Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] have [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Increased co-operation between states has been a significant feature of the post-1945 world order , reflecting the reduced ability of states to act autonomously in the global arena . |
| 2 | SOCIO-SEXUAL anxiety about Blacks has been a distinctive feature of British society since the first encounters between merchant adventurers and Africans . |
| 3 | The study of attitudes has been a major topic , if not the major topic , in social psychology . |
| 4 | Lack of funds has been a big problem , especially for research , but it always has been . |
| 5 | Matching the change in the range of qualifications of school-leavers has been a dramatic transformation in the youth labour market in a little over a decade . |
| 6 | I very much agree with my hon. Friend that local management of schools has been a great success . |
| 7 | Mr Major told MPs that the awarding of honours had been a valued part of British life for centuries but the system must from time to time be reviewed . |
| 8 | Mining and the condition of miners has been a running sore in Bolivia since the colonial period when Indians were herded off for certain death in the silver mines of Potosí , at that time the wealthiest city in South America . |
| 9 | As this series stresses , the uneven social and economic development of places has been a central feature of post-war British society . |
| 10 | Other resolutions included : the adoption of a Common Resident Card for all citizens and measures to facilitate travel and residence rights and the movement of goods by road within the community ; the establishment of a Standing Mediation Committee in response to the conflicts between member states ; the eventual establishment of a single economic community in West Africa ; the approval of a new assessment of members ' contributions to the budget — once again , non-payment of contributions had been a contentious issue ; and agreement to ratify all protocols by Dec. 31 , 1990 . |
| 11 | Rather , the extraction of rights has been a constant struggle and remains a constant struggle — witness the undermining of social rights both in theory and practice . |
| 12 | As lack of resources has been a perennial problem since the beginning the boost given to the financial status of the BDA by the patronage of The Princess of Wales has been of incalculable value . |
| 13 | Conceptualizing the nature and significance of markets has been a key element in economic and political thought since Adam Smith 's Wealth of Nations , published in 1776 . |
| 14 | Another reason for the increased acceptability of the use of executive search firms by a wide range of industries has been a noticeable improvement in their quality . |
| 15 | The pay of employees has been a traditional and frequent object of intervention , as have a wide range of other industrial relations issues such as closure and redundancy , working practices and dispute settlement . |
| 16 | Services for people with disabilities have been a low priority over many years , and the inadequacy of provision — both in quantity and quality — is well known . |
| 17 | There was nothing unusual in this , visits to and from relatives having been a common feature of my childhood . |
| 18 | The cards and calls from well-wishers have been a real pick-me-up and I want to thank everyone for their concern and support . ’ |
| 19 | The British obsession with betting on homes has been a prime cause of Britain 's boom-bust cycles . |
| 20 | Whilst uncertainty about the volume and growth of defence spending is unlikely to be resolved unless the Soviet regime changes its character , few would dispute that the military 's traditional claim on resources has been a major burden on the civilian economy . |
| 21 | Neither the researches funded by charities specifically directed towards cancer nor the great drives sponsored by governments and planned by committees have been a fruitful source of new treatments . |