Example sentences of "[noun] have been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Controlling current spending by local authorities has been central government 's major headache ever since it decided in 1961 that local government expenditure was part of public expenditure and therefore should be controlled by the Treasury . |
| 2 | Both worry about the fishing villages whose livelihood has been commercial whaling . |
| 3 | Another change has been extensive draining of moorland ( Stewart and Lance , 1983 ) and this allied to increased sheep numbers and other factors ( Anderson and Yalden , 1981 ) has led not only to a decrease in moorland vegetation but to a reduction in wildlife , notably grouse . |
| 4 | The competitive procurement policy of the Ministry of Defence has been good news not only for the Ministry and the taxpayer but for the yards . |
| 5 | A second legacy of Tiananmen has been increasing tension over the course of Hong Kong 's political development , with just six months remaining before China 's parliament is due to enact the mini-constitution , or Basic Law , setting out the pattern of post-1997 government . |
| 6 | One focus to this resistance has been realistic plot-paradigms which Sukenick constantly subverts in the interest of getting nearer to the real . |
| 7 | For years the result has been frequent power blackouts for Orcadians as the birds ' elaborate home-making habits — incorporating everything from barbed wire and steel mesh to tin cans and nails — caused the electricity supply to short-circuit . |
| 8 | Both sides blame one another and the result has been chaotic sales , at a time when the slack market has been a big enough handicap anyway . |
| 9 | But when states have tried an outright ban , as some have , the result has been illicit stills , producing deadly brews that have blinded and killed thousands over the years . |
| 10 | The top rated American TV programme has been beguiling children for the last 13 years . |
| 11 | Europe 's regional economic development programme has been designated objective to status to Plymouth . |
| 12 | For over 25 years the department has been pioneering AI teaching . |
| 13 | Since the acquisition of Mercia Weavers by the Stoddard Group in 1988 , Ronnie has been Chief Designer of the Runcorn Studio which specializes in Contract carpeting . |
| 14 | Yet for months the world 's promotions industry has been busy marking — and marketing — the event . |
| 15 | In both examples , a conscious attempt has been made-to segment the market . |
| 16 | Another ambition has been financial reward , and it is a lucky man who escapes a conversation with Jackie without being reminded of his various positions , his bankers , his lawyers , his accountants and his courtiers . |
| 17 | One of the world 's greatest classical violinists has been surprising audiences at a top JAZZ club . |
| 18 | An additional complication to Rugby 's future has been legal writs for damages by Mal Malik , a former Coventry and Rugby flank-forward . |
| 19 | ‘ The college has been great offering to find a school for the children , and after school I will be encouraging them to join in the dance and fitness classes for children at the college . ’ |
| 20 | The biggest event in recent months has been full sectorisation and the change of name from Provincial to Regional Railways . |
| 21 | In his biography of the earl of Pembroke , however , Dr Phillips has effectively disproved this notion and shown the baronial conciliators to have been royal supporters , rather than independents . |
| 22 | He had been employed before 1917 in the archives of the foreign ministry and one of his ancestors on his mother 's side had been Russian ambassador in Vienna during the 1814 – 15 congress . |
| 23 | This was because those steps had been reasonable ones to take even though they had in the event aggravated the losses . |
| 24 | By any normal standards , the Al Fayed brothers had been rich men for perhaps a decade or even two . |
| 25 | The first few months had been sheer bliss . |
| 26 | Voight first got to know Dustin well when he was playing Rudolpho in A View from the Bridge in January 1965 , on which Dustin had been assistant director . |
| 27 | The Monastery of Santa de Nogueira had been imported stone by stone from Portugal to the Gila Desert , Arizona , in 1819 , and abandoned after the Mexican-American War . |
| 28 | For the first time she regretted being an identical twin ; none of this would have happened if she and Dana had been ordinary sisters , but then you might never have met Roman Wyatt , her subconscious whispered . |
| 29 | Her presence and her loss had been equal disasters . |
| 30 | My words have been grubby confetti , faded , tacky , blown far |