Example sentences of "[verb] been a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say I should 've been a member of Leith branch . |
| 2 | Cheap solar energy conversion has been a dream of some scientists since the first oil crisis back in the late 1970s . |
| 3 | Following the work of Rawls , however , there has been a profusion of important contributions to liberal political philosophy . |
| 4 | This is especially true in the context of Latin America where this kind of duality and fusion has been a feature of culture from the time of the conquest right up until today — both on the popular and the intellectual level . |
| 5 | Frequent tinkering with the system has been a feature of politics in France , where it is possible to change the constitution by simple majority . |
| 6 | Formal planning has been a feature of many schools and local authorities for a number of years now , and for those who have yet to embark , DES Circular 7/88 , The Education Act : Local Management of Schools has now made this a statutory requirement . |
| 7 | The obsession with homogeneous populations and monocultural , monolingual societies has been a feature of life only since capitalist economics forced a uniformity of workforces and markets . |
| 8 | One form of horizontal devolution has been a feature of the constitution of the United Kingdom for centuries . |
| 9 | It should be realised that the explosion of extreme-right support that has been a feature of most western European countries in greater or lesser degree throughout the 1980s is far from a totally homogeneous phenomenon . |
| 10 | Officially known as the Place Du Caire , the Slaves ' Market has been a feature of Paris ' Le Sentier quarter for years . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Such a festival has been a feature of every subsequent Congress . |
| 14 | Goldsmith ( 1986 , p. xv ) observes that concern with legislation as a means of controlling central-local government relations and the parallel use of the courts to enforce government intentions has been a feature of post-1979 Conservative governments . |
| 15 | This requirement has been a feature of the Companies Acts since 1900 . |
| 16 | In the case of Mercury it is estimated that , just as is the case today ( Figure 8.2 ) , the slightly higher cratering rate than on the Moon has been a feature of the last few 1000 Ma . |
| 17 | First , we can investigate empirically the consequences of alternative assumptions about incidence , and this has been a feature of the work of Musgrave et al. |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | A paternalistic concern for the well-being of the nation has been a feature of most if not all monarchs and has been associated with a particular and often predominant tradition within the Conservative party . |
| 20 | It has been a feature of English commercial and legal practice for at least 250 years . |
| 21 | The demise of quality education , once the jewel in Britain 's crown , has been a feature of the three Conservative administrations since 1979 . |
| 22 | There has been a revival of catastrophe theory , a return to doctrines over 200 years old , to explain extinctions . |
| 23 | One of the less savoury aspects of the recently concluded World Cup has been a revival of the old xenophobic clichés . |
| 24 | There has been a revival of er , of some of those old fash , for instance , Beltane |
| 25 | In the older nation states , after the war , fascist parties disappeared ( although they have begun to re-emerge on a small scale in recent years ) , regional and nationalist parties have been formed within existing states , there has been a succession of new political parties ( and destruction of them by military intervention ) in Latin America , while in some European countries there has been a revival of liberal and ‘ centre ’ parties and the emergence of ‘ green ’ parties . |
| 26 | The small , peaceful island of Iona has been a centre of Christianity since St Columba founded his monastery there . |
| 27 | However , does he agree that there has been a fall of well over half in the percentage of gross domestic product invested in the railways in the past 10 years ? |
| 28 | Though there has been a change of Prime Minister and of the Secretary of State for the Environment since the publication of the White Paper , the environmental cause seems as strong as ever . |
| 29 | These payments are tax-free provided that they cover such ‘ essential purchases ’ as : new carpets and curtains when essential ; light fittings , new cooking or heating appliances where there has been a change of power ; and redecoration costs . |
| 30 | AFTER some 19 years there has been a change of leadership on the North Norfolk Railway . |