Example sentences of "[noun] has been [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cleanliness in TDC institutions has been a priority with the administration since Ellis 's time at least . |
| 2 | Historically , resource allocation has been the prime objective ( eg in relation to fisheries ) and environmental protection has been no more than a secondary objective . |
| 3 | This charming period building has been a free school , public lending library and home for local gentry since 1710 . |
| 4 | The hotel stands right in the middle of the village , where the old part of the building has been the centre of village life for hundreds of years . |
| 5 | The building has been the subject of controversy ever since locals were told that it was to be turned into a clinic for twenty six convicted sex offenders . |
| 6 | In many countries in the early stages of industrialization agriculture has been a major source of foodstuffs , exports and labour , but the degree to which agriculture in Japan contributed capital over a sustained period is unusual . |
| 7 | I am sure that the hon. Gentleman recognises that increasing productivity in agriculture has been a feature in the past , both in good years and in bad . |
| 8 | This last year all these outgoings have meant that fundraising has been a real necessity and to try to relieve that pressure , the committee have decided to raise the subs . |
| 9 | In the United States allergy has been a specialty for decades . |
| 10 | A major user of NASA data and skills has been the UN Environment Programme . |
| 11 | The fairground goldfish has been the starting point for many hobbyists . |
| 12 | ‘ Edinvar has been serving tenants for 20 years and Link has been a landlord for nearly 30 years , so we both have a long history of putting tenants first . ’ |
| 13 | But the crucial missing link has been the failure to recognise the user need to develop unambiguous specifications which can be used by IT suppliers as a target for IT products and services . |
| 14 | As far as capital gains tax is concerned , it is considered that the gain referrable to the wife 's share in the house will be free from a charge to capital gains tax if the house throughout the term of the settlement has been the wife 's only or main residence ( Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 , s222 ) . |
| 15 | A related weakness has been the lack of effective co-operation between industry and higher education . |
| 16 | Organizationally , the weakness has been the failure to develop an appropriate management structure . |
| 17 | One pitfall has been the temptation to adopt a ‘ lowest common denominator ’ approach to unit length and course delivery , leading to a set of central ‘ modular ’ regulations which , in their efforts to retain local features of individual cases , present the student with an overall scheme of mind-boggling complexity . |
| 18 | But he added : ‘ However , there has been a heavy price to pay and the continual publicity has been particularly hard on my wife Pam , whose fierce and unswerving support has been a very significant factor in the outcome . |
| 19 | Their main resource and support has been the voluntary work of bodies like the National Council for Mother Tongue Teaching , the National Association for Multiracial Education ( now the National Anti-Racist Movement in Education ) and the various grouping of teachers and activists promoting the cause of one particular language . |
| 20 | Running alongside this financial support has been an attempt to promote industrial cooperatives where small firms would share distribution facilities or share the production of one brand name . |
| 21 | A recent development with current accounts has been the introduction of debit cards . |
| 22 | Increased co-operation between states has been a significant feature of the post-1945 world order , reflecting the reduced ability of states to act autonomously in the global arena . |
| 23 | The crucial factor in the development of bureaucracy in communist states has been the impossibility of democratizing administration , of throwing it open to literate lay people as Lenin wanted . |
| 24 | Removing body hair has been a custom for centuries . |
| 25 | Another success story has been the collaboration , since 1985 , with Ingres . |
| 26 | Well the day 's major national story has been the Rugby International at Twickenham , a reminder of the scoreline ; England twenty one , France nineteen . |
| 27 | Under this Government , the rise has been a little over 2 per cent . |
| 28 | CPRW has been a member of the EEB for many years and works through it to influence European and global environmental policies . |
| 29 | In addition , increasing car ownership and high-speed road provision has been a main factor in the massive increase of rural recreation enjoyed by many people since the 1950s , and discussed in Chapter 7 . |
| 30 | This provision has been the subject of wide-ranging criticism ( Norman , 1980 ; Greengross , 1986 ) . |