Example sentences of "[noun] have be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bidston Dock cranes have been a Birkenhead landmark for many years . |
| 2 | The Bidston Dock cranes have been a feature of the Wallasey landscape but unpopular with some local residents who regarded them as an eyesore and the cause of television reception problems . |
| 3 | Dock Road is the main route linking the M53 motorway with Seacombe and the Twelve Quays area , and the cranes have been a familiar sight for drivers for years but some will see their disappearance as further evidence of the de-industrialisation of Merseyside . |
| 4 | DAIRYLEA triangles have been a must in lunch boxes for years . |
| 5 | I was laughing about with er what 's , I 'm gon na write er a note to my chi er letter to my children for , you know , before very long no good thinking about it , well you would n't think about it after when it 's too late , but my kids have been a you know a great comfort the four from my first Joan , Joan has too , she 's been a dear but we had the same problems when she was getting older . |
| 6 | The snowdrops at Painswick have been a popular attraction for over a century . |
| 7 | ‘ Panics over juvenile crime have been a recurrent feature in Britain for at least the last 150 years , ’ Mr Bowman claimed . |
| 8 | Oral contraceptives have been a common and important cause of secondary hypertension , which may become irreversible and occasionally lethal . |
| 9 | The annual reports of the Law Society , and the comments and advice of the Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee on Legal Aid have been a valuable source of information and of recommendations for changes in policy ( whether accepted or not ) . |
| 10 | House prices have fallen less and job losses have been a fraction of those in the rest of Britain . |
| 11 | Strategies to deal with this issue have been a major concern to local organisers . |
| 12 | Studies of social change in rural communities have been a major theme in rural community work since the early 1950s , when the first typologies ( some of which have already been discussed in Chapter 4 , and notably in Tables 4.6 and 4.7 were developed . |
| 13 | High-tech companies have been a bit better , but even there , says Sir Eric , there is a serious question as to whether they have recruited anything like enough graduates . |
| 14 | As Shahid himself admits , the sight of Ian Salisbury wheeling away so productively at Lord 's might have been a factor in this sudden show of faith . |
| 15 | The Conservatives have been a long way ahead of Labour not just in seats ( an arbitrary effect of the electoral system ) but also in votes . |
| 16 | From the start , chapels have been a constant source of concern to SAVE , and Northern chapel architecture was the subject of a special SAVE exhibition and report , The Fall of Zion . |
| 17 | With this challenge , family gatherings have been a bit strained . |
| 18 | Helen 's main problems since she moved into her own home have been a period of illness , which caused her much discomfort , and a spate of difficulties in accepting personal care from temporary staff . |
| 19 | Copiers have been a real blessing , but they are more likely to be small models , not those that print , collate , fold and insert . |
| 20 | AMERICAN businessmen have been A turning up their noses at video conferencing because they can not smell each other . |
| 21 | The Bosnian refugees have been a pitiful sight to the world during the months of conflict with Serbian Militia . |
| 22 | Our lives have been a picture torn in two . |
| 23 | Since 1965 the 15 Cook Islands have been a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand , which in addition to providing economic assistance , has responsibility for the territory 's defence and foreign policy . |
| 24 | The Fothergills have been a well-known family over the centuries : landowners , farmers , benefactors , trustees . |
| 25 | The activities of the far right have been a cause for concern over here for a while now . |
| 26 | ‘ These past few days have been a living hell for you and for me . ’ |
| 27 | Watching on for the past few weeks have been a small handful of experts , among them Jim Railton of The Times , who 's been following the Boat Race for twenty years . |
| 28 | The last four years have been a nightmare that would n't go away , no matter what I did . |
| 29 | Oh yes , of course it was , the last three years have been a recession , what else would you expect . |
| 30 | But these last few years have been a potent reminder of what the union movement was originally about in terms of ensuring just reward for work , and enlightened protection for workforces . |