Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] have been a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Dominating such studies has been a tendency to perceive objects as being reflective in a relatively passive sense . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | These benefits had been a source of rising discontent and had contributed to the electoral success of the Republicans [ see above ] . |
| 6 | The lack of continuity and progression for many pupils has been a subject of regular critical comments by inspectors in their evaluations of schools . |
| 7 | I think that one important strand in the rejection of feminism by many women has been a feeling that feminists are saying that their lives have been of no value , and that their activities and concerns have been trivial . |