Example sentences of "[noun pl] has [be] a " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | The study of attitudes has been a major topic , if not the major topic , in social psychology . |
| 4 | Gathering the right cast a mix of straight theatre , dance and mime performers has been a major task . |
| 5 | The major demographic change occurring in recent decades within the cities has been a decline in absolute population levels ( Redfern , 1982 ; Champion , Coombes and Openshaw , 1983 ) . |
| 6 | The growing number of life sentence prisoners has been a considerable problem for the prison service for some years now . |
| 7 | It 's been a bit difficult because we are used to doing the things that choirs do , having music and hiding behind it , and of course getting the girls to be uninhibited has been a bit difficult , but they 've taken to it very well actually and having the costumes for today 's rehearsals has been a great help . |
| 8 | Whilst we recognize the conceptual problems associated with rules and their application , the approach in the ethogenic study of the football and classroom cultures has been a pragmatic one . |
| 9 | A steadily more favourable balance on the UK 's trade in primary products has been a particularly important offset : it generated a surplus in 1983 when manufactures went into deficit . |
| 10 | Indeed the ability to produce a range of returns on value for money indices has been a major factor in securing continued treasury funding . |
| 11 | I very much agree with my hon. Friend that local management of schools has been a great success . |
| 12 | Matching the change in the range of qualifications of school-leavers has been a dramatic transformation in the youth labour market in a little over a decade . |
| 13 | Lack of funds has been a big problem , especially for research , but it always has been . |
| 14 | But the reality for most of our clients has been a poor service from the system . |
| 15 | The nomination of weak candidates has been a factor . |
| 16 | The subject of travel concessions has been a controversial one for the last few months . |
| 17 | The British obsession with betting on homes has been a prime cause of Britain 's boom-bust cycles . |
| 18 | I have never found that my lack of social graces has been a hindrance . |
| 19 | The welfare of these hens has been a controversial issue for many years , and for the past five years we in the Department of Animal Husbandry have been conducting research into ways of improving their welfare . |
| 20 | Unlike most European countries where a close association between unions and political parties has been a longstanding phenomenon , US unions have little close and direct connection with political parties and have relied very heavily on collective bargaining rather than political activity as the means of achieving their ends . |
| 21 | On the one hand the multiplication of good brasseries in recent months has been a breath of fresh air to the restaurant industry , and the public has shown its appreciation by packing them full every night . |
| 22 | The insights of the church growth movement in showing the impact of culture in these areas has been a major contribution to the Church 's understanding of its missionary task in recent decades . |
| 23 | The background to these concerns has been a deepening crisis in the capitalist economic system — to which some argue the growth and behaviour of the state sector has itself contributed . |
| 24 | Cloke ( 1980a , p. 98 ) suggests that this may be because the concept of ‘ key settlements has been a cosmetic justification for a policy created merely out of economic expediency and administrative pragmatism ’ . |
| 25 | SOCIO-SEXUAL anxiety about Blacks has been a distinctive feature of British society since the first encounters between merchant adventurers and Africans . |
| 26 | And a handful of critics is beginning to wonder whether Ireland has not concentrated a little too hard on attracting inward investors at the expense of building a strong home-grown computer and electronics industry : after all , the policy of rallying all centres of higher education to turn out highly-skilled hardware and software engineers has been a great success , but should n't more of those people be working for Irish companies ? |
| 27 | Mining and the condition of miners has been a running sore in Bolivia since the colonial period when Indians were herded off for certain death in the silver mines of Potosí , at that time the wealthiest city in South America . |
| 28 | However , one of the most significant trends of the last three decades has been a steady growth in the number of women in the labour force . |
| 29 | The wisdom of closing mental hospitals over recent decades has been a topic for increased debate , not only because of the impact that such closures have on the people who have lived in those hospitals for many years , but also because of the loss of such resources to younger people with long-term mental health problems . |
| 30 | One encouraging feature of period-instrument performances in recent decades has been a growing concern with reliable and authoritative editions . |