Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] have [been] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Soviet Union 's response has been a relentless increase in its chemical warfare capability . |
| 2 | The most extraordinary feature of the Opposition 's response has been the deafening silence of their principal spokesman in relation to the proposals . |
| 3 | U2 's progress has been a useful indicator of Eighties mainstream tastes ( white ) . |
| 4 | For Dick Pountaine , fresh out of his Imperial College science degree , and moving within Notting Hill 's underground milieu , a visit to the RSSF 's inauguration had been a gloomy experience . |
| 5 | With Craig McDermott unable to join the county and Paul Jarvis 's constitution again proving tender , skipper Martyn Moxon admits that Robinson 's penetration has been a valuable factor in Yorkshire 's progress this season . |
| 6 | Gooch 's biography has been a long time coming but Ivo Tennant has been thorough in his survey of hitherto uncharted waters , and the wait has been worthwhile . |
| 7 | Wallace Ellwood 's plan had been a loose one : find out how great a risk Annie Roland might be and act accordingly . |
| 8 | Egypt 's independence had been a unilateral declaration by Britain ; and the reservations imposed were to become a running sore in the relations between the two countries . |
| 9 | Wesker 's dream had been a cultural palace for the workers ; in the years ahead , through the Henshaw connection it was to become something else . |
| 10 | The last week 's rehearsal has been a virtual write-off , and you 're meant to be facing a preview audience on Monday . ’ |
| 11 | Mr E 's group had been a two-term group of middle and first school teachers sharing a site , all members attending the weekly sessions for the two terms , with myself as a temporarily school-attached consultant . |
| 12 | Dr McIntyre 's examination had been a necessary , first , brief run-over , made without disturbing the body too much . |
| 13 | From the party point of view , Law 's leadership had been a considerable success . |
| 14 | It is this sovereign self of Europe which is today being deconstructed , showing the extent to which Europe 's other has been a narcissistic self-image through which it has constituted itself while never allowing it to achieve a perfect fit . |
| 15 | Mrs Thatcher 's staff will today be scanning Mr Bush 's televised Thanksgiving address to the nation last night , in which the President emphasised the continued US commitment to the Nato alliance and the defence of Western Europe , stressing that Nato 's fortitude has been a prime cause of the transformations in Eastern Europe . |
| 16 | It was now of the utmost importance for the Unionists to clarify their own position ; Balfour 's pledge had been a conditional one and was not in any case binding on his successor , but the unpopularity of food taxes remained . |
| 17 | But his practical , analytical development of Richards 's theory has been an important model for British criticism during the last few decades , and I will therefore conclude this section with a very brief indication of the difference between his and Richards 's approach . |
| 18 | Arthur 's father had been a famous comic called Willie Moe , and his mother , Queenie , was the butt in Willie 's routine . |
| 19 | The Rochester and Chatham Council accepted a similar invitation from their local School Board : hitherto the Board 's inspector had been an Anglican priest so that Anglican ‘ exclusiveness ’ was yielding in this microcosm to the new England . |
| 20 | Mountbatten 's career had been a curious one : his reputation as a soldier was founded far less on his record as a commander in the field , which on the whole had been a disastrous one , than on his organizational abilities and his acknowledged brilliance as a leader of men . |
| 21 | He says the key to the Halifax 's success has been an unthrilling combination of caution and vision . |
| 22 | But Boogie 's TriAxis has been a long time coming , and there are great expectations to live up to … |
| 23 | The resuscitation of Ali 's image has been a sporadic exercise for a long time now , some of it coming from friends who have experienced heartfelt pain over his illness . |
| 24 | In this case , the man 's grandfather had been a well-known bone-setter for his gentle touch , but the father had been a bone-cracking bone-setter . |
| 25 | The defence counsel , Robert Henderson , QC , said that Mr Buckley 's death had been a great shock to Sutherland who had been very lucky to escape with his life . |
| 26 | Mortimer had betrayed trust of a different kind , in a very different way … after all , her mother 's death had been a tragic stroke of fate . |
| 27 | Our daughter wanted me ( Dave ) to preach at the funeral because she said , ‘ I do n't want my brother 's death to have been a total loss . |
| 28 | The son 's reward had been a comfortable living in England , both before and after his father 's death . |