Example sentences of "been [art] [adj] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 but many of those who were ready to benefit from it could not read Latin , which had been the normal basis for scholarly interchange .
2 Initially there had been a substantial market for British films in the US , where demand remained for some time ahead of the production levels achieved by American filmmakers .
3 The ground plan of the great monastery of St Gallen , drawn on parchment in about 830 , has been a famous puzzle for medieval scholars since 1604 .
4 The ‘ aristocratic ’ character of landowning has been a central basis for social status and political power in Britain for centuries , and the divisions of interest between land and industry have been fundamental to the political development of the upper class .
5 Which is not to say that popular humour in the States is particularly nice : in recent years there has been a great demand for in-your-face racist , ethnic and misogynist stuff , as typified on the respectable side by Jackie Mason and on the unholy by Andrew Dice Clay .
6 1991 has been a marvellous year for Good Housekeeping and it 's largely thanks to you .
7 If I sound euphoric I make no apologies , It has been a superb period for English rugby and will also be a hard act to follow , but after the weekend of the Irish visit I am sure that we can go on to even greater things from here .
8 It would have been a sad day for British satire had Jameson won this presumptious action .
9 Now that it is clear that pre-Christmas Sunday trading has simply been a stalking horse for all-year Sunday trading , will the Prime Minister join me in congratulating stores such as House of Fraser , C and A , and Marks and Spencer which have upheld Sunday trading laws and refused to break them ?
10 This has been a traditional argument for local and participative democracy ( Pateman , 1973 ) .
11 Since the first opposition parties were founded , one of them , lead by a woman , has been a regular target for malicious attack .
12 IT 'S been a good year for German neo-Nazis .
13 It had not been a good day for liberal ideals .
14 It had been a dark age for administrative justice .
15 During the years of World War N and for some time afterwards there had been a heavy demand for commercial and military explosives but by 1960 when Haslam was made personnel director of the Nobel Division of ICI the demand , particularly for military explosives , had dropped dramatically .
16 Newspapers and television have been a popular subject for content analysis .
17 The green belt has been a popular subject for academic observers ( Mandelker , 1962 ; Thomas , 1970 ; Munton , 1983 ; and Elson , 1986 ) and there is little new to be said .
18 At the NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE , stimulating repertoire enjoys international acclaim and the ALBERT HALL has for many years been a popular venue for classical concerts .
19 Deviant behaviour has always been a popular topic for ethnographic research .
20 In view of the afternoon 's exertions , tea-time must have been a difficult moment for tired guests , for as Princess Metternich noted : ‘ The Empress 's teas seemed to us a little drawn out and I must frankly admit that we preferred to take it in our own rooms by the fire with our friends while smoking a quiet cigarette .
21 WHAT could have been a disastrous start for fifth-year pupils at Bohunt School to the social event of the school year was averted by quick-thinking and the help of a parent .
22 Entrepreneurship has not been a significant mechanism for social mobility in Latin America .
23 However , in recent years there has been a mounting tendency for civil servants to ‘ leak ’ information to the press .
24 In Appalachia , as in other areas of the world which we are increasingly becoming aware of , there has been a growing pressure for small-scale hill farmers to diversify their income with non-agricultural work , or else to sell out and move due to the increasing financial burden of trying to make ends meet .
25 Luke 's an influential and powerful man — the film industry always has been a glamorous lure for young , hopeful girls — and he 's wealthy too .
26 Antislavery ideology in its economic features may have been an attractive persuasion for paradoxical reasons .
27 It has been an obvious target for economy-minded governments .
28 Interpretation of the results of these studies has been an important battleground for theoretical disputes over the nature of perceptual learning .
29 UK local government as part of the political system of franchise democracy has been an important area for organized class politics .
30 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 .
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