Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] been [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bidston Dock cranes have been a feature of the Wallasey landscape but unpopular with some local residents who regarded them as an eyesore and the cause of television reception problems . |
| 2 | DAIRYLEA triangles have been a must in lunch boxes for years . |
| 3 | Since the pioneering work of Henry Clifton Sorby ( 1851 ) , slices of rock ground thin enough to transmit light have been the staple material of sedimentary petrography . |
| 4 | Other recent influences have been the job Creation programme , the Special Temporary Employment Programme and the Youth Opportunities programme , sponsored by the Manpower Services Commission . |
| 5 | Electoral changes and their relationship to the political parties have been the subject of much recent analysis and debate . |
| 6 | The major limitations of therapy have been the presence of large stones ( >15–20 mm ) , large and tortuous ducts , non-dilated ducts in which the basket can not expand , and a stricture distal to the stone(s) . |
| 7 | It would not , they say , have abolished competition : his ‘ Grand Lodges ’ , each directing its own industry , would in effect have been the head offices of huge joint stock companies owning the entire means of production and subject to no control by the community ; and they would have been able to revert to the capitalist form of enterprise , admitting fresh generations of workers only as employees and not as shareholders ‘ thus creating at one stroke a new capitalist class and a new proletariat ’ . |
| 8 | Some of the greatest guitar songs have been the riff songs , so I immediately thought of Paul Rogers . |
| 9 | House prices have fallen less and job losses have been a fraction of those in the rest of Britain . |
| 10 | Previous winners have been the poet Douglas Dunn , this year 's Booker winner Kazuo Ishiguro , the handicapped writer Christopher Nolan , and the novelist Paul Sayer . |
| 11 | Some of the important matters that the hon. Gentleman raises have been the concern of several Select Committees . |
| 12 | Both the Listening Test and the Grammar Test have been the subject of rigorous research over a number of years , with up to forty different nationalities of students . |
| 13 | Rape trials have been the subject of this analysis of these changes over time so far . |
| 14 | Few other areas have been the subject of systematic epidemiological studies : in the United Kingdom such studies include those of Dounreay , of Aldermaston and Burghfield , and of nuclear installations generally . |
| 15 | High-tech companies have been a bit better , but even there , says Sir Eric , there is a serious question as to whether they have recruited anything like enough graduates . |
| 16 | Rent from landownership and shares in the profits of companies have been the twin foundations of the wealthy upper class . |
| 17 | As Shahid himself admits , the sight of Ian Salisbury wheeling away so productively at Lord 's might have been a factor in this sudden show of faith . |
| 18 | The closest points of contact between the two elements have been the Treasury and the Bank of England . |
| 19 | The Conservatives have been the party of Britain in Europe for 30 years . |
| 20 | With this challenge , family gatherings have been a bit strained . |
| 21 | Helen 's main problems since she moved into her own home have been a period of illness , which caused her much discomfort , and a spate of difficulties in accepting personal care from temporary staff . |
| 22 | The causes of the development of trade unionism within the public sector have been the subject of a good deal of political debate and social science theorizing . |
| 23 | AMERICAN businessmen have been A turning up their noses at video conferencing because they can not smell each other . |
| 24 | Two players tested positive in the first two months and since then speculation , rumours , rows and ructions have been the order of the day . |
| 25 | Our lives have been a picture torn in two . |
| 26 | ‘ For most of the last 1,000 years , the universities have been an engine of social mobility ; they are now , thanks to the funding system , a means to ensuring that the graduate class is hereditary , ’ Sir John said . |
| 27 | Given that suspended particulates have been the subject of pollution control policies dating back to the nineteenth century , it is not surprising that total emissions and average urban concentrations of particulates have decreased markedly during the past few decades . |
| 28 | Starting from the classical theories of elasticity such questions as the prediction of elastic moduli from the inter-atomic forces and the part played by crystal structure and crystal defects have been the subject of research for a great many years . |
| 29 | The activities of the far right have been a cause for concern over here for a while now . |
| 30 | The Prince and Princess are always kept in close touch with coverage of their activities , and the past few days have been no exception . |