Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] been [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cleanliness in TDC institutions has been a priority with the administration since Ellis 's time at least . |
| 2 | A major user of NASA data and skills has been the UN Environment Programme . |
| 3 | A recent development with current accounts has been the introduction of debit cards . |
| 4 | The crucial factor in the development of bureaucracy in communist states has been the impossibility of democratizing administration , of throwing it open to literate lay people as Lenin wanted . |
| 5 | One of their most interesting projects has been the Rulor programme for owner Robin Clabburn . |
| 6 | A feature of these forms has been the increase in those aspects which relate to procedure rather than to strict contract conditions . |
| 7 | One of SAVE 's strongest suits has been the readiness , when other alternatives have been exhausted , to initiate legal action . |
| 8 | ONE of SAVE 's strongest suits has been the readiness , when all other alternatives have been exhausted , to resort to legal action . |
| 9 | Testing by employers has been an issue around which , in the past , hostile stereotypes have been constructed . |
| 10 | Another consequence of the new policies has been the decision to charge user fees for state education , so that an increasing financial burden falls on families . |
| 11 | Framing the articles of incorporation for the non-profit foundation and its initial policies has been the responsibility of Dr Steven Mansbach , currently Associate Dean of the National Gallery of Art 's Center for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts . |
| 12 | One outcome of these policies has been the establishment of large-scale North American-style cattle ranching . |
| 13 | The impact of the rise of the English Arminians and the scale of their departure from pre-1625 theological norms has been the subject of some considerable historical debate over the last few years . |
| 14 | The only method hitherto available for the quantification of bowel activity on abdominal scans has been the grading of the bowel uptake by visually comparing it with that of the spleen , liver , and bone marrow . |
| 15 | Co-incidental with the growth of judicial review by the domestic courts has been the growth in the volume of applications by private individuals seeking redress from the European Commission and Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg . |
| 16 | The major demographic change occurring in recent decades within the cities has been a decline in absolute population levels ( Redfern , 1982 ; Champion , Coombes and Openshaw , 1983 ) . |
| 17 | Key to the improvements has been the reduction of bureaucracy and paperwork previously required for each truck load . |
| 18 | The main problem in the past for systems using lexical checks has been the amount of memory available for the representation of the word list . |
| 19 | It stands at a point where firm ground lies close to the river Derwent , and from olden times has been the site of an important river crossing , first by ferry , later by bridge . |
| 20 | Interaction within groups has been the subject of study by social scientists , and a number of different behaviour categories have been isolated . |
| 21 | This intensification of the sheep enterprise has enabled farmers to increase the acreage released in several ways and on average the percentage increase on the farms adopting the new methods has been an increase of 23% cereals , 21% sheep and 14% cattle . |
| 22 | The opportunity , rather , is this : apart from lean production and quality control , one of the big domestic advantages of the best Japanese manufacturers has been the way they garner information within their own firm and use it to take decisions . |
| 23 | The nomination of weak candidates has been a factor . |
| 24 | The fact is , I fear , that the " itching ear " which popular election has created in most people for hearing candidates has been the ruin of many a parish , and threatens to be the curse of many more . |
| 25 | The chusing too high subjects has been the ruin of many a tolerable Genius ’ . |
| 26 | Such cruelty inflicted on domestic animals has been an offence at least since 1911 . |
| 27 | 3.20 An interesting and important recent development in the assessment of general damages for pain and suffering and loss of amenities has been the publication of " Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases " . |
| 28 | I have never found that my lack of social graces has been a hindrance . |
| 29 | A further source of bank losses has been the acceptance of foreign exchange deposits from domestic residents , which have also been used to make dinar loans . |
| 30 | On the one hand the multiplication of good brasseries in recent months has been a breath of fresh air to the restaurant industry , and the public has shown its appreciation by packing them full every night . |