Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] have [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of a random sample of 644 female householders who were or had been married , 87 or 14% had been the victims of rape or attempted rape by their husbands or ex-husbands . |
| 2 | He knew everyone who mattered , and it was luck as much as anything else — what if reggae or jazz-funk had been the dominant force then ? — but Parsons was still capable of grabbing the opportunity when it knocked . |
| 3 | Ernst & Young has been the exclusive distributor for KnowledgeWare in Europe since 1986 , but the company now has direct distribution operations in most European countries including Belgium , Denmark , Finland , France , Germany , Italy , the Netherlands , Norway , Portugal , Spain , Sweden and the UK . |
| 4 | For the US or Britain to have been the first to recognize Bao Dai would , said Acheson , have been to give him the kiss of death . |
| 5 | ( b ) a director or member has been the subject of an order under section 47(2) ( a ) – ( c ) of the Solicitors Act 1974 or Schedule 14 paragraph 15(4) ( a ) – ( c ) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 190 ; |
| 6 | Their main resource and support has been the voluntary work of bodies like the National Council for Mother Tongue Teaching , the National Association for Multiracial Education ( now the National Anti-Racist Movement in Education ) and the various grouping of teachers and activists promoting the cause of one particular language . |
| 7 | In his report Sir Edward said that planning matters and roads had been the association 's major considerations . |
| 8 | Ruth was in love with the island , all of it , and Fernando had been the perfect , loving guide and everything was looking so good … but now this wretched ankle business had made her feel utterly miserable and vulnerable . |
| 9 | A major user of NASA data and skills has been the UN Environment Programme . |
| 10 | The problems of adolescent aggression , destructiveness and vandalism have been the subject of extensive psychological research . |
| 11 | The well-tried Roman policy of divide and rule had been the basis of Augustan diplomacy and continued during the conquest . |
| 12 | Up to this period , mining had been essentially a hand-craft where , as in farming , man-power and horse-power had been the chief means of winning the product . |
| 13 | The loss of Batty was a big blow to the midfield but the injuries to both Wallace and Speed have been the big set back this season . |
| 14 | It had been Eleanor , quiet , firm , devoted whom Dorothea had loved , and Eleanor had been the only living person whose presence she could bear when Hallam died a year after their coming to Haverstock . |
| 15 | For a growing number of older women , a great support in building up a sense of independence and self-esteem has been the a growth of the feminist movement , and there is more on this in the chapter ‘ Feeling good , looking good ’ . |
| 16 | Two players tested positive in the first two months and since then speculation , rumours , rows and ructions have been the order of the day . |
| 17 | It is certain , though , that the constructivism that has received the most attention in psychology and philosophy has been the developmental theory of Jean Piaget . |
| 18 | Around the time of the bombing , Megrahi had been security chief for Libyan Arab Airlines and Fhimah had been the airline 's station officer in Malta . |
| 19 | Quick reflexes , intuition and mobility have been the chief assets of Achille Prospero Rosario Maria Giovanni Carlo Bonito Oliva . |
| 20 | Letelier and Moffit had been the victims of a car bomb in Washington , but Chile 's Supreme Court had twice refused requests from the US government for the extradition of Contreras and Espinoza , and military courts had repeatedly refused to re-open proceedings against them . |
| 21 | IN A GRIM YEAR for the motor business , one of the few bright spots for some manufacturers and dealers has been the buoyancy of diesel cars . |
| 22 | She knew very well what they had been at ; she and Patten had been the same , when they were young . |
| 23 | The trade deficit on food and drink has been the focus of a report by the House of Commons Select Committee on Agriculture . |
| 24 | At school she and Adam had been the different ones , the Demdykes — the ones with a dead mother and a crazy father . |
| 25 | For over a quarter of a century harps have been played and Guinness has been the mainstay , at the prestigious Wexford Opera Festival . |
| 26 | Procrastination , compromise and delay had been the response of successive governments of both political parties . |
| 27 | The nature of these indicators , and related concepts of efficiency , effectiveness and economy have been the focus of much debate . |
| 28 | The open-top Dreadnoughts and Toastracks had been the mainstay of the Promenade route for many years , and Manager Luff proposed to replace them with modern equivalents . |
| 29 | Mr Chambers ' name and virtues had been the main topic of her mother 's conversation for the last two months , and no matter how many times Honor expressed her dislike of the man , Flora continued to press the subject . |
| 30 | Ensuring the honesty of those supplying services and advice has been the main raison d'être for regulation . |