Example sentences of "[noun pl] have be an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Testing by employers has been an issue around which , in the past , hostile stereotypes have been constructed . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Such cruelty inflicted on domestic animals has been an offence at least since 1911 . |
| 4 | One effect of the serious level of unemployment among school leavers has been an increase in demand for GCE courses in colleges , by as much as 20 per cent in some colleges , and also for college components of YOP programmes . |
| 5 | George Birkitt , whose main problem with the lines had been an unwillingness to look at them , showed a marked improvement . |
| 6 | Thirdly , special educational needs has been an issue for this committee in the past and will no doubt continue to be an issue in the future . |
| 7 | One of the most interesting developments in dry gardening in recent years has been an increase in the use of gravel . |
| 8 | An exciting development in the women 's movement over the last few years has been an attempt by feminists to organise together around housing issues and to develop a feminist analysis of how the organisation of housing in Britain specifically affects women . |
| 9 | He says that a lack of communication between the private sector and voluntary organisations has been an obstacle to the smooth development of community strategy in the UK . |
| 10 | They entered into an agreement by correspondence , each company writing in substantially the same terms to the other that they would not , without the written consent of the other , at any time , employ any person who during the past five years had been an employee of the other . |
| 11 | However , my predecessor , Bishop John Bickersteth , who for many years had been an advocate for issues of conservation , quite rightly protested that the Archbishop was saying no more than the biblical tradition states ! |
| 12 | ‘ For most of the last 1,000 years , the universities have been an engine of social mobility ; they are now , thanks to the funding system , a means to ensuring that the graduate class is hereditary , ’ Sir John said . |
| 13 | Marketing Boards have been an instrument favoured by most African governments as a means of ensuring that farmers have an outlet for their crops , and that urban consumers pay for basic foodstuffs at a controlled , often subsidized , price . |
| 14 | The most important consequence of these changes has been an increase in the extent of automation of all stages of the production processes . |
| 15 | MANCHESTER Laps has been an institution for almost 60 years . |
| 16 | CATS have been an inspiration for 12-year-old CATHERINE DANIELS . |
| 17 | Which museums have been an inspiration ? |
| 18 | If the comedians had been an hour late , would you have booked another comedian ? |
| 19 | Yerkes had been an embezzler in the United States and had served a prison sentence . |
| 20 | Interim Payments have been an option open to pursuers since 1974 . |
| 21 | Clinton admitted that Flowers had been an acquaintance , but strongly denied that he had had an affair with her . |
| 22 | Disposing of the British agents had been an idea of his own , and killing Goldstein a positive pleasure . |
| 23 | Right from the beginning the Immigration Laws have been an attack on black people as workers . |
| 24 | Joan is also a keen squash player and her mathematical skills have been an asset to the Society on a number of occasions e.g. masterminding ticket sales for the Royal Albert Hall — the 30th Anniversary draw and collecting various Society statistics . |
| 25 | Extended hours have been an issue that Management is pursuing . |
| 26 | For example , tackling inequalities has been an aim of successive Australian efforts to set national goals and targets for health . |