Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [vb base] been [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The implications of this change have been the subject of intense debate since 1978 . |
| 2 | Included in this overview have been the campaigns against the Thorsen film and James Kirkup 's poem in Gay News , where blasphemy was the central explicit issue ; Mrs Whitehouse 's criticism of television , in particular the BBC 's supposed bias toward ‘ South Bank ’ theology , and Till Death Us Do Part 's irreverence towards Christianity ; the perceived lack of support for the NVALA from Church leaders . |
| 3 | The reasons for this pattern have been the subject of long and sometimes acrimonious debate ( see Trotter 1949 ; Trotter 1950 ; Jones , 1951 ; Wellman 1950 ) . |
| 4 | Three major steps forward in diabetic care in this century have been the discovery of insulin , the development of treatment programmes for diabetic ketoacidosis and the management of pregnancy in the diabetic patient . |
| 5 | The details of this scheme have been the subject of a paper ( Report on a Study of the Master Farmer System in Lower Saxony , West Germany — October 1983 ) by Ian Dewar , Regional Training Adviser for Scotland . |
| 6 | The most suitable forms for the presentation of such information have been a matter for considerable debate amongst educational practitioners , both nationally and within local education authorities and schools . |
| 7 | Helen 's main problems since she moved into her own home have been a period of illness , which caused her much discomfort , and a spate of difficulties in accepting personal care from temporary staff . |