Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [verb] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of their long term winners has been the thin , lightweight , but very windproof Ultrafleece . |
| 2 | Agricultural export subsidies had been the crucial stumbling block on which this round of GATT talks foundered in December 1990 [ see p. 37930 ] . |
| 3 | Sgurr a'Ghlas Leathaid is the dominant peak in the view from Achnasheen , so there was a smug satisfaction in being on it at long last . |
| 4 | And my experience has been that virtually all rape cases have been the forcible interference with a woman . |
| 5 | The E. Walters clothing factories have been the second biggest employers in the north Herefordshire town of Kington for the past thirty years . |
| 6 | Although the Student Tutoring Scheme and the Enterprise Studentships have been the main focus of Student Enterprise activities within Napier over the last year , students have been involved in ‘ enterprising ’ activities elsewhere : |
| 7 | The selection criteria used were the same for all patients — namely , each patient was individually assessed with respect to general fitness for function of the anal sphincter . |
| 8 | Traditionally the merchant banks have been the main financial advisers in a merger or acquisition deal — they traded very much on their reputation for knowing all the right people and being able to approach them at any time . |
| 9 | Among the major foreign policy issues discussed was the civil war in former Yugoslavia . |
| 10 | David Papps walks his dog Champ around his home at Matson in Gloucester on a lead , after being ordered to pay what dog wardens believe is the stiffest fine so far for breaking new laws on dog control . |
| 11 | The strategic need for diversity and ultimately for the replacement of fossil fuels has been the driving force for the development of nuclear power in the U.K. In turn — since uranium reserves are finite — the efficient exploitation of nuclear power itself ultimately depends on the fast reactor . |
| 12 | One positive feature of this transfer of world liquidity to the oil exporting countries has been the corresponding increase in demand for the world 's products by these countries . |
| 13 | The problem is that pluralist writings have also shown that there are continuous and time-consuming battles over budget decisions and expenditure allocations , even amongst those whom elite theorists argue are the conspiratorial elite . |
| 14 | In the West at least people have identified with a threatened world and the pressure groups have been the first instruments of that identification . |
| 15 | Not least among its star performers has been the British arm , Vauxhall , which last year achieved record net profits of £152m and record car sales . |
| 16 | Before 1920 , writes Charlie Buchan in his autobiography , ‘ the county leagues had been the happy hunting grounds for the professional clubs . |
| 17 | Another characteristic of this recession is that financial and property businesses have been the first to feel the pain of collapsing prices and profits . |
| 18 | Property developers have been the first to suffer , with credit lines cut off , interest costs rising and prices beginning to slip . |
| 19 | So far , the most successful renewable energy plants have been the ten hydro electric stations in Scotland providing around 2 per cent of the country 's electricity . |