Example sentences of "[noun prp] has been [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since his arrival at the agency in 1986 , Baulk has been a key figure in putting in place , through acquisition , below-the-line services . |
| 2 | Electricity generator PowerGen Plc said Sir Graham Day is to retire as its chairman and that Sir Colin Southgate , chairman and chief executive of Thorn EMI Plc , will succeed him ; Sir Colin has been a non-executive director of PowerGen since the firm was created in 1990 . |
| 3 | One brighter aspect of the unemployment figures in Shrewsbury has been the steady and sustained drop in long-term unemployment . |
| 4 | The typical England strike under Taylor has been a lofted cross from the flank or dead ball situation into a crowded penalty area , a scramble , then either Gary Lineker or Platt emerging from the melee in celebration . |
| 5 | A chapter on homebuilt organisations around the world is instructive , not least to learn that whilst amateur-built aircraft have had official blessing ( or at least the blind eye treatment ) in many Eastern Bloc countries for a decade or more , getting approval to fly a homebuilt in Italy and Germany has been a hard-won struggle against obstinate bureaucracy . |
| 6 | Mr Houphouet-Boigny has been a political giant , a supreme operator . |
| 7 | ‘ Andy Gregory has been a brilliant scrum-half , but he 's coming to the end of his career and can only be a short-term buy for Doug Laughton at Leeds . |
| 8 | The Caterham has been an expensive car to run , although not prohibitively so . |
| 9 | But that 's not to say our life with the Caterham has been an uninterrupted joy . |
| 10 | Environmentalists recall that , since 1975 , Ruckelshaus has been a senior vice-president of the Weyerhaeuser Company of Tacoma , Washington — a timber corporation that has had disagreements with the EPA . |
| 11 | It will not surprise you to learn that Eugene Wigner has been a leading proponent of this view . |
| 12 | Back in daylight , Vatanen has been the driving force behind the Banbury team today . |
| 13 | where There , the growth of Milton Keynes has been a major factor , but smaller towns have also felt the pressures of development . |
| 14 | The weak tradition of trade unionism in Texas has been a major cause for the profession of the prison officer to develop in a very different way from in Europe . |
| 15 | General reaction from enthusiasts in Ireland has been a firm ‘ Thumbs Up ’ and many are looking forward to the release of Volume 2 . |
| 16 | Finally Northern Ireland shows that there has been decline in output over the preceding four months and the only region t t to say that erm it 's fair to say that North Northern Ireland has been a weak region throughout er the recession erm and although in this survey optimism has climbed up a bit so it 's close to the U K average , it 's nevertheless a part of the U K which has really been behaving er rather differently from the rest of the economy reflecting its sort of , i its particular problems and the fact that it 's not part of the mainland economy . |
| 17 | De Valera was continuing the now dominant culture recognized by Eoin MacNeill and Douglas Hyde when , in his St Patrick 's Day address to the United States of America , broadcast in 1935 , he underlined the spirit of that preamble : ‘ Since the coming of St. Patrick , fifteen hundred years ago , Ireland has been a Christian and a Catholic nation . |
| 18 | From old Elizabethan days to New Elizabethan days , writing Constitutions for Ireland has been an English hobby . |
| 19 | The EAEI has been a genuine partnership . |
| 20 | INGLEBOROUGH HAS BEEN a favourite mountain of mine ever since I first climbed it as a young man . |
| 21 | After his election to a five-year term , he said : ‘ Albania has been a one-man country for 70 years , and for some years should be a parliamentary country . |
| 22 | ( Giulio Andreotti has been a senior minister since the 1960s ) . |
| 23 | Ivan Lendl has been a great credit to the game which he has played with distinction for so long . |
| 24 | McCoist scoring at Ibrox has been a predictable occurrence in a season in which he has now amassed 43 goals in all competitions . |
| 25 | The NFC has been the outstanding example where for seven years the company was owned entirely by the workforce . |
| 26 | David Hill , head of Sky Sports believes former Scottish star Gray has been a major signing . |
| 27 | I 'm happy for them both , Reg has been a lonely man and my mother has also been lonely since dad 's death . |
| 28 | The history of religion in England has been a complex one — Monasticism , the Dissolution , the Reformation , Nonconformity , and other events and disciplines have also played their part . |
| 29 | Deng Xiaoping has been the dominant figure within the upper echelons of the ruling Chinese Communist Party since 1980 . |
| 30 | After all , Bryan has been a funny kind of marriage guidance counsellor . ’ |