Example sentences of "year have [been] [adj] of " in BNC.

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1 Does the Minister accept that the virtual destruction of the British Merchant Navy in the past 12 years has been one of the most severe crimes committed against this country by the present Government ?
2 The descant accompanying it for fifty years had been one of complaint .
3 ’ The last year has been one of steady progress .
4 The year has been one of change , of achievement , and of challenge .
5 Chairman Robin Bellis said the year had been one of development and growth for the club .
6 When one refers to something already mentioned : The year had been one of great political unrest .
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