Example sentences of "this [verb] been [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A major contributory factor to this has been excise duty discrimination against spirits , particularly that in favour of imported wine . |
| 2 | For the United States , this has been part of its purpose as an aspect of counter-insurgency policy : to prevent the mass of the population defecting to the FMLN and its allies , and to deal with the social and economic costs of about half a million displaced persons . |
| 3 | The ‘ Adults Learning ’ session with me in March will help marry some of the theory of adult education to the Medau teaching method — this has been part of the Teacher Training Course for some time , and we thought that some of you who have been qualified a little longer might like some theory to back up your practical experience . |
| 4 | ‘ I am sure the people who have been treated would say this has been money well spent , ’ she said . |
| 5 | This has been dogma in the Labour Party ( and probably the other major parties ) for some 30 years . |
| 6 | BK told us this had been base camp for early attempts on Kanchenjunga from the south . |
| 7 | In the Reformation this had been North-South between Protestants and Catholics . |
| 8 | She ached with sympathy for him , and if this had been Christmas , or any time in those months when she had felt they were friends , she would have pulled him into her arms and soothed him with soft hands and whispered words . |