Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] has been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE pace of political change has been rapid here , but for no one has it been faster than for Mr Jan Carnogursky , who will be a deputy prime minister . |
| 2 | Ecologist leaders have tended to pour scorn on the idea in public ( their private response has been warmer ) and the centrists , who at present form part of the conservative coalition , have rejected it out of hand . |
| 3 | Ecologist leaders have tended to pour scorn on the idea in public ( their private response has been warmer ) and the centrists , who at present form part of the conservative coalition , have rejected it out of hand . |
| 4 | And in looking at the experience not merely of Asia , but also of Africa , what becomes increasingly apparent is that most development strategies have tended _ particularly when we look at technical change — erm have tended to bypass women , or in many cases one also notes that the impact of technical change has been detrimental to poor women , and examples of this can be found , for instance , in terms of adoption of certain kinds of technique , like mechanisation of rice processing in parts of Asia , where one finds that there has been a large scale displacement of landless women . |
| 5 | Over the last five years British agricultural research has been subject to major reorganisation . |
| 6 | The phenomenon of the hollow frontier has been common where settlers cultivate land , which is virtually free to anyone with the capital and/or labour to exploit it , and move on when serious erosion sets in , leaving behind eroded soils . |
| 7 | The effect on mainstream education and ordinary professional practice has been minimal ( Troyna and Ball , 1985 ) . |
| 8 | In the twentieth century the most dramatic political collapse has been that of the Liberal Party . |
| 9 | On three occasions all 12 have been Unionist , but over the years the usual figure has been 10 Unionist . |
| 10 | If the quality of the counselling relationship is good it should prove more than enough to handle the outcome , and if it then assists the individual towards a resolution of emotional troubles , the short-term distress has been worthwhile . |
| 11 | That is to say that their premium income has been insufficient to meet claims and the difference has therefore had to be met from investment income . |
| 12 | Taking the wrong course has been expensive for us all . |
| 13 | One of the problems with traditional remedial teaching has been that spelling and neatness are fetishes . |
| 14 | Critics say British industry has been slow to see the opportunities . |
| 15 | At a time when English officialdom has been worrying about the fact that some among their top youngsters are playing more golf than is good for them , Stevely has had the same feelings where his own pupils are concerned . |
| 16 | ‘ English football has been dead for a decade now , ’ he added . |
| 17 | The cumulative effect has been dramatic . |
| 18 | The Bank of England which has less influence than its German counterpart has been reluctant to advise rate cuts over here . |
| 19 | The Scottish Council has been active for some years in bringing employers and school pupils much closer together and this important aspect of our work has expanded considerably in recent times . |
| 20 | The Scottish Council has been active for some years in bringing employers and school pupils closer together . |
| 21 | Because British intelligence has been reluctant to spy on a legitimately elected government and has also been forbidden from keeping ministers under surveillance , MI5 has welcomed the CIA 's intervention and given it a free rein in its British operations , always provided that it can share the resulting information . |
| 22 | British intelligence has been able to secure numerous local informers and agents through blackmail , bribery and straight payments . |
| 23 | By contrast , the issue of social mobility has been almost entirely ignored by contemporary spatial analysis , even if the issue of social mobility has been one of sociology 's concerns . |
| 24 | English Nature has been opposed to peat extraction but has been powerless to prevent it . |
| 25 | What is beyond question is that British membership has been good for the EEC ; not only do British taxpayers and consumers bear the cost of the CAP , the CFP , the Common External Tariff and the Cohesion budget , but Britain constitutes an artificial captive market for the exporters of the Eleven . |
| 26 | From Table I ( p. 15 ) it can be seen that while the amount of broad-leaved high forest has increased by some five per cent. , the increase in coniferous high forest has been 18 per cent . |
| 27 | Needless to say , the scientific community has been eager from the start to scrutinise Heber 's work . |
| 28 | Public transport has been subject to numerous policy changes , especially since the 1960s ( Banister 1983 ) . |
| 29 | The inter-parliamentary body has been successful . |
| 30 | On the whole , however , the commercial picture has been bleak . |