Example sentences of "and [noun] has [be] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 A chapter on homebuilt organisations around the world is instructive , not least to learn that whilst amateur-built aircraft have had official blessing ( or at least the blind eye treatment ) in many Eastern Bloc countries for a decade or more , getting approval to fly a homebuilt in Italy and Germany has been a hard-won struggle against obstinate bureaucracy .
2 Japanese society has evolved singular features , which must be understood in the context of a very particular historical development , in which a profound sense of uniqueness , separateness and isolation has been a major element .
3 The relationship between content and style has been a constant and controversial preoccupation of literary critics .
4 Restoring the balance between prevention , cure and care has been a major or minor theme of health policy ever since .
5 The match between football and fashion has been a bad one since the Seventies .
6 He explains : ‘ I 'm fitter than ever , physically and mentally , and golf has been a big help .
7 Milton has suggested then that the extreme diversity of plant foods in tropical forests and the way in which they are distributed there in space and time has been a major selective force in the development of advanced cerebral complexity in certain higher primates .
8 FAILURE to take advantage of science and technology has been a key factor in Britain 's economic decline , it was claimed yesterday .
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