Example sentences of "[noun pl] have been the [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Other recent influences have been the job Creation programme , the Special Temporary Employment Programme and the Youth Opportunities programme , sponsored by the Manpower Services Commission .
2 Some of the greatest guitar songs have been the riff songs , so I immediately thought of Paul Rogers .
3 Previous winners have been the poet Douglas Dunn , this year 's Booker winner Kazuo Ishiguro , the handicapped writer Christopher Nolan , and the novelist Paul Sayer .
4 Rent from landownership and shares in the profits of companies have been the twin foundations of the wealthy upper class .
5 Most significant in recent years have been the field experiments carried out by the British ornithologists Nick Davies and Mike Brooke from the University of Cambridge , and the field observations of another British ornithologist , Ian Wyllie .
6 The Gallery is an independent trust but up to the present its trustees have been the College Governors of Dulwich College , acting as trustees of the Picture Gallery .
7 Four of these task forces have been the Planning Task Force , the Instructional Theory Task Force , the National Programs Task Force and the National Programs Study Task Force .
8 This year , amongst our more substantial projects have been the Law Commission 's papers on Rape within Marriage , Privity of Contract and Offences against the Person ; the Home Office 's proposals on Squatting ; the EC Package Travel Directive , the City 's Legal Risk Review Committee paper ‘ Reducing Uncertainty ’ , and the Consumer Association 's paper on professional negligence .
9 Further unrest was expected in the town last night , as evenings have been the peak periods for the protests over the past five days .
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