Example sentences of "these [noun pl] have be [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The welfare of these hens has been a controversial issue for many years , and for the past five years we in the Department of Animal Husbandry have been conducting research into ways of improving their welfare . |
| 2 | The insights of the church growth movement in showing the impact of culture in these areas has been a major contribution to the Church 's understanding of its missionary task in recent decades . |
| 3 | The most important , at least numerically , of these jurisdictions has been the unfair dismissal jurisdiction , but other employment disputes within their jurisdiction include discrimination and equal pay claims , redundancy payments claims and claims concerning particulars of contracts of employment . |
| 4 | The background to these concerns has been a deepening crisis in the capitalist economic system — to which some argue the growth and behaviour of the state sector has itself contributed . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , as some might say , the main objective of most of these excavations has been the military sites , and it is only in comparatively recent years that the civil site has gained its just recognition . |
| 6 | The policy of developing a diverse range of domestic uses by a moderate price policy and vigorous but selective appliance sales promotion might in these conditions have been a reasonable one . |
| 7 | They had tried to head these off , but because they could slip into the lanes and wynds of the town , this had proved difficult , Ramsay interrupted to demand whether one of these fugitives had been a tall man in shirt and breeches ; but they said that in the darkness they could not tell . |
| 8 | Interpretation of the results of these studies has been an important battleground for theoretical disputes over the nature of perceptual learning . |
| 9 | An important side-effect of both these objectives has been the significant increase in the numbers caught in the dependency culture of means-tested assistance . |
| 10 | However , it is equally plain that these agreements have been no more than limited curbs on the growth of nuclear weaponry . |
| 11 | One aspect of these developments has been the increased mechanization of farm work . |
| 12 | Set against these anti-Marketeers have been the Labour Euro-enthusiasts . |
| 13 | Indeed , the only non-interventionist element in all these proceedings has been the Scottish Secretary 's refusal to intervene to protect the rights of the people of these communities who must have the right , if it is their wish , to have a bridge built as an integral part in the overall development of an infrastructure serving the needs of the area . |
| 14 | Underlying these trends has been the increasing importance of the state in the management of the economy . |
| 15 | It is quite a normal procedure , and for two mothers who had quite easy births , having these stitches had been the worst thing about it . |
| 16 | The repeal of these laws had been a persistent demand of human rights and opposition groups . |