Example sentences of "[noun prp] has been [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Motability has been one of the few established successes of a mixed economy . |
| 2 | For many years Serge Moscovici has been one of the leading critics of orthodoxies in social psychological thinking . |
| 3 | In fact , Mr Shiratori has been one of Japan 's representative 's on the IASC since 1984 and is well versed in all the issues ; he is also well aware that he has taken up the reins of office at a critical time for the IASC . |
| 4 | Mr Haskins has been one of the most outspoken critics of the MMB plan to turn its other functions over to the new Milk Marque co-op . |
| 5 | All I will say is that in attempting to develop theories about the alleviation of neurological dysfunction as she has , Dr Hari has been one of very few medical scientists to address an important ‘ black hole ’ in the research agenda . |
| 6 | Dixons has been one of the first retail chains to suffer from the slowing of retail demand . |
| 7 | World Peace is a most important , er item affecting everyone in the world ; Gorbachov has been one of the foremost politicians , international politicians to , to make a change in , in , er in the world climate , so far as peace is concerned , and therefore that will certainly help him solve his bread and butter problems in the Soviet Union . |
| 8 | Scotland has been one of Britain 's growth areas in electronics ( Box B , p 639 ) . |
| 9 | Since the Noel Hall Report of 1957 , the NHS has been conscious of the need to make special arrangements to ensure its share of good-calibre school leavers and graduates . |
| 10 | But in the past Chile has been one of Iraq 's main suppliers of arms and there are fears that the new British missile could be sold on to Saddam Hussein . |
| 11 | The Enterprise Centre 's ‘ local ’ LEC — LEEL has been supportive of a number of areas of the centre 's activities and sponsored the 1993 Napier Enterprise Lecture . |
| 12 | Brazil has been one of its greatest exponents . |
| 13 | ‘ Bond has been one of the walking wounded for so long that most people have seen this coming and should have provided against it , ’ a banking executive said . |
| 14 | Nicol has been one of Liverpool 's most consistent defensive performers after forcing his way into the side following his £300,000 move from Ayr United . |
| 15 | My friendship with Matthew has been one of the pleasures of this last year . |
| 16 | The history of Burma has been one of imperialism . |
| 17 | Water quality in the Danube has been one of the casualties of the war between Croatia and Serbia , according to the UN Industrial Development Organisation ( UNIDO ) . |
| 18 | For many years the People 's Republic of China has been one of the world 's leading conventional arms and nuclear technology exporters . |
| 19 | The Clio has been one of Renault 's most successful models ever in the fiercely competitive British market . |
| 20 | For the last few years Weir has been one of the most consistent performers of any quoted Scottish company , with a steady improvement in sales and profits . |
| 21 | Traditionally , the Tyne has been one of the bastions of British maritime power . |
| 22 | Over the same period , Joe has been one of the players who helped it develop from its infamy as the so-called sign of a mis-spent youth to become a symbol of sporting success . |
| 23 | Throughout the postwar period , Yugoslavia has been short of foreign exchange , and never more so than in the 1980s . |
| 24 | I mean Cyprus has been one of the major growth destinations in the last year or so and erm people stopped going there from the day war broke out . |
| 25 | In fact Mr Gardam has been deserving of a larger audience for sometime . |
| 26 | The process of acceptance of shared space in Britain has been one of an incremental shift in engineering design , with the aims of building safe housing areas remaining intact but with methods altered . |
| 27 | The merchandising bonanza in the US has been one of the biggest ever connected with a Hollywood film . |
| 28 | For more than fifty years , Danny Holland has been one of the premier cuts men in boxing . |
| 29 | ‘ Secondly , I 'm afraid the owner of the Delos has been guilty of telling you fibs , Admiral . |
| 30 | The ineffectiveness of both Emburey and Tufnell has been one of the tour 's major shocks and together with Philip DeFreitas 's injury has left England looking somewhat toothless . |