Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] been a [adj] [noun] " 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 | The study of attitudes has been a major topic , if not the major topic , in social psychology . |
| 3 | Gathering the right cast a mix of straight theatre , dance and mime performers has been a major task . |
| 4 | The growing number of life sentence prisoners has been a considerable problem for the prison service for some years now . |
| 5 | It 's been a bit difficult because we are used to doing the things that choirs do , having music and hiding behind it , and of course getting the girls to be uninhibited has been a bit difficult , but they 've taken to it very well actually and having the costumes for today 's rehearsals has been a great help . |
| 6 | Indeed the ability to produce a range of returns on value for money indices has been a major factor in securing continued treasury funding . |
| 7 | I very much agree with my hon. Friend that local management of schools has been a great success . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Lack of funds has been a big problem , especially for research , but it always has been . |
| 10 | But the reality for most of our clients has been a poor service from the system . |
| 11 | The British obsession with betting on homes has been a prime cause of Britain 's boom-bust cycles . |
| 12 | The welfare of these hens has been a controversial issue for many years , and for the past five years we in the Department of Animal Husbandry have been conducting research into ways of improving their welfare . |
| 13 | Unlike most European countries where a close association between unions and political parties has been a longstanding phenomenon , US unions have little close and direct connection with political parties and have relied very heavily on collective bargaining rather than political activity as the means of achieving their ends . |
| 14 | There are enough good , specific reference sources available these days for the captions to have been a great deal more informative ; even at this very reasonable price the reader has a right to expect less of the hard work to be left up to him . |
| 15 | Many , probably the great majority of the population , were convinced by 1939 if not before that the Jews had been a harmful influence in German society , and that it would be better if those still remaining left ( or were forced to leave ) as soon as possible . |
| 16 | To make the most of beneficial planetary influences had been a principal object of Marsilio Ficino ( 1433–99 ) , one of the first scholars to give the practice of magic the semblance of respectability . |
| 17 | Dock Road is the main route linking the M53 motorway with Seacombe and the Twelve Quays area , and the cranes have been a familiar sight for drivers for years but some will see their disappearance as further evidence of the de-industrialisation of Merseyside . |
| 18 | The insights of the church growth movement in showing the impact of culture in these areas has been a major contribution to the Church 's understanding of its missionary task in recent decades . |
| 19 | The background to these concerns has been a deepening crisis in the capitalist economic system — to which some argue the growth and behaviour of the state sector has itself contributed . |
| 20 | Cloke ( 1980a , p. 98 ) suggests that this may be because the concept of ‘ key settlements has been a cosmetic justification for a policy created merely out of economic expediency and administrative pragmatism ’ . |
| 21 | SOCIO-SEXUAL anxiety about Blacks has been a distinctive feature of British society since the first encounters between merchant adventurers and Africans . |
| 22 | And a handful of critics is beginning to wonder whether Ireland has not concentrated a little too hard on attracting inward investors at the expense of building a strong home-grown computer and electronics industry : after all , the policy of rallying all centres of higher education to turn out highly-skilled hardware and software engineers has been a great success , but should n't more of those people be working for Irish companies ? |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | However , one of the most significant trends of the last three decades has been a steady growth in the number of women in the labour force . |
| 25 | One encouraging feature of period-instrument performances in recent decades has been a growing concern with reliable and authoritative editions . |
| 26 | In the 30-plus years since I started my CIT life as a student , I have found the many local and national meetings and lectures to have been a valuable way of giving and receiving information and help . |
| 27 | Their lives had been a circular journey : no less than nine of them had spent their schooldays there . |
| 28 | Tobias had been a poor choice , as Jonadab himself admitted . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Those limitations had been a great attraction to Anna , when they first met . |