Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [be] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The building has been the subject of controversy ever since locals were told that it was to be turned into a clinic for twenty six convicted sex offenders . |
| 2 | The hotel stands right in the middle of the village , where the old part of the building has been the centre of village life for hundreds of years . |
| 3 | I am sure that the hon. Gentleman recognises that increasing productivity in agriculture has been a feature in the past , both in good years and in bad . |
| 4 | In the United States allergy has been a specialty for decades . |
| 5 | ‘ Edinvar has been serving tenants for 20 years and Link has been a landlord for nearly 30 years , so we both have a long history of putting tenants first . ’ |
| 6 | A related weakness has been the lack of effective co-operation between industry and higher education . |
| 7 | Removing body hair has been a custom for centuries . |
| 8 | This provision has been the subject of wide-ranging criticism ( Norman , 1980 ; Greengross , 1986 ) . |
| 9 | ACKLAM PARK has been the home of Middlesbrough CC since 1931 and has , since 1956 , hosted an annual Yorkshire fixture . |
| 10 | One useful change has been the restoring of parity of permitted hours for clubs opening with those enjoyed by public houses . |
| 11 | The forerunner to this change has been the decision of the Jockey Club with its fairly visionary determination to give Sunday racing a kick start with the experimental meetings . |
| 12 | For this author , the crucial change has been the break-up of consensus . |
| 13 | The great change has been the disappearance of the landowners from the Tory benches . |
| 14 | A more continuing change has been the wearing of smarter suits by most males and of brighter colours by many ladies . |
| 15 | A more significant change has been the separation of sales of ITV1 and Channel 4 : Channel 4 has been responsible for its own sales from January 1993 , and this has introduced the first genuinely competitive element into national commercial TV . |
| 16 | A further change has been the growth of liberal theology within the Irish Roman catholic intelligentsia . |
| 17 | Another change has been the centralisation of the various head office functions into new Glasgow offices , which Sir Lewis hopes will boost staff morale . |
| 18 | One of the principal means of fulfilling this responsibility has been the development of the concept and practice of ‘ multicultural ’ education , which the Swann Report endorsed . |
| 19 | Although funding has been a problem for some flexible trainees in the past , these new arrangements should improve this aspect of the arrangements considerably . |
| 20 | A major worry has been the extent to which the newly structured capital market has drawn in scarce resources , notably graduates who are paid salaries far beyond their opportunity cost . |
| 21 | The issue of potency level has been a source of the bitterest argument between practitioners since Homœopathy began . |
| 22 | ‘ Of fundamental importance in the philosophy of the National Certificate has been the aim of reconciling educational and industrial training viewpoints . |
| 23 | This is how one of the more sceptical psychiatrists involved later described the patient 's case : ‘ I must admit that such a remarkable response has been a surprise to me . |
| 24 | For the Modular Course one response has been the centralization of liaison and decision-making in a single senior tutor . |
| 25 | A second response has been the setting of separate targets for each field , over and above those for home students . |
| 26 | The manufacturers ' response has been the creation of some stunning artificial decor — plus some items that rate alongside flying ducks on the wall as pieces of what are called ‘ art bingo ’ at the PFK offices . |
| 27 | The sovereignty of Parliament has been the linchpin of our unwritten and flexible constitution ; it can be traced back in our political practice and constitutional theory for almost three centuries ; and yet the constitutional authorities have come to see it as the fundamental constitutional problem needing challenge and change . |
| 28 | Acquired by the Getty Museum in 1985 ( supposedly for a sum of nearly $9 million ) the statue has been the subject of extensive scientific tests and scholarly debate ever since . |
| 29 | A consequence of the recession has been a reduction of just over six per cent in the 5,000 worldwide workforce in the past 12 months . |
| 30 | This last index has been a boon to many UK fund managers concerned over relative performance , since it has been weighed down by the Tokyo market , which has been in sustained fall for a period of nearly three years . |