Example sentences of "'s [noun] have [been] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most extraordinary feature of the Opposition 's response has been the deafening silence of their principal spokesman in relation to the proposals . |
| 2 | On this occasion the Duke of Bedford , who had paid for a statue of Bunyan to be erected in the town , recollected how Pilgrim 's Progress had been the first book given to him as a child . |
| 3 | If Rose 's experience had been the same , he thought kindly , she would need one of his ribs to stiffen her . |
| 4 | He agreed missing his son 's engagement had been the last straw . |
| 5 | The Prince and Princess 's grandmothers have been the best of friends for most of their lives . |
| 6 | Nicholson especially won some excellent notices although Fonda reckoned that Dennis Hopper 's performance had been the best of the three . |
| 7 | One of the more persistent of Kandel 's critics has been the Calgary-based neurophysiologist Ken Lukowiak . |
| 8 | He had one photograph , from Shaun 's wedding , and the photograph 's arrival had been the first that he 'd known about any of it . |
| 9 | Anthony 's death had been the last straw . |