Example sentences of "[adj] have been [art] " in BNC.

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1 Would that 've been a full time then or would she have done other
2 Perhaps more striking has been the disruptive impact on the NHS of many uncoordinated and poorly-managed projects .
3 Equally controversial has been the recently-introduced Employment Contracts Act that has drastically undercut the powers of the trade unions — to the extent that New Zealand may now be in breach of International Labour Organisation provisions .
4 Particularly controversial has been the argument of human capital theorists that a number of economic variables must be held constant in calculating the economic effects of education and health services .
5 The task ahead has been clearly recognised and 1992–93 has been a year in which we have continued to apply our skills and core technologies across the wider spectrum of human endeavour from healthcare to the care of the environment in which we live .
6 A major development in 1986 has been the launch of Continuity and Change , a new social history journal published by the Cambridge University Press .
7 Each has been the victim of the recession , the debenture memberships of several thousands of pounds being beyond the pocket of most golfers .
8 Each has been the subject of strong protests by local people and environmental groups .
9 There is always a moment of silence before the audience respond , so strong has been the tension .
10 It is easy to understand how irksome that condition has been felt to be and how strong has been the temptation to try to tamper with it .
11 In the past I have had to carry all my stuff with me and that has been a drag .
12 Even that has been a mixed blessing .
13 That has been a measure of the little big man ; the best brought out the best in him .
14 That has been a stylish gown .
15 That has been a keenly disputed question in Britain for more than a hundred years .
16 That has been a source of strength .
17 And erm the only other outstanding sponsor from last year was Northern Rock and that has been a bit of a qu a problem because er it 's , we have n't had a closing gala event which might attract them but just recently erm Paul who as you know performed last year with his band so er well er is , had rang me and said that they are doing something in Venice and they could in fact take the boat to Hull rather than to Dover and bring it here and I 'm , so I 'm working on the assumption that we might have that .
18 One result of that has been a proposal I made in 1983 with Jim Hartle of the University of California at Santa Barbara : that both time and space are finite in extent , but they do n't have any boundary or edge .
19 Cos that , that has been a bit up and down ,
20 That has been a continuing trend .
21 That has been a big feature of today 's debate , so I want to take the matter a bit further .
22 If we do , we now have a model and can say that he and his family have been through it and have borne it with great fortitude , resilience and courage — as has been said , only through their deep religious faith — and that that has been a great lesson to us all .
23 In that case , how does the hon. Gentleman explain how , under both the Labour Government and the Conservative Government , inward investment has been at its peak when there has been a floating currency , where that has been a possibility ?
24 That has been a consistent record of the Government since 1979 .
25 and that has been a long time coming but it now appears to be
26 That has been a primary objective .
27 That has been a reflection of the numerical constraints under which it has been operating .
28 There has been nothing to fire the voters ' imagination — no spectacular clashes over policy , no exciting face to face confrontations between leading personalities , no suspense even as to the outcome , for that has been a foregone conclusion for months : the Right will win , and in all probability with a thumping landslide majority .
29 That has been a great
30 Last year was the centenary of the Borough Charters , so on the one hand I was trying to restore the traditions of the thing — erm we tried to reintroduce some of the pomp and ceremonial — and then on the other hand I felt that the mayoralty often did n't seem terribly relevant to people of my generation , and so I tried to involve a lot of young people in various activities and the offshoot of that has been a Youth Advisory Committee which I 've set up , which at the moment is in the process of trying to negotiate with the County Council for some premises to try and increase the sort of Youth Club type evening provision in the town .
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