Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [been] a constant [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the former Director of WHO Global Programme on AIDS has said : ‘ Denial at personal , social , national and international level has been a constant problem and remains today a grave threat to public health . ’ |
| 2 | From the start , chapels have been a constant source of concern to SAVE , and Northern chapel architecture was the subject of a special SAVE exhibition and report , The Fall of Zion . |
| 3 | Its dereliction over the past two years had been a constant topic of conversation . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Ever since , your father has been a constant visitor to Drennan 's house . |
| 6 | Apparently Irvine had been a constant patron of the place . |
| 7 | The advertising of the scheme and the consequent level of public awareness has been a constant source of concern . |
| 8 | The powerful running of the big front man had been a constant threat to Andover all afternoon and they just had no answer as he finally surged through shrugging off vain attempts to check him before delivering the perfect finish . |
| 9 | To preserve Wood Walton as a wetland has been a constant challenge for the Nature Conservancy Council , which leased Wood Walton Fen from the RSNC in 1954 . |
| 10 | The narrowness of the academic content of many ‘ A ’ level courses has been a constant cause of complaint and concern over several years . |
| 11 | The size of the Strathclyde region has been a constant source of argument . |
| 12 | Fire had been a constant hazard in woollen mills from their earliest days , as a result of the large amount of grease and oils used gradually soaking into the wooden floors . |
| 13 | The star publicly admitted that he had the disease only 24 hours before he died last November , but his friend , David Minns , said media rumours had been a constant worry to him . |