Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] have [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Held , allowing the appeal , that the retraction by a witness in extradition proceedings of evidence previously given in the requesting state did not in itself discredit that evidence and , unless it was worthless , the magistrate was entitled to act upon it in deciding whether there was sufficient evidence to justify an order for committal ; that , equally , a witness 's evidence was not to be automatically discredited by virtue of that witness having been an alleged accomplice of the accused ; and that the magistrate had given proper consideration to the retraction of P. 's evidence and to his being an alleged accomplice when deciding if there was sufficient evidence to justify the applicant 's committal ; that , further , since the provision in article 1 of the Treaty allowing for extradition in respect of offences ‘ committed within the territory of the requesting party ’ having been extended by article 3(2) to cover participation in extradition offences punishable by the laws of both states , the lack of evidence of the applicant 's presence in Sweden at the relevant time did not take the offences outside the ambit of the Treaty ; that under Schedule 1 to the Act of 1989 the magistrate was concerned only with committal proceedings under English procedure in relation to the English crimes specified in the order to proceed and not with the jurisdiction of the Swedish court ; and that , accordingly , the magistrate had been entitled to commit the applicant ( post , pp. 846D–F , 850F — 851A , E — 852C , 853A ) . |
| 2 | This fight has been an expensive business for me personally , but I do not mind that . |
| 3 | This saga since this recession has been a sorry tale . |
| 4 | This chapter has been a complex one , but it has nevertheless been an exercise in oversimplification . |
| 5 | This issue had been a major stumbling block , as any equalization of representation almost inevitably meant a relative reduction in the current number of seats held by the country 's most heavily populated provinces , Ontario and Quebec . |
| 6 | This issue had been a major stumbling block , as any equalization of representation almost inevitably meant a relative reduction in the current number of seats held by the country 's most heavily populated provinces , Ontario and Quebec . |
| 7 | Strategies to deal with this issue have been a major concern to local organisers . |
| 8 | The cause of this difference has been a central question in solid Earth geochemistry for two decades . |
| 9 | This Directive has been a major source of conflict between the UK and the European Commission . |
| 10 | Everyone knew that this body had been a key element in Stalin 's rise to power and that any criticism of it was , by inference , a critique of Stalin . |
| 11 | The main features of this revolution have been a great decline in the area of grassland , the increase of mechanisation with the consequence of reduced farm labour , the widespread use of chemicals as tools and the simplification of crop rotations , and the introduction of important new crops such as maize . |
| 12 | The build-up to this game has been a relaxed one and that 's not really surprising . |
| 13 | Yes erm when this policy has been a significant issue in dealing with either the local plan or er |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Playing in this competition has been a great springboard for me . ’ |
| 16 | Maybe that 's one reason why this show has been a few years in the making . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Since its restoration at Duxford several years ago , this Dridekker has been an infrequent visitor to airshows and was most welcome flying alongside the other replicas in the Great War Combat Team . |
| 20 | The number of bitter , angry , women-hating recently divorced men I have met in this way has been a real eye-opener to me . |
| 21 | It has out-performed other European markets for most of the period , and this year has been a good 5 per cent ahead . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | This year has been a tough one for industry and commerce . |
| 24 | I know that such congestion has been a major concern among hon. Members . |
| 25 | Although , now she came to think about it , maybe such caution had been a grave mistake . |
| 26 | The next stage in that process has been a Gracious Speech full of apologies . |
| 27 | I felt quite sorry for the old boy , for our ‘ issue ’ that week had been a notorious brand of Indian manufacture called ‘ Vs ’ . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating acknowledged on Jan. 2 that unemployment had been a crucial factor in the defeat of the ruling Australian Labor Party ( ALP ) government in state elections in Tasmania in late December . |
| 30 | A century earlier , in Shakespeare 's day , that world had been a mysterious place ; Othello could tell his travellers ' tales of the men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders and , while the references to Bermuda in The Tempest were up-to-the-minute , they came in a play that was a collection of fairy stories . |