Example sentences of "he has [been] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he has been the Labour Party 's chosen candidate for almost two years and in that time he has worked hard to build up a high profile , assiduously interpreting official figures on unemployment , training and hospital waiting lists as well as taking on directors of newly-privatised monopolies . |
| 2 | A partner in the Washington DC and Century City ( CA ) offices , he has been the principal corporate and litigation lawyer for Princess Cruises for the past five years . |
| 3 | However , since then , Walsh , Gloucestershire 's beneficiary for 1992 , has not only enjoyed the best Test match spell of his career but , in revitalised fashion , he has been the early pace-setter by some margin in the English first-class bowling averages . |
| 4 | One of the most important trends of the past 20 years in HE has been the increased participation of women . |
| 5 | One of the major factors influencing forecasts of the demand for HE has been the social class of the entrant . |
| 6 | He has been the national drivers ' champion , the first national driver to exceed a hundred miles an hour with a five hundred C C hydroplane on Lake Windermere , won the B class championships seven times , the C class champion six times , the D class three times and the F class once . |
| 7 | Outside the House of Commons , he has been the Scottish editor for the Sunday Times since 1987 . |
| 8 | Scholars of the development of the English language know that generic he has been the undisputed standard usage for less than two centuries . |