Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea that dreaming is essential for sanity has been prevalent in popular science since the eighteenth century . |
| 2 | GLASTONBURY is dominated by the dramatic and mysterious Glastonbury Tor , which towers above the flat landscape of the Somerset Levels , where peat digging and withy growing for basketmaking have been traditional occupations for generations . |
| 3 | Even the most powerful of the Duke 's vassals , the Counts of Angoulême , who for generations had been accustomed to act as though they were independent princes , had twice conceded defeat , in 1176 and 1179 . |
| 4 | First , the role of government , direct and indirect , in providing finance for industry has been distinctive but also controversial . |
| 5 | A much smoother implementation of this system would have been possible if the team had been involved much earlier and/or more forward planning for computerisation had been possible . |
| 6 | The design process has been unnecessarily slow on many projects because the exchange of information between designers has been ineffective . |
| 7 | LIBF director Brian Bradford said this week that demand for stands had been considerable and the fair was already close to being a sell-out . |
| 8 | These assaults on the fundamental objective of antiracism and the attendant practice of multiculturalism in education , social work and other municipal services have passed largely unanswered and vocal political support for antiracism has been hard to find . |
| 9 | One can debate whether gatherings after Constantinople or after Trent have been ecumenical , but it is a sterile argument . |
| 10 | For matters to have been different , a far deeper knowledge of those forces would have been required , plus the willingness and ability to handle conflicting tensions long before they built up to breaking point . |
| 11 | Demand for prospectuses has been such that an Independent scribe seeking a Warburgs telephone number for publication was told the firm really would prefer that it did not appear in print . |
| 12 | His campaign for peace has been original , gimmicky and , above all , successful in securing publicity for a cause . |
| 13 | It 's the same story up the road in Blaisdon … a village that for decades has been famed for its plums . |
| 14 | The mile of shining water between him and the Forest of Dean had been devoid of a single ripple . |
| 15 | I THINK his charisma and style of play have been fantastic for our tour and for golf in . |
| 16 | The Zollverein is historically unique because previous unions of states had been military , not economic . |
| 17 | In the area of hydrology have been some of the most specific contributions made by physical geographers including the analysis of increased discharges ( Hollis , 1975 ; Walling and Gregory , 1970 ; Walling 1979a ) , investigation of sediment yield ( Walling , 1974 ) , research extending into the area of water quality and pollutants related to urban source areas ( Ellis , 1979 ) and analysis of river channel changes downstream from urban areas ( Leopold 1973 ; Gregory , 1981 ) . |
| 18 | Signs of change had been evident within various protest movements , like the Teetotallers , from the 1850s when they realized that without state action they could not achieve their goals . |
| 19 | The general pattern of change has been one of upward mobility . |
| 20 | A number of projects have been successful in which the supply of inputs and the marketing of the product are managed on a commercial basis while the bulk of production comes from small farmers . |
| 21 | For many , the whole idea of using Marxist concepts of analysis is out of the question for a Christian and the spectre of communism has been one of the most divisive aspects . |
| 22 | There are many other examples in which this type of protection has been effective . |
| 23 | Much of the research into the social psychology of racism has been narrow to the extent to which it has concentrated upon images of outgroups , rather than on the image of ‘ prejudice ’ or ‘ racism ’ itself . |
| 24 | A regular visitor to Upper Dean Terrace was my grandmother 's old cook , Bessie , whose chicken cream and queen of puddings had been such a highlight of Nairn holidays , and who was now living in retirement in nearby Learmonth Terrace . |
| 25 | The two companies said the Ministry of Defence had been supportive of their approach and they did not anticipate any regulatory problems . |
| 26 | In the immediate post-war years , the Minister of Defence had been little more than the co-ordinator of the three autonomous Service Ministries and the Ministry of Supply . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The Ministry of Defence has been obliged to freeze its own orders to British industry in the run-up to the election , but a Downing Street spokesman said last night the civil service guidelines allowed the announcement of foreign arms sales . |
| 29 | Although the reduction in coca growing in this part of Bolivia has been significant , drug dealers in the Andes have the same easy access to coca today as they had five years ago . |
| 30 | Your contribution to the work of CPRW has been considerable , spanning many years . |