Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh det] have be the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The conference ( a triennial meeting scheduled between NAM summits ) took place in the context of the effective ending of the " Cold War " , the issue which had been the immediate stimulus for the original formation of the Non-aligned Movement in 1961 .
2 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 .
3 But it is the police crackdown which has been the crucial factor .
4 Later , as they strolled on neat walkways and over pretty Oriental stone bridges , Luke 's mood grew more relaxed , so Maria reintroduced the subject which had been the initial cause of their earlier conflict .
5 To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the average annual increase in national health service capital spending since 1978-79 ; and what was the average increase between 1973-74 and 1978-79 .
6 Indeed , it is the implications of the changing age structure of the population of pensionable age and the likelihood of a continuation of that trend into at least the first decade of the twenty-first century which have been the chief concern of social planners and welfare economists , rather than the proportion of the total population entitled to draw retirement pensions .
7 It is important to appreciate that the Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 only applies to a dwelling house which has been the matrimonial home ( s1(10) ) .
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