Example sentences of "[verb] been [num] of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the reaction has been one of slight stuttering , saying ‘ Er , erm , … well … |
| 2 | That schools differ widely in outlook , expertise and resources , and that such differences help to influence the degree to which individual pupils may find it difficult to progress has been one of seminal emphases of the Warnock Report ( DES 1978 ) . |
| 3 | Since the period in question has been one of economic growth , and since it is argued that the demand for temporary workers grows faster than the demand for labour as a whole in periods of rising economic activity , our findings are particularly noteworthy . |
| 4 | President Howard Smith maintains the problem has been one of long sales cycles by large accounts considering bulk purchases of up to two or three thousand units rather than the impulse buying originally anticipated by Clarity 's business plan . |
| 5 | The general pattern of change has been one of upward mobility . |
| 6 | The picture since 1982 has been one of net zero change although there has been at least one new arrival , Boots PLC . |
| 7 | However , as Shaw has argued , although the main characteristic of competition has been one of parallel pricing , there have been occasional price wars , particularly following the entry of new firms . |
| 8 | The Republic of El Salvador was ruled by Spain until 1821 and gained separate independence in 1839 , since which time the country 's history has been one of frequent coups and political violence . |
| 9 | While before 1962 most immigration into Britain consisted of men , temporarily migrant and unaccompanied by families , the post-1962 period has been one of permanent settlement with workers and their families ( Braham , 1985 , p. 112 ) . |
| 10 | The history of AEA Technology has been one of continual evolution and development . |
| 11 | However , their history , from the first appointments in 1839 , has been one of constant change and adaptation . |
| 12 | Thus the retailing scene has been one of dynamic change which has affected ways in which salespeople now operate . |
| 13 | ’ The last year has been one of steady progress . |
| 14 | When I have , on occasion , remarked upon this to other company wives , their reaction has been one of near disbelief , followed by looks of passionate envy . |
| 15 | In order to make sense of a self that has ‘ survived ’ both discourses of colonialism it would seem that Bhimji 's strategy has been one of intense resourcefulness , gathering in herself and her experiences . |
| 16 | In fact , he 'd been one of two warders who had escorted Derek Bentley from the condemned cell to the hangman on January 281953 . |
| 17 | During the following months the School managed to carry on , but the atmosphere must have been one of great despondency . |
| 18 | For Gordon might well have been one of this newspaper 's very first journalists . |
| 19 | The overall effect of , for example , a group of elaborately dressed and bejewelled priestesses conducting a rite with carved and gilded cult objects against a background of inlaid furniture , brightly painted pillars and multi-coloured frescoes must have been one of dazzling opulence . |
| 20 | Could it have been one of these specimens that succumbed to the examining blade of the paleopathologist 's knife ? |
| 21 | If it does not , the human race will have been one of natural selection 's dead ends . |
| 22 | I could have been one of those prophets who foretold him . |
| 23 | ‘ Would James have been one of those people , by any chance ? ’ |
| 24 | It must have been one of those men Angy sketched … the one she was talking about packing up . |
| 25 | Had I been born in the Middle Ages , I knew that I would have been one of those retainers who stayed inside the castle and embroidered whilst the knights went off to slaughter the French . |
| 26 | There must have been dozens of dead animals lying around , most of them killed by shrapnel or having wandered into a minefield . |
| 27 | Although an ordained cleric , Hervey is said by a contemporary chronicler ( William of Rishanger ) to have been one of two standard-bearers of the men of London at the battle of Lewes in 1264 . |
| 28 | The previous day had been one of frantic activity . |
| 29 | The century had been one of tremendous change and older views , like the emphasis on individualism , were being modified and in some cases challenged by the closing decades of the century . |
| 30 | Throughout the tour , his bearing had been one of well-mannered gravity . |