Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] have [be] a " 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 | Poland was strategically placed between Russia and Germany , and for centuries had been a bone of contention between them . |
| 3 | SOCIO-SEXUAL anxiety about Blacks has been a distinctive feature of British society since the first encounters between merchant adventurers and Africans . |
| 4 | The study of attitudes has been a major topic , if not the major topic , in social psychology . |
| 5 | Lack of funds has been a big problem , especially for research , but it always has been . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I very much agree with my hon. Friend that local management of schools has been a great success . |
| 8 | Mr Major told MPs that the awarding of honours had been a valued part of British life for centuries but the system must from time to time be reviewed . |
| 9 | Mining and the condition of miners has been a running sore in Bolivia since the colonial period when Indians were herded off for certain death in the silver mines of Potosí , at that time the wealthiest city in South America . |
| 10 | As this series stresses , the uneven social and economic development of places has been a central feature of post-war British society . |
| 11 | Other resolutions included : the adoption of a Common Resident Card for all citizens and measures to facilitate travel and residence rights and the movement of goods by road within the community ; the establishment of a Standing Mediation Committee in response to the conflicts between member states ; the eventual establishment of a single economic community in West Africa ; the approval of a new assessment of members ' contributions to the budget — once again , non-payment of contributions had been a contentious issue ; and agreement to ratify all protocols by Dec. 31 , 1990 . |
| 12 | Arnold Denney , of Trumpet Terrace , Cleator , who has worked on the production line for 42 years as either a machine knotter or twister and for a number of years has been a foreman . |
| 13 | Rather , the extraction of rights has been a constant struggle and remains a constant struggle — witness the undermining of social rights both in theory and practice . |
| 14 | As lack of resources has been a perennial problem since the beginning the boost given to the financial status of the BDA by the patronage of The Princess of Wales has been of incalculable value . |
| 15 | The Dawn of Dreams had been a family affair ; the producer 's credit was for Robert Forbes , Jo 's father and Lorna 's husband , who sat beside his wife , his long , elegant legs half-hidden in the ultramarine satin folds of her skirt . |
| 16 | A non-invasive diagnostic method of internal examination of patients had been a long felt want in the medical profession . |
| 17 | Conceptualizing the nature and significance of markets has been a key element in economic and political thought since Adam Smith 's Wealth of Nations , published in 1776 . |
| 18 | Another reason for the increased acceptability of the use of executive search firms by a wide range of industries has been a noticeable improvement in their quality . |
| 19 | The Minoans were also adept at sculpting human figures from ivory , a practice they may have taken over from Egypt , where sensitive carvings of rulers had been a feature of Old Kingdom art.14 The ivory figure of a Minoan deity grasping two snakes made of gold ( fig. 6 ) is of interest as an essay in chryselephantine work combining the crafts of ivory carving and gold smithing . |
| 20 | The pay of employees has been a traditional and frequent object of intervention , as have a wide range of other industrial relations issues such as closure and redundancy , working practices and dispute settlement . |
| 21 | Services for people with disabilities have been a low priority over many years , and the inadequacy of provision — both in quantity and quality — is well known . |
| 22 | There was nothing unusual in this , visits to and from relatives having been a common feature of my childhood . |
| 23 | The cards and calls from well-wishers have been a real pick-me-up and I want to thank everyone for their concern and support . ’ |
| 24 | The link between badgers and tuberculosis in cattle has been a source of much conflict between farmers and badger protection groups . |
| 25 | Staying motivated for matches has been a problem for the teenager , who is trying to juggle her tennis with more normal aspects of life in Florida . |
| 26 | The British obsession with betting on homes has been a prime cause of Britain 's boom-bust cycles . |
| 27 | Whilst uncertainty about the volume and growth of defence spending is unlikely to be resolved unless the Soviet regime changes its character , few would dispute that the military 's traditional claim on resources has been a major burden on the civilian economy . |
| 28 | Neither the researches funded by charities specifically directed towards cancer nor the great drives sponsored by governments and planned by committees have been a fruitful source of new treatments . |
| 29 | Maj. Joseph Michel François , acknowledged by diplomats to have been a ringleader , insisted to foreign journalists that the main impetus had come from the ranks of the 8,000-strong army who feared the growing influence of Aristide 's new foreign-trained 50-member presidential guard . |
| 30 | Hunger strikes by detainees have been a feature of emergency rule in South Africa since 1985 when 30 women and 2 men at Pollsmoor Prison demanded unconditional release and access to lawyers . |