Example sentences of "[pron] has [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alas , they were not safe , and what happened to them has been a matter of considerable argument . |
| 2 | Key among them has been a failure in the UK to build appropriate or adequate bridges between business , the universities , and other sources of innovation like the national laboratories . |
| 3 | Ballymena , still without the injured Stevie Smith , have something to prove from what for them has been a poor season . |
| 4 | Two other Section I matches see Schweppes Cup winners North Down entertaining North , with the aim of finishing third in the league to complete what for them has been a fine season . |
| 5 | These conflicts have , of course , had diverse and individual causes , but common to them has been a change in the political environment in which public enterprises operate . |
| 6 | Their most important check is on whether someone has been a bad payer in the past . |
| 7 | The way in which our hon. and learned Friend the Member for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) has conducted himself has been a model for all of us to follow , though we hope and pray that most of us will not have to undergo that sort of ordeal . |
| 8 | I have n't yet mentioned the development of the Theatre of the Absurd , which has been a strong force in European drama since Alfred Jarry 's Ubu Roi was first performed in 1896 . |
| 9 | As ‘ Working Title ’ continue to expand and develop , it seems a good moment to look back at some of their prolific and varied output , and we will be screening a number of titles from ‘ MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE ’ through the powerful drama ‘ A WORLD APART ’ , scripted by Gillian Slovo , Ruth First 's daughter , and underrated films like ‘ PAPERHOUSE ’ to ‘ ROBIN HOOD ’ , scripted by John Mcgrath , and then a number of their new releases : ‘ EDWARD II ’ ( directed by Derek Jarman ) , ‘ DAKOTA ROAD ’ and ‘ DROP DEAD FRED ’ , which has been a huge box office hit in the States . |
| 10 | The Warren Beatty film which has been a year in the making and give years in the planning is this summer 's hot ticket . |
| 11 | In so doing he has provided a book which has been a tremendous help to pastors in every generation since , up to and including the present day . |
| 12 | Nightclub-wise we hit the Star Club , which has been a popular haunt in San Antonio for many years , and as ever we 've arranged free entry for all club Discount book holders , saving you £5 every time you go . |
| 13 | We are pleased to offer this pension which has been a firm favourite with British guests for many years . |
| 14 | According to the vice-governor of the National Bank ( EP , 22 February 1988 ) , the governors from the different republics and provinces prevent the formulation of effective regulations to put a stop to illegal , or ‘ grey ’ , increases in the money supply , which has been a persistent problem in Yugoslavia . |
| 15 | It also brings out further one character 's idée fixe ( stonework ) , and develops the theme of racial tension/personal harmony which has been a feature of this relationship in the story for some time . |
| 16 | It is hoped that this will gradually lessen the passivity which has been a characteristic response of some women to multiple loss . |
| 17 | He was fascinated by the corset which gave her a youthful figure and set about reproducing it.In 1968 , they invented the Wonderbra which has been a best-seller for more than 20 years . |
| 18 | ‘ We 've been completely ignored for a long time , which has been a pretty good thing because it 's given us time to develop , ’ beams Brett . |
| 19 | In social security there is the retirement condition , which governs the receipt of the state retirement pension and which has been a major factor in the establishment of the pension ages as the customary retirement ages for men and women ( Walker 1980 ) . |
| 20 | You aroused an interest for me in literature which has been a resource to me for the rest of my life and a source of real enjoyment . |
| 21 | It 's simply an activity which has been a little overestimated and is regarded as something of major importance . |
| 22 | Only Hungary — a superbly well managed economy by CMEA standards — has taken the plunge and restored direction to its flagging reform efforts ( a direct consequence of which has been a 79 per cent increase in the consumer price index between 1979–1983 ) . |
| 23 | For the remaining eight months she will continue her TV production work with FCEI , which has been a member and partner of WACC for several years . |
| 24 | Others , like the Royal Academy which has been a significant beneficiary of tobacco sponsorship in recent years , see the ban in a gloomy light . |
| 25 | The phenomenon of fixed word-pairs , which has been a primary focus of attention in Hebrew poetry especially since the discovery of Ugaritic poetry , is only a subset of the broader category of word-pairing . |
| 26 | The main worry is that modular schemes might undo the progress towards an integrated approach to first degree studies which has been a feature of some professional subjects in recent years , notably in post-Finniston engineering courses . |
| 27 | There has , however , been a change of climate in recent years which has been a result of the pressures for accountability spelt out in Chapter 1 . |
| 28 | I have a 42″ x 15″ x 18″ tank which has been a set up for 18 months . |
| 29 | It is arguable that the friction between locals and newcomers which has been a common feature of village life in recent years is only a temporary problem brought about by the dislocation of established social patterns which have been hard for the social life of the village to digest , and that once the newly arrived population has either taken over entirely or ‘ settled down ’ to a rural existence many of the initial problems will be reconciled . |
| 30 | There is very little left for the government to privatise , and attention will soon swing to the NHS , which has been a financial embarrassment to the Tories for too long . |