Example sentences of "[noun pl] have be [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Increased co-operation between states has been a significant feature of the post-1945 world order , reflecting the reduced ability of states to act autonomously in the global arena . |
| 2 | The study of attitudes has been a major topic , if not the major topic , in social psychology . |
| 3 | Gathering the right cast a mix of straight theatre , dance and mime performers has been a major task . |
| 4 | Not least among its star performers has been the British arm , Vauxhall , which last year achieved record net profits of £152m and record car sales . |
| 5 | The growing number of life sentence prisoners has been a considerable problem for the prison service for some years now . |
| 6 | The strategic need for diversity and ultimately for the replacement of fossil fuels has been the driving force for the development of nuclear power in the U.K. In turn — since uranium reserves are finite — the efficient exploitation of nuclear power itself ultimately depends on the fast reactor . |
| 7 | The only method previously applied to quantify the abnormal bowel uptake on abdominal scans obtained using either Indium-111 or Tc-99m HMPAO lavelled leucocytes has been the visual comparison of the intensity of bowel uptake with that of liver , spleen and bone marrow . |
| 8 | It 's been a bit difficult because we are used to doing the things that choirs do , having music and hiding behind it , and of course getting the girls to be uninhibited has been a bit difficult , but they 've taken to it very well actually and having the costumes for today 's rehearsals has been a great help . |
| 9 | Whilst we recognize the conceptual problems associated with rules and their application , the approach in the ethogenic study of the football and classroom cultures has been a pragmatic one . |
| 10 | Dick Hobbs ( 1988 ) lived with thieves and detectives as they set out to ‘ do the business ’ , and perhaps one of the most effective pieces of participant observation in recent times has been the four-volume Policy Studies Institute work on the police in London ( 1983 ) . |
| 11 | Interaction within groups has been an important focus of study by behavioural scientists . |
| 12 | Indeed the ability to produce a range of returns on value for money indices has been a major factor in securing continued treasury funding . |
| 13 | I very much agree with my hon. Friend that local management of schools has been a great success . |
| 14 | Matching the change in the range of qualifications of school-leavers has been a dramatic transformation in the youth labour market in a little over a decade . |
| 15 | Lack of funds has been a big problem , especially for research , but it always has been . |
| 16 | But the reality for most of our clients has been a poor service from the system . |
| 17 | The subject of travel concessions has been a controversial one for the last few months . |
| 18 | The British obsession with betting on homes has been a prime cause of Britain 's boom-bust cycles . |
| 19 | Balancing the books has been the toughest part . |
| 20 | The welfare of these hens has been a controversial issue for many years , and for the past five years we in the Department of Animal Husbandry have been conducting research into ways of improving their welfare . |
| 21 | Unlike most European countries where a close association between unions and political parties has been a longstanding phenomenon , US unions have little close and direct connection with political parties and have relied very heavily on collective bargaining rather than political activity as the means of achieving their ends . |
| 22 | One of their long term winners has been the thin , lightweight , but very windproof Ultrafleece . |
| 23 | There are enough good , specific reference sources available these days for the captions to have been a great deal more informative ; even at this very reasonable price the reader has a right to expect less of the hard work to be left up to him . |
| 24 | Many , probably the great majority of the population , were convinced by 1939 if not before that the Jews had been a harmful influence in German society , and that it would be better if those still remaining left ( or were forced to leave ) as soon as possible . |
| 25 | The lot of the Jews had been an uneasy one for many centuries ; now , for the first time , they were massacred in western Europe . |
| 26 | To make the most of beneficial planetary influences had been a principal object of Marsilio Ficino ( 1433–99 ) , one of the first scholars to give the practice of magic the semblance of respectability . |
| 27 | For Diana , the last few months had been an emotional rollercoaster as she had tried to come to terms with her new life as a public figure and the suffocating publicity as well as her husband 's ambiguous behaviour towards her . |
| 28 | Perhaps Piers had been no more than a struggling architect when they had first met , and she had not been content to lead a life of poverty . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Among the most frequently condemned aspects have been the following : |