Example sentences of "[det] [noun] have been a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone , it seemed , was doing well out of the erosion of the 1878 settlement except the Russians , for whom that settlement had been a defeat in the first place . |
| 2 | I too had a strong urge to rise up and say , ‘ My lord , this trial has been a farce , and you are the chief clown ! ’ but , I think wisely , refrained . |
| 3 | What if the plaintiff in this case had been a tradesperson ( i.e a lawful visitor to the premises , but one who was not in a contractual relationship with the hotel ) who was injured whilst trying to escape from the fire ? |
| 4 | Whether to reclaim or reject this term has been a matter of some debate in Black communities . ) |
| 5 | Might this type have been a symbol of the League : Penelope or Electra awaiting their deliverer standing for Hell as ( or Ionia ) in bonds ? |
| 6 | This requirement has been a feature of the Companies Acts since 1900 . |
| 7 | During the Madness , when the old world had heaved itself apart , this place had been a point of stillness at the centre of things . |
| 8 | This relationship has been a concern , however , of those who perceive the growth of central government financing as a threat to the independence of local government . |
| 9 | This service has been a boon to all who use it , pensioners , disabled and able-bodied residents . |
| 10 | ‘ This season has been a gamble . |
| 11 | Underlying this debate has been a concern that ‘ raw ’ examination results might be inappropriately interpreted as measures of schools ' effectiveness . |
| 12 | This nation has been a nation of volunteers . |
| 13 | This property has been a subject of recent improvement work and is offered in excellent decorative order . |
| 14 | There are arguments for suggesting the landings at Tarawa were unnecessary , much in the way the Dieppe raid on the French coast the previous summer is considered by some historians to have been a waste of many Canadian and other lives . |
| 15 | ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time . |
| 16 | Well this year has been a placement year in the middle of my Computer Studies Degree so I 'm returning to Derby Uni at the end of September for my final year . |
| 17 | One in four men in this country has been a scout , but the camp site image has remained the same ; despite the fact that the short trousers and wide hats went out 20 years ago . |
| 18 | But , another response to this problem has been a shift to acquiring integrated , turnkey projects . |
| 19 | Coming face to face with him after all this time had been a shock ; she had not known quite how she would react . |
| 20 | With the first round of the Regal championship the likely highlight , the meeting should n't lack interest for this series has been a winner from the start . |
| 21 | One important finding from this series has been a failure to identify Crohn 's disease preoperatively , despite thorough radiology , endoscopy , histology from biopsy or colectomy specimens , absence of perianal disease , and apparently normal small bowel at operation . |
| 22 | Such restlessness had been a hallmark of Bernard 's since infancy and Laura at least shared her husband 's ability to make decisions quickly . |
| 23 | Dominating such studies has been a tendency to perceive objects as being reflective in a relatively passive sense . |
| 24 | The most suitable forms for the presentation of such information have been a matter for considerable debate amongst educational practitioners , both nationally and within local education authorities and schools . |
| 25 | He felt that the play upon which he had bestowed such care had been a failure . |
| 26 | The stimulus for these changes has been a combination of my own experiences of doing mathematics and the discovery that my pupils could do mathematics in ways that I had not appreciated before . |
| 27 | The overall effect of all these measures has been a reduction of inequalities in the basic standards of housing enjoyed by the various socio-economic groups . |
| 28 | These benefits had been a source of rising discontent and had contributed to the electoral success of the Republicans [ see above ] . |
| 29 | The latter point has been a cause of some concern because , in the 1980s , black kids continue to involve themselves in sport with a fervour which alarms many , fearful that blacks ' achievements can only reinforce traditional stereotyped images about blacks being adept at physical pursuits , but inept at intellectual ones . |
| 30 | The lack of continuity and progression for many pupils has been a subject of regular critical comments by inspectors in their evaluations of schools . |