Example sentences of "[been] [art] [adj] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much also depends upon local employment conditions , for , with a few exceptions , the greatest decline has taken place where there has been the greatest competition for labour , principally in the South East , in the West Midlands and in South Wales . |
| 2 | Charles Woosnam , 67 , of Builth Wells , who has been the part-time Commissioner for Wales of the Forestry Commissioner for the past six years , and is a former High Sheriff of Powys , receives the CBE . |
| 3 | They were quietly seething , June 1988 may not have been the right time for demonstrations , but parts of the student body and some sectors of the urban population appeared to be contemplating some form of action to let the government know of their intentions . |
| 4 | It 's been the right weather for ducks at the Henley Royal Regatta … but despite the rain and the lack of Olympic rowers , there 's been plenty of top rowing … the regatta continues until Sunday . |
| 5 | I consider myself highly privileged to have been the first Minister for consumer protection in a completely independent consumer protection Department . |
| 6 | In France industry-wide negotiation has been the preferred level for wage bargaining , being principally confined to the fixing of minimum conditions . |
| 7 | The United Kingdom has for many years been the preferred location for United States investment in Europe . |
| 8 | Man-made fibres and plastic sheeting have long since replaced the porous cambric or fine cotton linen which had been the standard material for sails over seven decades . |
| 9 | Ernst & Young has been the exclusive distributor for KnowledgeWare in Europe since 1986 , but the company now has direct distribution operations in most European countries including Belgium , Denmark , Finland , France , Germany , Italy , the Netherlands , Norway , Portugal , Spain , Sweden and the UK . |
| 10 | But he has failed to command a regular place during Graeme Souness 's reign as manager and the signing of Nigel Clough looks to have been the final straw for Ronny . |
| 11 | Carole Martin and their assistant have been killed in a car crash and this has been the final straw for owner Trevor Martin , to whom we offer our condolences . |
| 12 | To be able to sell every vehicle that lands at a UK port and , as a result , to enjoy buoyant prices for used models , has long been the happy position for Mitsubishi 's UK importer , Colt Cars . |
| 13 | The ground has been the northern venue for Yorkshire county cricket for over 30 years . |
| 14 | Christmas and New Year have long been the high point for visitor and Madeiran alike . |
| 15 | Try again , the decreased angle of the kite ought to cure the launch problem but as future experience will show you , the original trim set by the manufacturer will have been the ideal compromise for rate of turn and sensitivity . |
| 16 | It had been the same sum for years . |
| 17 | What over the years have been the main disadvantages for textile manufacturers ? |
| 18 | His first published book , Syntactic Structures ( 1957 ) has been the main source for ideas about this method of descriptions . |
| 19 | Grass has been the main diet for horses since the horse evolved and although it varies in nutritional quality throughout the year it does provide a balanced diet for most animals who are not working or breeding . |
| 20 | It is their opposition to private placement bureau , which they see as undermining the public employment service , which has been the main explanation for trade union hostility to agency working and , until recently , for their reluctance to recruit or organise agency workers ( on this last see Towers/Harrison 1981 ) . |
| 21 | Kermode sees this change — which is at the heart of what I am writing about — as having radical implications for letters , comparable to such things as the advent , first of printing and then of cheap paper ; the bourgeoisie 's greater leisure for private reading ; and the abandonment by circulating libraries of the three-volume novel , which had been the favoured vehicle for fiction during much of the nineteenth century : Kermode exaggerates a little , I think ; nothing in the establishment of university English is as important as the innovations in culture and technology which established the book in its modern form . |
| 22 | MIKE RAFTER has been the white knight for Bristol Saracens , the Gloucestershire Division Two club , who invited him to halt a rapid downhill slide two years ago . |
| 23 | The doctor was n't the only security failure in West German intelligence , but he had been the last straw for Sims . |
| 24 | Commodores , members , I have a great announcement to make , there have been no other nominations for President of the Association . |
| 25 | But this has been no ordinary tour for England , beaten 3–0 in the Indian Test series and consistently outplayed on the pitches of the sub-continent . |
| 26 | A Sri Lankan total of 408 for eight , and a first-innings deficit so far of 28 , would not normally be a cause for satisfaction , but this has been no ordinary tour for England , beaten 3-0 in the Indian Test series and consistently outplayed on the pitches of the sub-continent . |
| 27 | There 's been no outside aid for civilians in Central Bosnia since October the 25th when convoys were halted after the killing of a Danish truck driver … |
| 28 | Fletcher ( 1990 ) has argued for the extension of cervical screening after the age of 65 years but as yet there has been no similar argument for breast cancer screening . |
| 29 | Breach of confidence might qualify as unlawful means ( assuming it not to be a tort in itself ) but there has been no subsequent support for Lord Denning M.R. 's suggestion that the concept might extend to ‘ interference with the press . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ But it 's been a long day for Sam , so if you do n't mind I 'll send him home . |