Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] been a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Studies of social change in rural communities have been a major theme in rural community work since the early 1950s , when the first typologies ( some of which have already been discussed in Chapter 4 , and notably in Tables 4.6 and 4.7 were developed . |
| 3 | The Conservatives have been a long way ahead of Labour not just in seats ( an arbitrary effect of the electoral system ) but also in votes . |
| 4 | From the start , chapels have been a constant source of concern to SAVE , and Northern chapel architecture was the subject of a special SAVE exhibition and report , The Fall of Zion . |
| 5 | Copiers have been a real blessing , but they are more likely to be small models , not those that print , collate , fold and insert . |
| 6 | The Bosnian refugees have been a pitiful sight to the world during the months of conflict with Serbian Militia . |
| 7 | ‘ These past few days have been a living hell for you and for me . ’ |
| 8 | Watching on for the past few weeks have been a small handful of experts , among them Jim Railton of The Times , who 's been following the Boat Race for twenty years . |
| 9 | The last two or three years have been a testing time for the 180 people who work at Angered . |
| 10 | But these last few years have been a potent reminder of what the union movement was originally about in terms of ensuring just reward for work , and enlightened protection for workforces . |
| 11 | Crackers have been a popular Christmas custom since the reign of Queen Victoria . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | The results of assessments and examinations have been a valuable source of feedback to enable teachers to evaluate their teaching material , curriculum , presentation and so on . |
| 14 | Restrictions on external dealings have been a recurrent prescription for the cure of British economic ills . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Always boobs have been big business , blondes have had more fun , ‘ sexuality ’ has been top of the agenda and brains have been a distinct disadvantage , as we have tried to emulate the qualities of the famous beauties our men salivate over . |
| 17 | Although this analysis is not strictly accurate — there is always a compression/decompression overhead of about 5 per cent — the benefits and potential cost savings are substantial and compression techniques have been a major field of development from the time of the very earliest digital databases . |
| 18 | Glyn and Sutcliffe ( 1972 ) argued that low profits have been a major factor in low levels of investment in the UK . |
| 19 | French-style café-bars have been a runaway success over here because they address a market which had previously been actively excluded by the ‘ pub tradition ’ — namely women . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Although such linkages have been a key feature of the development work done in the Central Institutions , linkages have also been set up between HNC/D courses in Further Education Colleges and both CIs and Universities . |
| 22 | If these outcomes had not been possible , would protest by sufficient members have been a significant factor in determining that the organisation had acted contrary to its constitutive treaty ? |
| 23 | Up until this point in the design , the manufacturing constraints have been a secondary consideration . |
| 24 | Microcomputers have been a rapid growth area in the electronics industry , as well as one in which there has recently been much concern over the success and viability of UK companies . |
| 25 | In the UK , and up to December 1984 when grant levels were reduced , investment grants have been a considerable incentive towards first-time conversion of moorlands and rough grasslands in the LFAs . |
| 26 | Question answering systems have been a central project within natural language understanding . |
| 27 | The Big Trams are back with a layout by Bob Hill of Altrincham , trams have been a regular feature of this show and always prove a popular attraction . |
| 28 | The maps have been a big hit with government departments and firms with large vehicle fleets , a market once considered of only peripheral interest by Mr Honey . |
| 29 | Most recently , societies ' ambitions to expand and diversify their operations have been a key factor behind the major package of new legislation introduced into Parliament in 1986 . |
| 30 | The rationalisation remits have been a notable success enabling Johnson Matthey to maintain growth in profits during a long and deep worldwide recession . |