Example sentences of "[noun prp] has be a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since his arrival at the agency in 1986 , Baulk has been a key figure in putting in place , through acquisition , below-the-line services . |
| 2 | Electricity generator PowerGen Plc said Sir Graham Day is to retire as its chairman and that Sir Colin Southgate , chairman and chief executive of Thorn EMI Plc , will succeed him ; Sir Colin has been a non-executive director of PowerGen since the firm was created in 1990 . |
| 3 | The typical England strike under Taylor has been a lofted cross from the flank or dead ball situation into a crowded penalty area , a scramble , then either Gary Lineker or Platt emerging from the melee in celebration . |
| 4 | A chapter on homebuilt organisations around the world is instructive , not least to learn that whilst amateur-built aircraft have had official blessing ( or at least the blind eye treatment ) in many Eastern Bloc countries for a decade or more , getting approval to fly a homebuilt in Italy and Germany has been a hard-won struggle against obstinate bureaucracy . |
| 5 | Mr Houphouet-Boigny has been a political giant , a supreme operator . |
| 6 | ‘ Andy Gregory has been a brilliant scrum-half , but he 's coming to the end of his career and can only be a short-term buy for Doug Laughton at Leeds . |
| 7 | Environmentalists recall that , since 1975 , Ruckelshaus has been a senior vice-president of the Weyerhaeuser Company of Tacoma , Washington — a timber corporation that has had disagreements with the EPA . |
| 8 | It will not surprise you to learn that Eugene Wigner has been a leading proponent of this view . |
| 9 | where There , the growth of Milton Keynes has been a major factor , but smaller towns have also felt the pressures of development . |
| 10 | The weak tradition of trade unionism in Texas has been a major cause for the profession of the prison officer to develop in a very different way from in Europe . |
| 11 | Finally Northern Ireland shows that there has been decline in output over the preceding four months and the only region t t to say that erm it 's fair to say that North Northern Ireland has been a weak region throughout er the recession erm and although in this survey optimism has climbed up a bit so it 's close to the U K average , it 's nevertheless a part of the U K which has really been behaving er rather differently from the rest of the economy reflecting its sort of , i its particular problems and the fact that it 's not part of the mainland economy . |
| 12 | The EAEI has been a genuine partnership . |
| 13 | INGLEBOROUGH HAS BEEN a favourite mountain of mine ever since I first climbed it as a young man . |
| 14 | After his election to a five-year term , he said : ‘ Albania has been a one-man country for 70 years , and for some years should be a parliamentary country . |
| 15 | ( Giulio Andreotti has been a senior minister since the 1960s ) . |
| 16 | Ivan Lendl has been a great credit to the game which he has played with distinction for so long . |
| 17 | McCoist scoring at Ibrox has been a predictable occurrence in a season in which he has now amassed 43 goals in all competitions . |
| 18 | David Hill , head of Sky Sports believes former Scottish star Gray has been a major signing . |
| 19 | I 'm happy for them both , Reg has been a lonely man and my mother has also been lonely since dad 's death . |
| 20 | After all , Bryan has been a funny kind of marriage guidance counsellor . ’ |
| 21 | His interests have not been confined to chest disease and smoking , however : Professor Fletcher has been a tireless campaigner for better communications between patients and doctors . |
| 22 | Coun Michna has been a leading opponent of the scheme , which he says is inappropriate for Clairville Common . |
| 23 | YTS has been a major provider of new opportunities and through its funding mechanism , its special assessment and age exclusions , and its provision of special equipment and services , it has shown itself to be responsive to the needs of very many young people with disabilities and learning difficulties . |
| 24 | And the corollary of disillusionment with the USSR has been a new readiness to subject the hallowed events of 1917 to criticism . |
| 25 | Of all its international forays , only Hongkong Bank of Canada has been a clear success . |
| 26 | Roger Snowden , managing director of the Fine Chemicals division , said ‘ Buckhaven has been a true success story . |
| 27 | Ian says from then on Robert has been a changed man — withdrawn and completely unapproachable . |
| 28 | Bob Stevenson has been a worthy successor to Methodist leaders who stamped their personalities on the county . |
| 29 | With best figures of 3 for 43 it looked like a case of unfulfilled potential ; but Robinson has been a different proposition this season , and claimed a new career-best of 5 for 48 — and a match return of 9 for 68 — in Yorkshire 's emphatic win over Essex . |
| 30 | Set in a beautiful landscape , Chepstow has been a strategic fortress for hundreds of years . |