Example sentences of "have [adv] [be] a [adj] part " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea of the New has always been a crucial part of pop 's rhetoric : the idea that the future is going to be a improvement on the past ( that sixties ' feeling of being on the brink of a whole new order , the beginning of an endless breaking down of barriers and limits ) . |
| 2 | The pentatonic major scale is and has always been a pre-eminent part of the rock guitarist 's vocabulary . |
| 3 | Whale meat has traditionally been a popular part of the Japanese diet , but since the International Whaling Commission 's moratorium on commercial whaling took effect in 1985 , the price of whale meat on the Japanese market has risen dramatically . |
| 4 | However , by adept diplomacy , he was able to impose a form of pax Britannica on what had hitherto been a turbulent part of Africa and thereby maintain the conditions best suited for fostering trade . |
| 5 | Given that Paisley 's ability to predict political events had always been a major part of his public image , one would have expected the electorate to turn against him , especially when he had committed his personal prestige to the extent of offering to resign if the strike did not change British policy . |
| 6 | As these teachers realized they were not to get the major posts of responsibility , that their objective career progression had come to an end , that their own subject expertise was being compared unfavourably with that of their colleagues from former grammar schools , and that they were to be allocated the ‘ dirty work ’ of teaching the lower-ability groups in the lower streams — they formed a staff counterculture which set about resisting the initiatives of the head , and they withdrew that commitment and enthusiasm in the classroom that had previously been a major part of their secondary modern identity : |
| 7 | My father owned garages , so cars have always been a big part of my life . ’ |