Example sentences of "have been an [noun] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where tiger numbers have increased and the size of the reserve has stayed the same , there has been an overspill of tigers into areas of human occupation . |
| 2 | ‘ We ca n't ignore the fact that there has been an overproduction of titles , and this is a lesson everyone is having to take on board , ’ she said . |
| 3 | When married to an interest in the mass media , the result has been an over-concentration on institutions , structures and the political élite . |
| 4 | self-sufficient in poultry meat , although there has been an increase in imports of whole frozen chickens , which have penetrated the market . |
| 5 | Although the incidence of gastric cancer is declining worldwide , especially in the developed countries of North America , Europe , and Japan , there have been several recent reports showing that there has been an increase in carcinomas of the cardia compared with carcinomas in the antrum . |
| 6 | An exciting development in the women 's movement over the last few years has been an attempt by feminists to organise together around housing issues and to develop a feminist analysis of how the organisation of housing in Britain specifically affects women . |
| 7 | There has been an influx of women into the party , accompanied by a decision to have equal representation at all levels of the party by the mid-1990s . |
| 8 | Full though these are , they are not always very helpful — much of the chronicle material depends on hearsay , although the author of the Anonimalle Chronicle seems to have been an eye-witness of events in London or at least to have had access to some eye-witness account . |
| 9 | Perhaps the marriage had been an attraction of opposites . |
| 10 | ‘ On July 12 Lord Young confirmed that tax agreements had been made with the Inland Revenue , and there had been an exchange of letters ‘ on terms satisfactory to BAe ’ . ’ |
| 11 | Prior to delivery there had been an exchange of counter-offers which the court held did not result in a contract . |
| 12 | d , If it had been the turn of Glasgow to preside and there had been an equality of votes , the Glasgow delegate would no doubt have given his casting vote to Kirkman Finlay and he es would have been elected . |
| 13 | However , my predecessor , Bishop John Bickersteth , who for many years had been an advocate for issues of conservation , quite rightly protested that the Archbishop was saying no more than the biblical tradition states ! |
| 14 | it might not be blatantly obvious to them that there , there 's been an improvement in communications . |
| 15 | There 's been an acceleration of incidents in the last five years . |