Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [noun] had been the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The well-tried Roman policy of divide and rule had been the basis of Augustan diplomacy and continued during the conquest . |
| 2 | Prior to this , the maintenance of law and order had been the concern of the wakeman , the chief of a body of aldermen , who were the appointed guardians of the people 's rights and custodians of secular property . |
| 3 | Mr Chambers ' name and virtues had been the main topic of her mother 's conversation for the last two months , and no matter how many times Honor expressed her dislike of the man , Flora continued to press the subject . |
| 4 | Procrastination , compromise and delay had been the response of successive governments of both political parties . |
| 5 | Up to this period , mining had been essentially a hand-craft where , as in farming , man-power and horse-power had been the chief means of winning the product . |