Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] have [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , one of the most significant trends of the last three decades has been a steady growth in the number of women in the labour force . |
| 2 | The last two or three years have been a testing time for the 180 people who work at Angered . |
| 3 | The past ten years had been a long , strange and often puzzling journey for Mike Oldfield . |
| 4 | In fact , the most significant change in the last twenty years has been a cultural trend towards less formal minute-taking in meetings . |
| 5 | Its dereliction over the past two years had been a constant topic of conversation . |