Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] been [art] disaster " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why does not the hon. Gentleman admit that bus deregulation has been a disaster ? |
| 2 | ‘ The poll tax has been a disaster for Darlington , ’ said Mr Milburn . |
| 3 | Later , however , I did tell him that the meeting had been a disaster and that if he thought it had mollified the press in any way he was greatly mistaken . |
| 4 | For Labour , Mr Alan Milburn said the poll tax had been a disaster costing the country £19bn. and Darlington £25m . |
| 5 | Unemployment over the decade has been a disaster though the total has steadily fallen in the last two years . |
| 6 | It was a relief to find that the reaction to the first public performance at Covent Garden contradicted the impression that the command performance had been a disaster . |
| 7 | My personal life had been a disaster : I had had a lousy relationship with my mother ; been frightened of my father ; from time to time my marriage had been close to the rocks and I had been an uncaring father . |
| 8 | His early academic record was unimpressive , and his private life had been a disaster ; while he worked late hours in the animal house or grudgingly fulfilled occasional lecture commitments , two senior geography students and half the fencing team were back home screwing his wife . |
| 9 | My both-ways call had been a disaster . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , Mr Mukhametshin 's past attempts at exporting have been a disaster . |
| 11 | The Saarbrucken trip had been a disaster ; it had rained continuously . |
| 12 | THE Government 's handling of local government finance has been a disaster and an administrative nightmare for councils , Tom Clarke , the shadow Scottish secretary , said last night . |