Example sentences of "have be a [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Got the ball away when it might 've been a fourth Pisa corner . |
| 2 | They were Miss Margaret ( Peggy ) Herbison , who is the oldest surviving Scottish woman MP , having served in the Labour Party cabinet in the 1960s ; Councillor Sheila Ritchie , who has been a Liberal Democrat councillor in Gordon for a number of years and is at present a member of the party 's National Executive Committee ; and Miss Ann Hay , who is an influential key organiser for the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association in Edinburgh . |
| 3 | Susie Cornell , who has been a multiple sclerosis sufferer for 20 years , at the Under Pressure gymnasium |
| 4 | The Copperbelt has been a political melting pot for years . |
| 5 | For several years there has been a major breed improvement and production scheme in France to increase its genetic merit and select the best breeding stock from a nucleus of 45,000 recorded cows . |
| 6 | ‘ My fitness has been a major talking point in Glasgow . |
| 7 | He could not argue , looking at Imperial , that there has been a major brain drain of senior staff . |
| 8 | In spite of City concern about the level of company debt built up to acquire Britoil and North American assets , BP has been a major capital spender in Scotland as part of its positioning to improve its long-term competitive position . |
| 9 | Produced in many parts of the Mediterranean , the oil has been a major trading commodity throughout history , just as it is today . |
| 10 | In recent years there has been a major media hype about the supposed increase of government funding of initiatives in West Belfast . |
| 11 | This fact , quite unknown when Hahnemann first discovered the effects of potentization , has been a major stumbling block to the acceptance of homoeopathy by orthodox doctors . |
| 12 | Data processing has been a key employment growth area in Britain over the past decade . |
| 13 | ‘ It has been a fantastic effort thanks to the wonderful generosity of your readers . |
| 14 | Recently there has been a long ambulance drivers ' strike . |
| 15 | Even the products division which has been a long time drag on profitability improved its performance , and was well up too . |
| 16 | PROF Raymond Plant , whose work could help to change radically the British constitution if Labour wins the election , has been a Labour Party member for 30 years . |
| 17 | PROFESSOR Raymond Plant , whose work could help to change radically the British constitution if Labour wins the election , has been a Labour Party member for 30 years . |
| 18 | Seeing the parachutes back in the air has been a great morale booster for the base . |
| 19 | ‘ People say I must regret joining United , but I 'm still pleased I came because working for Dave has been a great learning experience , ’ said Marwood . |
| 20 | There has been a recent H M I report which has asked some questions about mixed ability teaching and expressed some worries about those teachers who perhaps do n't have the adequate support and preparation for mixed ability teaching , but they are certainly not against it , or the H M I is certainly not against mixed ability teaching . |
| 21 | However , changes have occurred at the local level , for there has been a strong centralization trend evident in both . |
| 22 | We have described this process earlier ( chapter 6 ) , and it seems to occur in every case where fingerspelling has been available for some time and there has been a strong hearing influence . |
| 23 | Thank you Chairman , I , I , I 'm rather amazed actually , at Colonel 's er , comments because er , in Stratton St Margaret there has been a sixty-one percent increase in crime , and a four and a half percent detection , decrease in the detection and prosecution of crime , and I was absolutely amazed when he come out with the figure that there 's going to be a seven hundred and fifty- three thousand pound shortfall in the police budget , when on the radio , in my car this morning , from a very reputable source of Wiltshire , there was a police officer on there this morning , saying how good they were in producing a freebee newspaper for distribution to every household in the county , to show the police offi , the Chief Constable 's report this year . |
| 24 | Although there has been a radical management shake-up and there have been improvements in organisation and efficiency , the fundamental ethos of the NHS — provision of medical service free at the point of use — has remained unchanged . |
| 25 | IT has been a good Surrey Championships for Haslemere , with exceptionally good results by the youngest swimmers born in 1980 , 1981 and 1982 . |
| 26 | Her life has been a prototypical starlet scenario : country girl with dreams comes to the city and gets to see her name in lights . |
| 27 | Amd Director of Corporate Affairs and Company Secretary , said her first UK Festival of Musicals was a ‘ resounding success ’ adding : ‘ I believe that the whole project has been a first class example of how industry and the arts can work together for the good of the community . ’ |
| 28 | NEW Circus — the mixture of traditional skill matched to modern theatrical interpretation — has been a growing world movement since the beginning of the Eighties . |
| 29 | We have revised our premium rates because of the continuing increase in the cost of theft claims — 1983 saw a 24% increase over 1982 and there has been a further 12% increase in the first half of 1984 . |
| 30 | On each of the three occasions this century where there has been a clear coalition government — May 1915 to November 1922 , August 1931 to September 1932 , and May 1940 to May 1945 — it has been to meet a national emergency . |