Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] has [been] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course there has been inflation in the economy , but even so you can tell Wilko is a Yorkshireman . |
| 2 | Inevitably in this case there has been agreement on matters to do with regulation and standardisation ( the Capital Adequacy Directive ) , which though no doubt treated as a ‘ competition directive ’ is arguably restrictive of it . |
| 3 | Peter Moores impresses more with bat and gloves every time I clap eyes on him ; Martin Speight is beginning to weld patience and big numbers to his undoubted ability and bottomless well of self-belief ; and if a fractured ankle has set the seal on Adrian Jones 's dispiriting season there has been consolation in the imposing shape of Ed Giddins . |
| 4 | In the past she has been secretary to Fred Shaw ( company secretary ) , Peter Williams ( finance director and deputy chairman ) , James Moffat ( company director and managing director ) , Paddy Byrne ( chief executive ) before becoming secretary to George Stonier 18 months ago . |
| 5 | It did little for the image of a man who has been part of the backbone of the team for so long , and was playing in his eighty-seventh Test . |
| 6 | In Chemicals Manufacturing at Royston and Brimsdown it has been time for change . |
| 7 | In the 1920s , an uncle founded the Barrandov film studios that were to have their finest hour with the Czech New Wave of the Sixties , and his father was responsible for and owned , among other buildings , the Lucerna block in the heart of the city which has been part of the life of most Pragers , with its remarkable collection of art-deco restaurants , bars , cinemas and concert hall . |
| 8 | Romance and elegance are the hallmarks of this sophisticated city which has been home to more great composers and inspired more great music than anywhere else on earth . |
| 9 | Since the book went to press there has been Smith v. Schofield , in which it was said that seventeen pages of algebra used to show the consequences of one construction of a tax Act should have been proved by an expert witness and not merely put before the judge ; this does raise sharply the difference between argument and evidence . |
| 10 | He has provided a much needed corrective to the over-individualistic approach to conversion which has been characteristic of many western evangelists and missionaries . |
| 11 | This undoubtedly developed a practice of regional collegiality which has been characteristic of the post-conciliar Church . |