Example sentences of "[noun] been a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are suggestions in the judgment that the decision would have been otherwise had the buyer been a property speculator . |
| 2 | The Posolskii Prikaz ( Department of Embassies ) had for several generations been a part of the central administration , but Russia 's relations with the outside world were still very limited . |
| 3 | " She 's allus been a favourite and by gaw I 'm glad she 's back . " |
| 4 | There has at times been a degree of common cause between the PUK and the Iraqi Communist Party ( ICP ) , which was once involved in a national front with the Baath , but subject to repression in recent years . |
| 5 | It has at all times been an act of faith and a declaration of belief , the faith and the belief that a society and a nation will fare best , in this world and the next , where the most promising of its youth are withdrawn at a critical period of their development to spend several years in close and intimate proximity with one another and with those whose talent and delight is the pursuit of knowledge of all kinds for its own sake and the communication of that talent and delight to their successors . |
| 6 | There have in addition been a number of casual appointments . |
| 7 | DIANA Ross turned up on Des O'Connor Tonight with the song that has alrady been a hit in America , As Clouds Roll By . |
| 8 | Where teachers have sought to accommodate the subject requirements of the National Curriculum , have they achieved a truer balance than that shown by our figures , or has the result been an imbalance even more marked than that which obtained previously ? |
| 9 | There has unfortunately in my opinion been a change of attitude about which cases to prosecute |
| 10 | Had Hause Point been a dream ? |
| 11 | ‘ Since when has a metaphorical gym-slip been a deterrent when a beautiful adolescent sets her sights on a young and virile man ? ’ |
| 12 | NUTFIELD PRIORY , AN enormous Victorian Gothic mansion near Reigate , had for many years been a school for the blind . |
| 13 | In Britain there has for many years been a sub-proletariat , a sub-class of the working class who are far worse off than the main body , consisting of sweat-shop workers and homeworkers , people who are treated by employers as though they have no rights at all . |
| 14 | She is an APRS member and has for many years been a life member of other heritage and conservation bodies . |
| 15 | There has for a great many years been a link of friendship between the people of lslay , particularly of the Rinns , and Ballycastle in the north of Ireland . |
| 16 | The bulky results of separating data generation from evaluation decisions have for years been a burden to teaching staff , a drain on institutional resources and a crime against the arboreal environment . |
| 17 | Peggy has been a member of the union for twenty three years been a shop steward for eleven years the last nine at K P Foods and also branch quality officer , been a branch committee member and a member of the Midland and East Coast regional council member of the regional Labour women 's conference and she 's been to G M B congress , congress on a number of occasions . |
| 18 | What if the man had for years been an opera singer in England — it was a chillul hashem , a profanation of the Divine Name , to mix operatic arias in with the traditional sacred melodies . |
| 19 | Had the complainant been a woman it would have been easier to spot . |
| 20 | In none of the patients had the syndrome been a masquerade for a more serious disease . |
| 21 | Had last night been a dream ? |
| 22 | But the return to opera has not by any means been a search for a lost past . |
| 23 | Had the dog been a Retriever or a Setter , no problem . |
| 24 | Since they are primarily concerned with the rights of commoners , and the Forestry Commission with timber production , there has naturally in the past been a divergence of interest and policy in the New Forest between these two authorities . |
| 25 | Or has this whole summer for Mansell been a fabrication of what he really felt , a means of getting out of his Ferrari contract by saying he was quitting and then holding Williams to ransom after they had backed themselves into a corner ? |
| 26 | P.S If this letter does nt get there I 'm gon na give up , so if it does will someone acknowledge it so I know it has'nt been a waste of time . |
| 27 | Mr Copley had in youth been a curate at Larksoken when the Victorian church was still standing . |
| 28 | Sotheby 's expert Melanie Clore emphasises that Matisse has alway been an artist for discerning collectors and was never speculated in even during the 1988–90 period like Picasso and Renoir . |
| 29 | The travails of this season , dramatic though they have seemed , have in reality been an extension of that . |
| 30 | Also I mean er we take your point and we 've made it before Ken that there 's a real danger of asking for a report from someone like Professor Gower and then picking it , instead of actually taking the whole thing because it does actually add together in some sort of coherence erm and had Professor Gower 's report been an exception in this entirety , we may not have been had the pleasure of having you back again today , but thank you very much , er all three of you for coming points so clearly |