Example sentences of "[verb] [be] the [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second theme evident in biogeography has been the progress made towards cultural biogeography and historical ecology . |
| 2 | This has been the procedure followed by the Yugoslav statisticians for many years . |
| 3 | The other stand-by has been the money earned by Greece 's merchant navy . |
| 4 | A major worry has been the threat posed by groundwater pollution and some research has been conducted on using GIS to monitor this ( Merchant et al. 1987 ; Barringer et al. 1987 ; von Braun 1988 ) . |
| 5 | The tent is warm , and I have taken everything off , even though it has been the norm to sleep in our thermals and a pile fibre hood . |
| 6 | Perhaps the most positive outcome , on a personal basis , has been the opportunity to participate in discussion and share ideas on an area of my work which I have not previously discussed in depth . |
| 7 | One reason for this has been the deference shown by the Court of Appeal to the expertise of the Commissioners , a deference which appears to be justified by the thoroughness of the re-examination of the cases by the Commissioners . |
| 8 | This has been the practice followed on the eastern side of the county at Adamthwaite in the Howgills and is explained in the INTRODUCTION . |
| 9 | Most significant for them has been the need to adapt to the much greater degree of bureaucratic organization which has followed the 1973 Act , the great landmark in their careers . |
| 10 | The second special factor has been the role played by the Murid Brotherhood , an Islamic movement founded in the first decade of the twentieth century by Amadu Bamba , which has played a key political role in delivering support first for the French colonial authorities and later for the governments of independent Senegal . |
| 11 | The model for southeast England has been refined and developed and one reason for its modification has been the time allocated to mid-Tertiary earth movements as it was appreciated that these ‘ outer ripples of the Alpine storm ’ may have continued for longer than was at first envisaged . |
| 12 | This has been the method used by all the great melody-writers over several centuries . |
| 13 | This has been the method used by the most successful interactive video systems of recent years . |
| 14 | Perhaps his greatest tribute , however , has been the comments made by so many people in the organisation : ‘ Peter always took time to listen ’ . |
| 15 | A notable exception has been the guides produced by Open University teams ( involving academic staff and librarians ) and published as separate units for particular courses . |
| 16 | The UK has only 6,200 hectares of undamaged peat bogs , 38 per cent less than official guidelines suggest is the minimum needed for effective conservation . |
| 17 | What seems to have been forgotten is the role played by my relation , Meg Meade-Fetherstonhaugh in bringing this Sleeping Beauty to life for our generation to enjoy until its tragic destruction . |
| 18 | The amount charged was the expense incurred by the body corporate ‘ in or in connection with the provision ’ of the benefit in kind . |
| 19 | In England the funded debt selected were the annuities stemming from a lottery loan of 1710 . |
| 20 | Males have much larger pouches and what happens is the females compete with each other . |
| 21 | Now can I er also suggest to you that in discussing this one outstanding item of the housing land allocations , we pursue virtually the same sort of approach that we did yesterday , er and in fact if you look at what is set down under matter One D for discussion , it says is the provision proposed for the Greater York area including the new settlement appropriate etcetera , and in fact when you look at the first item for discussion under the Greater York new settlement issue , we come straight into , does Greater York new settlement represent an appropriate and justified policy response , etcetera . |
| 22 | ‘ What the pictures show is the house stopped in time — like a time capsule , ’ he says . |
| 23 | Her touch became lighter until all I could feel was the heat radiating from her palms . |
| 24 | But we lived near a battery , we lived out at Whale Park And when they they deciding give the Elizabeth was just a baby then and I used to grab Elizabeth and go in the bed and the d down quilt and the pillows on top of us and lie tight and send you until the was in the sitting room and the search light follow the plane was at The plane was that near the house that the searchlight come right into the window , and the next I ken was the bullets ricocheting off the roof . |
| 25 | Export or perish was the message received by 98 countries from the IMF between 1980 and 19852 . |
| 26 | This is completely different from what people might believe are the contributions made to production by different groups in society and what people might believe are the principles of production . |
| 27 | The indicators that are traditionally used are the money spent on health care or the number of health workers per head of population . |
| 28 | All I can remember is the car going in front of me . |
| 29 | The the third and I think very important criterion is the need to avoid is the need to comply with sub-regional planning objectives . |
| 30 | The lead time as shown is the time taken between the order being made and the delivery taking place . |