Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [been] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A steadily more favourable balance on the UK 's trade in primary products has been a particularly important offset : it generated a surplus in 1983 when manufactures went into deficit . |
| 2 | Lack of promotional opportunities in all Banks has been a most serious development in recent times for those who work in the Industry . |
| 3 | ‘ I did n't know the lady as well as you , sir , but she seems in all particulars to have been a pretty clubbable woman . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I think that the banks have been a little frightened of new technologies . |
| 5 | Since the 1970s the reduction in dependence on bank loans has been a more general feature , especially among manufacturing firms who are able to finance more of their investment out of retained profits or accumulated reserves . |
| 6 | Teachers have been a consistently radical and influential force in El Salvador , where 46% of the population is under the age of 14 . |
| 7 | Because the laws of war derive to a large extent from standards which have developed within states , and because they have always depended for their enforcement largely on national legal systems , court decisions have been a very important source of the laws of war . |
| 8 | Having children has been a perfectly logical response of families to the hardship and famine which have resulted from these processes . |