Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [been] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | A related weakness has been the lack of effective co-operation between industry and higher education . |
| 6 | Organizationally , the weakness has been the failure to develop an appropriate management structure . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Another success story has been the collaboration , since 1985 , with Ingres . |
| 10 | Well the day 's major national story has been the Rugby International at Twickenham , a reminder of the scoreline ; England twenty one , France nineteen . |
| 11 | This provision has been the subject of wide-ranging criticism ( Norman , 1980 ; Greengross , 1986 ) . |
| 12 | A representative assessment is that given by the library manager : I would say that one of the biggest advantages was the fact that senior management … from the Head down , from the very word go , were after making it a success … one thing we have got is a greater awareness from a greater number of staff , because they come in here to supervise and help [ and ] get involved … but I think the biggest advantage has been the fact that time devoted to … library skills for all the first year … [ has ] been extended to an hour a week … |
| 13 | ACKLAM PARK has been the home of Middlesbrough CC since 1931 and has , since 1956 , hosted an annual Yorkshire fixture . |
| 14 | A further change has been the growth of liberal theology within the Irish Roman catholic intelligentsia . |
| 15 | One useful change has been the restoring of parity of permitted hours for clubs opening with those enjoyed by public houses . |
| 16 | Another change has been the centralisation of the various head office functions into new Glasgow offices , which Sir Lewis hopes will boost staff morale . |
| 17 | The great change has been the disappearance of the landowners from the Tory benches . |
| 18 | A more continuing change has been the wearing of smarter suits by most males and of brighter colours by many ladies . |
| 19 | For this author , the crucial change has been the break-up of consensus . |
| 20 | A more significant change has been the separation of sales of ITV1 and Channel 4 : Channel 4 has been responsible for its own sales from January 1993 , and this has introduced the first genuinely competitive element into national commercial TV . |
| 21 | Perhaps the most obvious feature of this change has been the widespread development of out-of-town superstores and retail parks . |
| 22 | The forerunner to this change has been the decision of the Jockey Club with its fairly visionary determination to give Sunday racing a kick start with the experimental meetings . |
| 23 | One of the principal means of fulfilling this responsibility has been the development of the concept and practice of ‘ multicultural ’ education , which the Swann Report endorsed . |
| 24 | A superbly organised defence has been the key factor so far and even now at the zero hour , the men at the back are steeling themselves for a final defiant gesture . |
| 25 | The defence has been the strong point of the side recently . |
| 26 | The existence of this funding has been the key factor in LEAs ' development of specialist appointments and experimental initiatives . |
| 27 | A major worry has been the threat posed by groundwater pollution and some research has been conducted on using GIS to monitor this ( Merchant et al. 1987 ; Barringer et al. 1987 ; von Braun 1988 ) . |
| 28 | A major worry has been the extent to which the newly structured capital market has drawn in scarce resources , notably graduates who are paid salaries far beyond their opportunity cost . |
| 29 | The effect at corporate , if not industry , level has been the ‘ creation [ of ] enhanced bargaining power which unions will sooner or later try to match by corresponding adjustments , including an extension of the bargaining structure ’ ( ILO , 1974 , p. 129 ) . |
| 30 | ‘ Of fundamental importance in the philosophy of the National Certificate has been the aim of reconciling educational and industrial training viewpoints . |