Example sentences of "[noun] have [been] another " in BNC.

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1 The running of multiple sessions has been another means of saving which , though not always a problem , has led to truncated teaching sessions , late-coming and absenteeism on the part of teachers and pupils .
2 The Battle of Falkirk had been another Jacobite victory , Prince Charles having lost 50 dead and 80 wounded , while Hawley 's casualties , suffered in a mere 20 minutes , amounted to 350 killed and another 300 taken prisoner .
3 Dimly , in what seemed at that moment to have been another existence altogether , she remembered Jurgen and Horst arguing that there was actually something dynamic and hopeful about the forces of good and innocence being so demonstrably at risk from the satanic .
4 The tree had been another meeting place of their childhood , and she knew the flaky bark and cracked pavement by heart .
5 More influential in the realm of literary and cultural theory has been another overt defence of historicism — that of Fredric Jameson .
6 Andréew Fisher had been another contemporary from Sydney and an ability to write , a law degree , and a background in student papers and films made him a choice to handle much of the business side .
7 In the 1930s Auden & Co. had been another ; with Auden himself , as early as his undergraduate days at Oxford in the late 1920s , confidently apportioning literary roles to Isherwood , Spender and himself .
8 If radical politics have provided one consistent thread in his career , cricket has been another — going back to his early days in Derbyshire when he played for Littleover in the Notts & Derby Border League and was taught to bowl legcutters by twice-capped county coach Denis Smith : ‘ I suppose I ultimately failed him because in my rebelliousness I refused to have a decent short haircut , ’ he recalls .
9 The Ministry policeman who checked his I/D had been another one of those patronising cretins who had obviously too soon forgotten the massive two fingers dealt them by the S.A.S. His raincoat was wringing wet , and he was drenched , when he stepped off the minibus outside H area .
10 Creating a teaching force which is adequate to the rapidly growing system has been another problem .
11 Harlequin , in his earlier embodiment as Hermes , was the god of animals and this idea has been another valuable source of choreographic material .
12 ‘ You will be Church of England , ’ said Willie Hamilton , as though Paul had been another species .
13 West Ham 's assistant manager Harry Redknapp has been another victim of a fans ' fit-up .
14 His evasion of her sensible scheme for his comfort had been another repulse .
15 Clarissa 's flat was on the eighth floor and its acquisition had been another good thing that summer .
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