Example sentences of "has [be] [to-vb] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The solution therefore has been to agree a change of use for the Wilkins building — to a hotel — with an office development behind .
2 The result has been to generate a flood of good ideas — many of which have come from people working in market-oriented sectors .
3 The Chairman , on behalf of the members , has asked me to express their appreciation of your excellent presentation and to state how difficult it has been to make a choice from outstanding candidates .
4 The result has been to produce a society of great institutional depth .
5 The programme of many modern philosophers , therefore , has been to develop a conception of man and his mind which either disposes of or downgrades the inner , private arena , making the function of mind essentially a part of the public and physical world .
6 My purpose in this chapter has been to propose a model of language teaching and to show the interrelationship between its different elements .
7 My object in this chapter has been to provide a transition between ( i ) the analysis of economic class relations , in the sense of possession of and separation from the means of production , and the strategic opportunities for the socialist project connected with the current forms of these relations , and ( ii ) the politics of taking up these opportunities in modern Britain .
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