Example sentences of "[noun] have been prime [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 She just knew that a basement room was for sitting in , a children 's ward for visiting , and railway stations had been prime targets for being bombed .
2 The Ypres salient , where since 1914 the Allies had been prime targets for the German guns , had been flattened , leaving only a small salient around Passchendaele itself .
3 Mr Kaifu has been prime minister since August 1989 .
4 In her article , she explained that Major had been Prime Minister for only 17 months .
5 Wijdenbosch had been Prime Minister of the military-backed government responsible for the 1987 Constitution allowing in that year the first general election since 1977 [ see pp. 35758-59 ] .
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