Example sentences of "[adj] have [be] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps more striking has been the disruptive impact on the NHS of many uncoordinated and poorly-managed projects . |
| 2 | Equally controversial has been the recently-introduced Employment Contracts Act that has drastically undercut the powers of the trade unions — to the extent that New Zealand may now be in breach of International Labour Organisation provisions . |
| 3 | ONLY a dealer who had just come back from a weekend in the Kalahari desert would have been surprised to hear of yesterday 's agreed £337.6m bid by MB Group for Caradon , the Twyfords and Everest building products group , so comprehensive has been the pre-match publicity . |
| 4 | In the two volunteers reported to have HLA-B35 this octamer is likely to have been the minimal epitope . |
| 5 | This is likely to have been the lower valve , and fossils are sometimes found in ‘ life position ’ , which confirms this . |
| 6 | Although the combination of recession and high interest rates is likely to have been the main cause of this rise in defaults , the much more moderate increase in company failures and mortgage arrears which accompanied the more severe downturn and higher interest rates of 1980–81 period suggests that other factors may also have been important . |
| 7 | I consider myself highly privileged to have been the first Minister for consumer protection in a completely independent consumer protection Department . |
| 8 | It is believed that long before it became a market town , serving a largely agricultural community , it was the ancient Roman port of Vannona , which was supposed to have been the principal harbour on this coast . |
| 9 | The lives of the great had been the main subject of their stories , in romance , in drama , and subsequently in the novel . |
| 10 | U-TURNS galore have been the main feature of Government activity in the past month but none has been more important than that over the economy . |
| 11 | The aim of the measure may also have been financial , because the Crown was empowered to distrain for half of the profits resulting from the enclosure ; it was not , however , an easy way to raise money , so it is unlikely to have been the only reason for the Act . |
| 12 | Particularly impressive has been the major revival of the South East since the mid 1970s , but there has also been a return to strong growth in the other three regions of the South in the mid 1980s . |
| 13 | Equally notable has been the worsening relationship with leaders of the Church of England — for so long known as the Tory party at prayer . |
| 14 | Singled out in particular has been the poor record of LEAs in involving parents effectively in the assessment process — something which the latest government circular on special educational needs seeks to redress . |
| 15 | More spectacular has been the recent observation of twin images of the same quasar source seen through a gravitational lens made up of galactic material nearer to the Earth . |
| 16 | Particularly satisfying has been the successful assault on the German market where for the first time the company has secured orders for filament-wound rollers . |
| 17 | ‘ Most significant has been the continuing increase in the number of long-term unemployed and the slump in business optimism . |
| 18 | Again falling household size has played an important role here in reducing the capacity of these areas , but equally significant have been the tight planning controls on urban development , particularly the wide Green Belts round most of the larger cities . |