Example sentences of "[verb] [been] a key [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This European collaboration has been a key feature of the major fundraising operation undertaken by Oxford University since 1988 . |
| 2 | The Highlands regional convener , Duncan McPherson , said : ‘ Team work has been a key feature of our approach and any success we can achieve will be through joint action . ’ |
| 3 | It has been a key component in the ideological and political processes which have put the ‘ Great ’ back in Britain . |
| 4 | Over the last 30 years , research has become big business , and has been a key element in the formation of new academic disciplines . |
| 5 | Since 1979 , when construction work began on the Colinton Bypass , the provision of an outer city bypass for Edinburgh by 1990 has been a key element of Lothian Regional Council 's transportation policy . |
| 6 | Conceptualizing the nature and significance of markets has been a key element in economic and political thought since Adam Smith 's Wealth of Nations , published in 1776 . |
| 7 | The long-awaited report has been a key part of the couple 's bitter custody battle . |
| 8 | Since August 1991 he has been a key member of the Planning Team preparing for the European Summit Meeting at the Palace on 11 – 12 December 1992 and organising the subsequent reinstatement works . |
| 9 | The explosion of television outlets has been a key factor in this trend . |
| 10 | Bracewell has been a three-times loser in FA Cup finals , but this season his vault of knowledge has been a key factor — especially in the recovery at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea . |
| 11 | The winger 's dramatically improved form has been a key factor in Norwich 's surprise success and Fox believes that a visit to Manchester United , which also sees the return of £800,000 striker Mark Robins to Old Trafford , will provide the perfect stage to show how far he has progressed . |
| 12 | FAILURE to take advantage of science and technology has been a key factor in Britain 's economic decline , it was claimed yesterday . |
| 13 | The dominant thread has been a key role for the state in both the accumulation and distribution of wealth echoing the role of pre-colonial states such as Asante , Buganda and UrOzwi discussed in Chapter 4 . |
| 14 | Data processing has been a key employment growth area in Britain over the past decade . |
| 15 | Tristan Garel-Jones is not a household name but he has been a key player in British , and particularly Tory , politics over the past two years . |
| 16 | Securing public funds made available for urban regeneration has been a key target . |
| 17 | Since his arrival at the agency in 1986 , Baulk has been a key figure in putting in place , through acquisition , below-the-line services . |
| 18 | Pears , 30 , has been a key figure in Boro 's hectic season and thoroughly deserves his call-up . |
| 19 | Pallister has been a key figure in United 's bid to win the First Division championship for the first time in 25 years . |
| 20 | The primate house has been a key stage in the zoo 's development and we have been able to plan and equip the house and enclosure to the very highest standards , pooling animal management expertise and design ideas . |
| 21 | Time to Declare by David Owen ( Penguin , £7.99 ) — Had he not fallen out with the Alliance , this passionate rebel male might well have been a key figure in this the general election . |
| 22 | Rugby , five times the cup-winners , were their second-round victims , Brian 's brother , Robert , having been a key factor in the first-round dismissal of the holders , Shrewsbury . |
| 23 | This factor was thought to have been a key reason for Souter 's nomination , as Bush was eager to avoid repeating the divisive — and ultimately unsuccessful — struggle for Senate endorsement which had marked Reagan 's 1987 attempt to appoint the conservative Robert Bork [ see p. 35701 ] . |
| 24 | He is alleged to have been a key figure in virtually all aspects of the Guinness affair . |
| 25 | Everyone knew that this body had been a key element in Stalin 's rise to power and that any criticism of it was , by inference , a critique of Stalin . |
| 26 | The issue had been a key factor in the extraordinary victory of Democrat Harris Wofford in the November 1991 contest for the vacant Pennsylvanian seat in the Senate [ see p. 38566 ] . |
| 27 | Although Perot refused to endorse the candidacies of either Clinton or Bush , he conceded that the Democratic Party had done " a brilliant job " in reviving itself , and that this had been a key factor in his decision to withdraw . |
| 28 | Bao , the former head of the CCP central committee 's office on political structural reform , had been a key participant in implementing Zhao 's reformist policies , and was the most senior public figure yet to be tried in connection with the 1989 unrest . |
| 29 | Parker , after all , had been a key figure in helping Forest reach four Wembley finals over the previous three seasons . |
| 30 | In spite of the strong antagonisms he had aroused , he had been a key figure in the religious and political reorientation of Evangelicalism and in its forging of an alliance with the resurgent Conservative party around the defence of the Protestant Established Church . |