a high quality service . |
| 3 | Around the turn of the century there had been the great triumvirate of Braid , Vardon , and Taylor but American dominance was established between the wars in the shape of Walter Hagen , who won the Open four times , and Gene Sarazen . |
| 4 | No doubt there 'd been the usual spate of Friday night burglaries , too . |
| 5 | After the Elizabethan conquest there had been the usual influx of people wanting land , but the landlords of the traditional type had been supplemented by London-based land-holding companies and also by peasant emigrants from Scotland . |