Example sentences of "[noun] have [been] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The loss of Batty was a big blow to the midfield but the injuries to both Wallace and Speed have been the big set back this season . |
| 2 | Kurdish journalists , local politicians and members of the Turkish Human Rights Association have been the principal victims of extra-judicial executions . |
| 3 | Dock Road is the main route linking the M53 motorway with Seacombe and the Twelve Quays area , and the cranes have been a familiar sight for drivers for years but some will see their disappearance as further evidence of the de-industrialisation of Merseyside . |
| 4 | The snowdrops at Painswick have been a popular attraction for over a century . |
| 5 | ‘ Panics over juvenile crime have been a recurrent feature in Britain for at least the last 150 years , ’ Mr Bowman claimed . |
| 6 | Among the most frequently condemned aspects have been the following : |
| 7 | Oral contraceptives have been a common and important cause of secondary hypertension , which may become irreversible and occasionally lethal . |
| 8 | The annual reports of the Law Society , and the comments and advice of the Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee on Legal Aid have been a valuable source of information and of recommendations for changes in policy ( whether accepted or not ) . |
| 9 | Moggach 's last three books have been the social dramas Stolen and To Have and To Hold ( adapted from her own television scripts ) , and the thriller The Stand-In . |
| 10 | The major impetus for this work have been the national surveys carried out by the Home Office , the British Crime Surveys of 1982 , 1984 and 1988 . |
| 11 | The main producing areas have been the Northern ( Dunham , 1948 and Dunham and Wilson , 1985 ) and Southern ( Ford , 1976 ) Pennine orefields , North Wales ( Earp , 1958 ) and the Mendips ( Green , 1958 ; Ford , 1976 ) . |
| 12 | Strategies to deal with this issue have been a major concern to local organisers . |
| 13 | For over three decades these two countries have been the unwilling recipients of acid rain ‘ export ’ on a massive scale . |
| 14 | Studies of social change in rural communities have been a major theme in rural community work since the early 1950s , when the first typologies ( some of which have already been discussed in Chapter 4 , and notably in Tables 4.6 and 4.7 were developed . |
| 15 | While the institutions rushing for the exit have been the small British firms , the institutions entering these markets — in addition to a number of major British banks — have been the comparatively enormous foreign houses . |
| 16 | Concerns have been the small number of inter-disciplinary and student-led projects put up for funding . |
| 17 | The Conservatives have been a long way ahead of Labour not just in seats ( an arbitrary effect of the electoral system ) but also in votes . |
| 18 | From the start , chapels have been a constant source of concern to SAVE , and Northern chapel architecture was the subject of a special SAVE exhibition and report , The Fall of Zion . |
| 19 | Quick reflexes , intuition and mobility have been the chief assets of Achille Prospero Rosario Maria Giovanni Carlo Bonito Oliva . |
| 20 | Copiers have been a real blessing , but they are more likely to be small models , not those that print , collate , fold and insert . |
| 21 | The Bosnian refugees have been a pitiful sight to the world during the months of conflict with Serbian Militia . |
| 22 | Green belts have been the major instrument of planning in fringe areas , having long been advocated by leading planning theorists such as Unwin and Howard . |
| 23 | Until this year , massive and painful jabs of immunoglobulin in the bottom have been the only short-term chance of protection . |
| 24 | Since 1965 the 15 Cook Islands have been a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand , which in addition to providing economic assistance , has responsibility for the territory 's defence and foreign policy . |
| 25 | The Fothergills have been a well-known family over the centuries : landowners , farmers , benefactors , trustees . |
| 26 | ‘ These past few days have been a living hell for you and for me . ’ |
| 27 | Watching on for the past few weeks have been a small handful of experts , among them Jim Railton of The Times , who 's been following the Boat Race for twenty years . |
| 28 | The last two or three years have been a testing time for the 180 people who work at Angered . |
| 29 | But these last few years have been a potent reminder of what the union movement was originally about in terms of ensuring just reward for work , and enlightened protection for workforces . |
| 30 | What over the years have been the main disadvantages for textile manufacturers ? |