Example sentences of "[noun] have be [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result has been a greater awareness by each of the priority areas of school development upon which the other has decided to focus . |
| 2 | The Vascos and Fernandos had been no greater than Osvaldo . |
| 3 | If Skipper had been an older horse who knew what he should do and was simply messing about , a reprimand might have been in order . |
| 4 | Above all , the result of privatization in transport has been a better service to the public . |
| 5 | A crucial factor had been the tighter safety regime introduced by the regulatory authorities following first , the notorious 1975 fire at the Brown 's Ferry plant , and then the 1979 Three Mile Island accident . |
| 6 | Might Tavaré have been a better choice as captain ( than Willis ) in 1982 ? |
| 7 | Britain 's initial strategy had been a smaller version of the comprehensive US and USSR space programmes . |
| 8 | The original 1930s plant was replaced by an explosion-proof variant some five years ago : Winnington has been a quieter , if less spectacular , place since then . |
| 9 | Over one year , while seven funds beat the sector on the basis of £10 a month invested , with the best performing fund — Friends Provident Stewardship North American — now worth £168.89 , the rest fall below the average , although in no cases would the building society have been a better bet . |
| 10 | In the past , Oxford have been the heavier but this year , on average , they 're nearly a stone a man lighter . |
| 11 | It has proved impossible to determine whether the French LFA farmer is better off financially having loans compared with his UK counterpart receiving a capital grant ; the indications are that the UK system has been a greater incentive , especially towards land improvements . |
| 12 | The high correlation of bursts of rapid eye movements with intense dreaming tended to encourage early investigators in their impression that the eye movements were following the actions of 70–80 per cent of vivid dreams.19 However , when blind matches of EOG records with dream narratives have been made simply on the basis of written evidence and the polygraphic record , matching of reports to records has been no better than chance . |
| 13 | Rather sadly , Mr Scargill 's reward for his caring contribution has been a further 837 pit closures and lifelong castigation by a large section of the national media . |
| 14 | But they sent it first and most often to Faramir , who would no doubt have been a better choice . |
| 15 | Thorkell probably received one of Cnut 's offspring by Ælfgifu of Northampton , as Harthacnut , who can at this date have been no older than five , was present at the translation of the relics of Archbishop Ælfheah ( see below ) in June . |
| 16 | Of particular note has been a further reduction in the amount of total wastes produced and the maintaining of energy efficiency across the Group . |
| 17 | One of the consequences of the uncertainty in the region has been the closer identification of Hong Kong Chinese with British links and the formation of a Hong Kong branch of Convocation . |
| 18 | If Emerson had had the finance to develop a team properly , if his brother had been a better manager and if Emerson himself had not become frustrated as a driver by his car 's constant failures and retirements , if , in short , he had got his act together , he would quite possibly have made a first-class constructor and been hailed as a Brazilian Ferrari or Chapman . |
| 19 | She looked across at her companion , whose gesture at dressing for dinner had been a newer , cleaner white sweater , and slightly less disreputable denims . |