Example sentences of "[det] [noun] has [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This saga since this recession has been a sorry tale . |
| 2 | This chapter has been a complex one , but it has nevertheless been an exercise in oversimplification . |
| 3 | The cause of this difference has been a central question in solid Earth geochemistry for two decades . |
| 4 | This Directive has been a major source of conflict between the UK and the European Commission . |
| 5 | The house price collapse of the last few years has been a terrible dose of cold turkey for the home owning classes , but has it been a long enough agony to drive out the idea that there 's something inherently beneficial about rising house prices . |
| 6 | Perhaps one of the most important developments of the last few years has been a steady but widespread trend towards protectionism . |
| 7 | All the sound and fury of the past few days has been a desperate diversion designed first to draw attention away from the unemployment figures , the inflation figures , and the figures for businesses closed and homes repossessed ; and , secondly , to draw attention away from what the Labour party is actually saying , and for the simplest of all reasons — they know it makes sense . |
| 8 | The build-up to this game has been a relaxed one and that 's not really surprising . |
| 9 | Yes erm when this policy has been a significant issue in dealing with either the local plan or er |
| 10 | The outcome of this approach has been a high profile for Partnership and its associated activities , which has given confidence and a feeling of success to the teaching staff and partners who have felt able to undertake a wide range of activities . |
| 11 | Playing in this competition has been a great springboard for me . ’ |
| 12 | Among the small land birds , an obvious change in the last half century has been a dramatic turn round in the fortunes of two birds in the bunting family . |
| 13 | However , although the rates of crime in the large cities have always exceeded the rates in rural areas , the increase in crime rates this century has been a universal phenomenon . |
| 14 | The number of bitter , angry , women-hating recently divorced men I have met in this way has been a real eye-opener to me . |
| 15 | It has out-performed other European markets for most of the period , and this year has been a good 5 per cent ahead . |
| 16 | Our opener this year has been a runaway success in the States where the box office success of this relatively low budget film has taken everyone by surprise . |
| 17 | This year has been a tough one for industry and commerce . |
| 18 | Since the discovery of significant gas reserves , this PSC has been a major source of gas for the LNG export business from the Bontang LNG plant . |
| 19 | I know that such congestion has been a major concern among hon. Members . |
| 20 | While understanding such economies has been a central aim of Western economists for two hundred years there is a great deal which has not yet been understood . |
| 21 | The next stage in that process has been a Gracious Speech full of apologies . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Housing of all types has been a significant source of work for Grove in 1992 , ranging from the Housing Association project at St James ’ Hospital , London to the infrastructure at Maidenbower Village in Crawley where the design of the major relief road in the town centre is now about complete . |
| 26 | We would wish to stress again , with the district council 's support I suspect , that that overshoot really it 's to sites within the urban area , as in windfall sites in general planning terms we have seen to be acceptable er in planning terms , but we would wish to stress that part part of that approach has been a continuing resistance to development on greenfield sites on the edge of the the urban area . |