Example sentences of "been a [noun] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Secretary of State did not tell us that there had been a change in circumstances since the Government rejected the Prior report . |
| 2 | ( a ) where there has been a change in circumstances of an exceptional and specific nature ( but a change in general economic , industrial or political circumstances will not justify failure to proceed with an announced offer ) ; |
| 3 | In particular , the image of Germany epitomised by her most famous export , the Mercedes , as a country which is well built , reliable , and which performs well , should not blind us to the fact that the history of the Federal Republic has been a history of scandals , which have reached to the very highest echelons of power . |
| 4 | Many of the old industrial communities have long been a desert for women 's employment . |
| 5 | In the 18th Century Daventry was an important town on the Holyhead coaching road and , lying on four main roads , it has always been a centre for travellers . |
| 6 | It may have been a sign of things to come that though the strike led to a long lasting respect between Havelock Wilson and Tom Mann , no such relationship developed with Ben Tillett , who in his recollections of the strike refrains from making mention of Wilson at all . |
| 7 | The sacking of Henri Langlois from the Cinematheque had , curiously , been a sign of things to come in Paris . |
| 8 | He was appointed lector at the Oxford Franciscan convent , but in 1253 a dispute arose at his presentation to incept as a doctor of theology , the opponents of the friars challenging his eligibility , as he had not been a master of arts . |
| 9 | ‘ And that 's something else you do n't know , there 's been a revolution in buses as well . |
| 10 | Trains are n't what they were , there 's been a revolution in trains . ’ |
| 11 | Although there may have been a settlement of Illyrian-Greeks there before the second century BC when the Roman occupation of Dalmatia began , there is little evidence of continuous use of the site until the seventh century AD . |
| 12 | During the past two years , there has been a settlement of travellers ' caravans in a parking area at the centre of Robton in Central Scotland . |
| 13 | It may have been a stopping-place for drovers — but he could still do Dr Johnson the honour of making lemonade from fresh lemons . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , that must have been a bundle of laughs . |
| 15 | Since being a Magpies fan has n't exactly been a bundle of laughs of late , his timing as ever was perfect . |
| 16 | Four expert witnesses had argued there had been a range of approaches open to the pilot , Sheriff Risk said . |
| 17 | Finally , art and design have increasingly been a part of proposals for courses leading to the award of Bachelor of Education degrees and Diplomas in Higher Education , a development which has posed the CNAA with some problems in guiding and assessing both the content and standard of such courses . |
| 18 | There has been a tendency for newspapers to represent both existing political parties and emergent ones . |
| 19 | In fact , there had been a tendency for countships ( and benefices ) to become hereditary long before the mid-ninth century : it was inherent in a social organisation where power and property in general were inherited . |
| 20 | In fact , it has been allowed to become progressively more ruinous , has been a shelter for cattle , and has been ignored in all of the county 's publicity material . |
| 21 | In the main it causes few problems , but in recent years there has been a rise in cases that cause conflict for the advice worker . |
| 22 | Well , it 's been a story of ups and downs . |
| 23 | The scheme has been a success for fund-holders ' own patients , but detrimental to the rest . |
| 24 | The initiative has been a success in terms of sales . |
| 25 | The same passage , despite the narrow constriction of the valley at Djerdap , as the Danube forces its way between the Transylvanian Alps to the north and the Stara Planina to the south , may also have been a route for invaders into the Roman province of Pannonia , although the Iron Gate Pass , some 130 km ( 80 miles ) further north , afforded a better route for the Goths who descended on Pannonia from Transylvania in the middle of the fourth century AD . |
| 26 | The Cairngorms , internationally recognised as an area of world importance , have been a battleground between environmentalists and developers , particularly over bad management by landowners including inappropriate forestry and the bulldozing of estate roads . |
| 27 | My own country has been a battleground for centuries . |
| 28 | This pattern , which has also been a feature of aspects of Spanish policy-making since the return to democracy , contrasts with the relatively high degree of continuity , particularly on railway investment policy , of other countries . |
| 29 | The cap and bonnet had been a feature of grave-clothes since the 1630s , the under-shirt having been introduced at the same time . |
| 30 | To use Hirschi and Gottfredson 's ( 1986 ) terminology , there seems to have been a retreat from explanations of criminality , to explanations of crime — from explaining criminal dispositions , to explaining ( or rather preventing ) criminal acts . |