Example sentences of "[det] has [been] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | If we do , we now have a model and can say that he and his family have been through it and have borne it with great fortitude , resilience and courage — as has been said , only through their deep religious faith — and that that has been a great lesson to us all . |
2 | Even that has been a mixed blessing . |
3 | That has been a primary objective . |
4 | ‘ That has been a stylish gown . |
5 | There has been nothing to fire the voters ' imagination — no spectacular clashes over policy , no exciting face to face confrontations between leading personalities , no suspense even as to the outcome , for that has been a foregone conclusion for months : the Right will win , and in all probability with a thumping landslide majority . |
6 | and that has been a long time coming but it now appears to be |
7 | That has been a consistent record of the Government since 1979 . |
8 | That has been a big feature of today 's debate , so I want to take the matter a bit further . |
9 | That has been a continuing trend . |
10 | Whether or not that was the intent of the regulations — and I am willing to believe that it was not the Minister 's intent — that has been the net effect of the way in which the three-week period was cut off due to the way that the regulations were tabled . |
11 | To date , that has been the only way — mass starvation , disease , AIDS , wars and insurrection , enforced transmigration and so on . |
12 | ‘ That has been the only topic of conversation throughout the county lately , ’ adds Chivers , ‘ We beat them last year at Casement Park , then fell to Donegal in the final . |
13 | That has been the main probem problem with the delay , can you confirm that erm assuming the the software is er is actually rated flight safe er that there are other stages yet , we 've still got to integrate the weapons systems , sensors and everything else . |
14 | THIS has been a momentous year for CCG in London , with a number of important new contracts and expanded services with existing clients . |
15 | True , this has been a disappointing campaign . |
16 | ‘ This has been a good test for his knee and we do n't think it is a big problem . |
17 | I had got over my nerves by then ( was even thinking Travels With My Angst might not be the most suitable title for my book ) and was able to take a more even view of the handsome tour guide who had confessed to me , ‘ This has been a good trip for me . |
18 | This has been a good debate , as Friday debates often are . |
19 | This has been a good debate . |
20 | Gillian Shephard , the Employment Secretary , told the House : ‘ This has been a good week for Britain . |
21 | ‘ This has been a live issue for a long time , but it has been brought into sharp relief by the lack of clear guidance on assessment from the DoH , ’ he said . |
22 | This has been a traditional starting-point for both historians and sociologists . |
23 | This has been a traditional argument for local and participative democracy ( Pateman , 1973 ) . |
24 | This has been a personal crusade to fill that gap . |
25 | As Wayne Gossage has said : " Patricia Knapp was one of the few people in the inner circle of the library-college vanguard who was in any way critical " ( Gossage 1975 : 8 ) and this has been a sad weakness in a movement which , with its enthusiasm and provocative reversal of traditional priorities , has aroused much interest and thought amongst educators , librarians and administrators . |
26 | This has been a wide-ranging debate . |
27 | But this has been a mere flirtation with the market . |
28 | This has been a major platform of government economic policy . |
29 | This has been a major problem in Kent , Essex , Suffolk , and Norfolk , and most notoriously at Halvergate , where there have also been acidity problems , causing some farmers to have to jet their drains every year . |
30 | Furthermore , ERM membership has effectively disciplined many EC governments unable to cure inflation for themselves ; this has been a major factor in the creation of prosperity in Western Europe . |