Example sentences of "system have been a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that the fund-holding system has been a spectacular success — so much so that many of the more trendy , intellectual GPs who were initially sceptical of it now welcome it more and more with open arms ? |
| 2 | While the education system has been a major target for opponents of apartheid since the 1953 Bantu Education Act , it was not until the 1980s that more concrete attempts were made to formulate ideas for another kind of education system . |
| 3 | The project to replace the Institute 's main computer system has been a major task throughout the year . |
| 4 | It has proved impossible to determine whether the French LFA farmer is better off financially having loans compared with his UK counterpart receiving a capital grant ; the indications are that the UK system has been a greater incentive , especially towards land improvements . |
| 5 | Positivist criminology 's almost complete abandonment of the classical concern with the significance of the criminal justice system has been a serious omission . |
| 6 | Does the Minister agree that the system has been a total failure , which was one of the reasons why the link steering group used consultants to study the scheme ? |
| 7 | The introduction of a national health care system had been a major plank in Carter 's programme in 1976 , but his proposals failed to become law . |
| 8 | Pressing for the abolition of the pernicious fee system had been an obvious target but he also pressed for liquor taps to be banned and the sale of drink to inmates to be closely regulated ; for the gaolers to be resident at the gaol instead of offering only minimal supervision if they lived away from it ; for the provision of chaplains and doctors and the detailing and publishing of prison rules and regulations . |
| 9 | Overlaps in the tax payment transfer receipt system have been a focal point for much discussion in the 1980s with various sorts of ‘ traps ’ identified . |