Example sentences of "they have been [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have been a power behind the scene for centuries , but now they 're coming to the fore . |
| 2 | They have been a major force in church planting in south-east London in the 1980s . |
| 3 | More recently they have been a popular adventure playground for youngsters . |
| 4 | In a ‘ victim survey ’ , such as the British Crime Survey of 1983 , a sample of the population is asked to give details of any crime of which they have been a victim in the previous year . |
| 5 | Er now this is interesting because this is not a representative cross section of er , of women in Scotland , but its an average gathering together , not chosen for any reason other than some are interested er , some come from er no particular background , but sixty two of this hundred have said yes , they have been a victim of crime , those of you had said yes , what , what , what experiences have you had that made you say yes ? |
| 6 | They have not only been the channels of communication and administration from the centre to the periphery , but also the voice of the periphery , or of particular interests at the periphery ; they have been a means of overcoming local particularities , but also platforms for their expression , instruments of central control and obstacles to it . |
| 7 | They have been a very popular means of dealing with a wide variety of functions which ministers want to encourage , to finance and to guide , but which would not fit easily into the structure of a government department . |
| 8 | There are , however , some patients who , though not in an acutely disturbed state , will need extra security for a period because they have been a risk to the public at some time in the recent past or are considered to require special containment while assessment continues in conditions of moderate security . |
| 9 | Hence they have only contributed in a limited way to post-war housing , but they have been a major feature of a commitment to planned decentralization , even though , as Aldridge ( 1979 ) concludes , by the end it was a programme without a policy . |
| 10 | Perhaps they have been a touch too comfortable — but the collapse of Elliot and Michael 's business has put paid to that . |
| 11 | I was wrong , and they have been a dramatic success . |
| 12 | They have been the nucleus of several hundred self-employed artisans manufacturing these bicycle attachments who can be seen on open sites across Nairobi . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've played Bristol three times this season and they have been the better side each time . |
| 14 | If so , then the reasons for this are probably related to the fact that they have been the party of government and their ideas are consequently more newsworthy ; that they have displayed greater skill and exerted greater effort in publicising their views ; and that the other parties delayed the formulation of their interpretations of the concept . |
| 15 | Above all we must disregard any traditional idea and never , never , be put off by statements of ‘ practical men ’ who say it has been tried before or it will never work ; these two feeble and slavish statements have destroyed countless ideas and they have been the rocks against which many brilliant minds have foundered . |
| 16 | It is all too easy to attribute changes in mood to drug therapy when in fact they have been the result of removing the patient from a stressful environment and providing him with support . |
| 17 | It is not just cost that has made the DIY holiday so popular , although traditionally they have been the break for those on a tight budget . |
| 18 | It claimed that ‘ The pooling of coal and steel production will immediately provide for the establishment of common bases for economic development as a first step in the federation of Europe , and will change the destinies of those regions which have long been devoted to the munitions of war , of which they have been the most constant victims ’ . |
| 19 | Accordingly , they have been the subject of intensive research and fierce controversy . |
| 20 | The main constructive effort in providing for the future leisure activities of this national has been by Spanish and other Mediterranean resort countries , and predictably they have been the gainers . |
| 21 | They have been the commonplace stuff of the party political debate that is adversary politics . |
| 22 | Even though the offences under consideration have a statutory source , they have been the subject of a good deal of judicial development , reflecting the gradual and incremental changes in the social and legal functions that the police force has been expected to undertake since its inception . |
| 23 | Celtic 's problem is that Rangers are one of the tiny minority and they have been the pre-eminent team on a domestic level , while the other half of the Old Firm have gone four years without winning anything . |
| 24 | They have been an action-packed eight weeks , with map reading , first aid , nuclear , biological and chemical warfare instruction , weapon training , fieldcraft , physical training and a myriad of other subjects to prepare the recruit for her chosen career . |
| 25 | Because they have been an important part of some historic eruptions , a few pumice deposits are well-documented , but surprisingly few have been studied closely from a geological viewpoint . |