Example sentences of "have been [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Police 's long term answer has been Operation Overdrive . |
| 2 | Okay finally , a third m major er class of ion channel i which has been extensively worked on over the last few years , since the advent of patch clamping er has been second messenger gated channels , so-called second messenger gated channels . |
| 3 | One of the most enthusiastic authorities taking up housing action trusts has been Liverpool city council . |
| 4 | It is clear that the proximate cause has been government action . |
| 5 | For instance , one important factor put forward to explain the growth of trade union membership among white collar workers in Britain has been government policy which created a favourable climate for such union expansion . |
| 6 | Over the past ten years it has been government policy to encourage this ( DHSS , 1976a ) . |
| 7 | Of the domestic borrowers , local authorities issued , in the years between the mid-1950s and the early 1980s , a large volume of stocks ( over five years to maturity ) and negotiable bonds ( from one to four years to maturity ) ; but in recent years it has been government policy to centralise most public-sector borrowing and as a result public issues by local authorities have all but ceased . |
| 8 | In this situation during anaesthesia the laryngeal mask has been life saving . |
| 9 | By far the greatest part of maintenance research developed by institutions of state for marginal areas has been soil conservation techniques ( outlined in Ch. 5 ) , which , as this book shows , have had to be imposed by colonial powers to be ‘ induced ’ at all . |
| 10 | He has as many centuries in the two-and-a-bit years that he has been England captain as he had in all his years in the ranks . |
| 11 | He has as many centuries in the two-and-a-bit years that he has been England captain as he had in all his years in the ranks . |
| 12 | But it has been in existence for almost as long as there has been detective fiction . |
| 13 | Its most striking answer in International Relations has been systems theory , which we shall examine in the next chapter . |
| 14 | Joe was Limerick District President 1975–78 and has been Waterford District President since 1990 . |
| 15 | Ennis District Secretary since 1988 , John has been branch representative in several locations . |
| 16 | He has been branch representative in most of the branches in which he has worked . |
| 17 | Besides her present location , Joan has been branch representative in Ballynahinch where she joined the Bank in 1978 . |
| 18 | He has been branch representative in most branches in which he has worked and an Area Council member for 15 years . |
| 19 | This should not be particularly surprising since the main element has been price support for commodities such as grain and sugar which are produced principally in the more favoured farming areas . |
| 20 | The most practical source of such radiation has been synchrotron radiation , which is of limited spectral purity and is available only at a few facilities . |
| 21 | In hotels and catering , which also falls into the category of a " traditional " temporary working sector , there has been union opposition to temporary working based on fears that casual workers were displacing regular staff [ see Chapter 6 ] . |
| 22 | ‘ It has been Ivy week , ’ wrote Elizabeth . |
| 23 | Relaxation of the small company audit requirement has been Institute policy since the debate resumed in 1985 . |
| 24 | ‘ You mean all this has been FBI work ? ’ |
| 25 | Since 1986 she has been Cavan District Secretary . |
| 26 | Three times in a row he has been champion jockey but his achievement in 1992 , re-wrote the record books and wo n't be equalled by anyone else for a long time to come , if ever . |
| 27 | A new member of the Executive Committee as Wexford Area Secretary , David has been Wexford District Secretary since 1987 and a branch representative since 1977 . |
| 28 | Since 1987 Elma has been Derry Area Ladies ' Representative . |
| 29 | Professor Williams has been Rouse Hall Professor of English Law at the University of Cambridge since 1983 and President of Wolfson College since 1980 . |
| 30 | An example of this typecasting has been US alto-saxophonist Lee Konitz , customarily referred to as ‘ Doyen of the Cool School ’ . |