Example sentences of "[pron] has been a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 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 | Alas , they were not safe , and what happened to them has been a matter of considerable argument . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Maybe introducing a touch of that pragmatic responsible approach to financial control which has been a feature of this Union 's development over the years . |
| 9 | The lack of support from the home fans , which has been a feature at Feethams for weeks , culminated on Saturday with calls for the dismissal of manager Frank Gray . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The Warren Beatty film which has been a year in the making and give years in the planning is this summer 's hot ticket . |
| 12 | An eighteenth century mansion which has been a convent school , a Hari Krishna temple and a training ground for police tracker dogs is up for sale . |
| 13 | Efforts are being made to allow the National Trust for Scotland , with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund , to buy the building , which has been a convent since 1958 . |
| 14 | I have a 42″ x 15″ x 18″ tank which has been a set up for 18 months . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Our hotel is the elegant four-star Grand Hotel Plaza , which has been a landmark in Rome since 1860 , and is ideally situated in the very heart of historic Rome . |
| 17 | They have introduced legislation which has been a guideline to the spending of the City Council under Labour control . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The biggest electoral upset came in Dungannon , where Ulster Unionist Ken Maginnis lost his seat and Sinn Fein grabbed two extra seats on the council , which has been a model for co-operation between the two traditions . |
| 20 | The biggest upset was in Dungannon where Ulster Unionist Ken Maginnis lost his seat and Sinn Fein grabbed two extra seats on the council which has been a model for co-operation between the two traditions . |
| 21 | The biggest electoral upset came in Dungannon where Ulster Unionist Ken Maginnis lost his seat and Sinn Fein grabbed two extra seats on the council which has been a model for co-operation between the two traditions . |
| 22 | They had this very unhealthy large majority and they put before the House a Bill which offered total deregulation of shopping hours and to all intents and purposes stripped out nearly all the employment protection which has been a hallmark of Sunday trading legislation , certainly for the past century . |
| 23 | The erm , any other areas that I 've drew particular attention as a , as a , key issue is on the matter of er legality and doing work for other bodies , which has been an issue here which er , as you may recall we mentioned that in the last two or three years . |
| 24 | Mrs Haemaelaeinen , who has been a member of the Finnish central bank board and is credited with putting together a rescue package for commercial banks earlier this year , is highly regarded as a banker with integrity . |
| 25 | The visit of the Morris Men was arranged with the help of BNFL safety auditor David Pratt , of Risley , who has been a member for the past two years . |
| 26 | Mrs Murchie , 48 , who has been a member for nine years , believes everyone needs some kind of first aid training . |
| 27 | Mrs Falconer , who has been a member of staff since 1966 , is being removed as part of a staff restructuring programme . |
| 28 | Spike Milligan , the ex-Goon , who has been a friend for years , is a veteran anti-blood sports campaigner . |
| 29 | But a desire to be fair , a wish to be absolutely certain , and an understandable reluctance to accuse someone of perfidy who has been a friend of mine for six difficult years made me pull the telephone back to my mouth . |
| 30 | Anyone who has been a parent or had much to do with family and children will have seen the discrepancies . |