Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | years has has is an experiment . |
| 2 | The model which Interplayce has designed is a result of thinking from ‘ the child in , rather than the building out . |
| 3 | Whether one accepts that view or not — and I do not think that it is valid in its simple form ( see Fine and Harris ( 1985 ) ) — it is a powerful one ; in that context , the fact that the proportion of foreign assets in UK pension funds ' total investments has risen is a mark of the power that the post-1979 boom in the City 's foreign investment has had . |
| 4 | This change erodes the distinction between university and what were previously known as ‘ public sector ’ institutions , and may blur what Burgess ( 1977 , pp. 2332 ) has argued is a contrast between the ‘ autonomous ’ ( university ) and ‘ service ’ ( polytechnic/ college ) traditions . |
| 5 | I have had breathing problems which my doctor has said is a figment of my imagination and he has diagnosed depression . |
| 6 | The only luxuries she has had are a holiday in America , a new car and a few home improvements . |
| 7 | Arguably , what has occurred is a reinterpretation of the traditional partnership between central government , LEAs and schools which has allowed central government , on the basis of its ‘ accountability to parliament for the performance of the educational service at all levels ’ , progressively to nudge LEAs into a fuller appreciation of their curricular responsibilities and , through that , to influence the schools . |
| 8 | What the Record of Achievement has provided is a context for positive discussion and a location for each child to record success . |
| 9 | ‘ You may wish to ask yourself whether there really has to date been a desire to address the drug problem in sport with firm conviction . ’ |
| 10 | Curtis was staring at the bloodstained shirt , ‘ I suppose it has to have been a firearm , sir ? ’ |
| 11 | What one needs and has to have is a reaction . |
| 12 | What has happened is a swings-and-roundabouts operation , whereby last year pensioners received more than the cost of living that they had incurred , whereas this year they will receive less . |
| 13 | If Ministers were tempted to give undertakings to the Committee , on which unfortunately I could not serve because I was dealing with other orders such as the Scottish seed potato order at the time , what has happened is a bit below the belt . |
| 14 | The country is crying out for leadership and all Mr Smith has to offer is a talking-shop for academics and political has-beens . |
| 15 | De Niro 's directorial debut , Tales Of The Bronx , is schedule for early 1991 , but the first film his company has planned is a comedy in which he will co-star with Danny De Vito . |
| 16 | What it has created is a reformulation of consumerism that transforms all the public mass media and their contents into opportunities to sell ideas , values , products , in short , a consumerist worldview . |
| 17 | With an election to fight , the last thing Mr Gandhi wants to defend is a dose of IMF discipline . |
| 18 | He knows the answer very well : the instance that he has mentioned was a matter for the Ministry of Defence , which looked further into the matter and decided not to pursue it . |
| 19 | David Nicholson says racing is an entertainment industry and they should be allowed to have Sunday racing . |
| 20 | But The RSPCA still beleives cockfighting is a problem in the region and its appealing to anyone with any evidence to get in contact . |
| 21 | What seems to exist is a continuum of purchasing involvement . |
| 22 | Burstall and Kay report that in the case of NAEP early opposition from teacher unions was partly based upon fear of a backwash effect and , indeed , it appears to have been a worry for those involved with setting up the APU testing programme . |
| 23 | When the security forces sought to empty the pastor 's house of its possessions , a human chain of several dozen formed around the house , setting in train a flood of protest that was to escalate into what appears to have been a massacre on Sunday . |
| 24 | Although in his style of living Hickey remained for many years something of a rake , his career in Calcutta appears to have been a success . |
| 25 | There appears to have been a return to narrative , with more titles published and more copies sold ( although it must always be borne in mind that the Italian literary market is a relatively small one ) . |
| 26 | Milton Keynes appears to have been a victim of that . |
| 27 | ‘ There appears to have been a connection between my thyroid gland condition and eye trouble . ’ |
| 28 | It thus seems significant that there appears to have been a rumour that Edmund was in some way responsible for the death of Cnut 's father , after issuing a vain warning that tribute should not be levied from his church 's lands . |
| 29 | Cos there is there appears to have been a display kitchen at some stage . |
| 30 | There also appears to have been a decline in the output of feminist writings on art , but Abrams will be releasing American Beauties : women in Art and Literature edited by Charles Sullivan ( £25 , $29.95 ) , which includes paintings , sculptures , drawings and other works of art from the National Museum of American Art , part of the Smithsonian Institution . |