Example sentences of "[noun pl] have be [art] main " in BNC.
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| 1 | What over the years have been the main disadvantages for textile manufacturers ? |
| 2 | Although the Student Tutoring Scheme and the Enterprise Studentships have been the main focus of Student Enterprise activities within Napier over the last year , students have been involved in ‘ enterprising ’ activities elsewhere : |
| 3 | Traditionally the merchant banks have been the main financial advisers in a merger or acquisition deal — they traded very much on their reputation for knowing all the right people and being able to approach them at any time . |
| 4 | Market trends indicate that imported wines have been the main winner — Scotch Whisky the main loser . |
| 5 | Mr Chambers ' name and virtues had been the main topic of her mother 's conversation for the last two months , and no matter how many times Honor expressed her dislike of the man , Flora continued to press the subject . |
| 6 | Joint ventures have been the main means by which about a tenth of Hungarian state companies have been touched by privatisation . |
| 7 | Rivers and canals had been the main means of transporting goods , particularly heavy or bulky goods , but at the beginning of the nineteenth century , railways began to appear . |
| 8 | He writes that the issue of women priests had been a main cause of the Crockford 's row . |
| 9 | In Sussex most conservation work has been carried out to conserve particularly vulnerable habitats , in which birds are often an important element , and in a few cases the birds have been the main reason for the conservation work . |