Example sentences of "have [been] [art] [noun sg] [prep] some " in BNC.
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1 | Cheap solar energy conversion has been a dream of some scientists since the first oil crisis back in the late 1970s . |
2 | The main worry is that modular schemes might undo the progress towards an integrated approach to first degree studies which has been a feature of some professional subjects in recent years , notably in post-Finniston engineering courses . |
3 | This has been a problem on some of the new designs of Sprinter and at present , it is often quite uncertain whether one can or can not travel with a cycle on specific journeys , which discourages cyclists from using rail at all . |
4 | Although funding has been a problem for some flexible trainees in the past , these new arrangements should improve this aspect of the arrangements considerably . |
5 | Although there has been a settlement of some sort at North Shields since the Middle Ages , the modern town is a product of the addition of industrial capitalism to mercantile capitalism . |
6 | The interpretation of the requirement in practice has varied and there has been a tendency for some companies to understate rather than emphasise the significance of what they have done . |
7 | Such uncollegial feeling has been a factor at some investment banks : Smith Barney , for example . |
8 | This has been a source of some less than harmonious comments from my beloved . |
9 | The latter point has been a cause of some concern because , in the 1980s , black kids continue to involve themselves in sport with a fervour which alarms many , fearful that blacks ' achievements can only reinforce traditional stereotyped images about blacks being adept at physical pursuits , but inept at intellectual ones . |
10 | The whole question of the ideal size for a public library authority has been a matter of some controversy in Britain since the publication of the McColvin report in 1943 . |
11 | The nature of that development , however , has been a matter of some dispute . |
12 | The extent to which such an understanding is justified has been a matter of some debate , not only at the local level , but in terms of national politics , and even politics within the EC . |
13 | Whether to reclaim or reject this term has been a matter of some debate in Black communities . ) |
14 | Inside the front cover of its annual report , the company prints an unusual request : ‘ Within the European Community a single market in commercial vehicles has been a reality for some time . |
15 | But to my mind even more sinister has been the development of some forms of ‘ industrial ’ fishing . |
16 | THE RISE of sea level predicted as a consequence of global warming has been the subject of some spectacular doom-mongering since the greenhouse effect leapt to prominence . |
17 | The importance of this development has been the subject of some debate . |
18 | Why some of these experiments should be more successful than others at revealing group differences has been the subject of some experimental investigation . |
19 | It has been the subject of some concern by those who feel that local authority officers should be completely divorced from party political connections . |
20 | In recent months the presidential asset has been the subject of some distinctly unflattering news articles , including a long Vanity Fair magazine story that painted her as an autocrat angry with her husband and out of touch with her family . |
21 | The impact of the rise of the English Arminians and the scale of their departure from pre-1625 theological norms has been the subject of some considerable historical debate over the last few years . |
22 | The nature of the nasal sacs in heterostracans has been the subject of some debate . |
23 | Inheritance has been the subject of some of the most important scientific discoveries of the past century . |
24 | As you may know the agreement has been the subject of some discussion , but I hope that now we have a form of words which recognises the interests of both parties to the agreement . |
25 | British Telecom 's prices — the undertaking has been the subject of some criticism in the press — have decreased by 20 per cent . |
26 | The June rally has been the scene of some classic battles between and never more than in 1990 when McHale won by just nine seconds . |
27 | Unbeknown to Norris , the sliver — a name given to tall narrow apartment buildings by New Yorkers — has been the scene of some pretty gruesome goings on . |
28 | In popular discussions of private education , grandparents emerge as people very likely to pay school fees ( Guardian 27 May 1986 ) and it certainly has been the case for some time that it is advantageous in taxation terms for them to do so , since grandparents can take out a deed of covenant to cover this payment whereas parents can not . |
29 | The frets are Jim Dunlop 6230 medium size and have been finished quite nicely , with no sharp edges protruding over the fingerboard , as has been the case on some Ibanez guitars in the past . |
30 | This case has been the occasion of some powerful comment in the press . |