Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [been] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've always been the type of guy who 'll dig into every note regardless of whether that note might be right or wrong or in or out of tune . |
| 2 | However , the inequalities in higher education have rarely been the subject of close and critical attention ; far from arguing that higher education serves to reproduce inequalities , commentators ( e.g. Wolpe 1977 ) have argued merely that higher education functions to train middle-class students to take up positions of status and responsibility in society , such as civil servants , managers , teachers and doctors . |
| 3 | Problems of cross-cultural translation have long been the terrain of anthropology . |
| 4 | Gardiner traces the passions , torments and tragedy ( the death of two of their children ) of their shared life , and sheds light on episodes which have long been the subject of rumour and anecdote . |
| 5 | The sapphire waters of the coast have long been the domain of fierce sea-going tribes who were such a formidable barrier to the early European spice traders that the mountainous backbone of the island remained unexplored until the turn of this century . |
| 6 | The skills required to carry out these tasks are in short supply , even though assessing health care needs and evaluating service effectiveness have long been the responsiblity of directors of public health and their predecessors . |
| 7 | Inpatient waiting times have long been the focus of attention , but for many patients waiting to be admitted to hospital is just the tip of a ‘ waiting iceberg . ’ |
| 8 | Athletics meetings , tennis tournaments and horse-races have all been the subject of sponsorship . |
| 9 | The answer is that the London Rubber Company , Hoffman LaRoche , Kelloggs , the Central Electricity Generating Board , and the National Coal Board have all been the subject of investigations by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . |
| 10 | an education of this kind is the greatest benefit which could be conferred upon any citizen of a great state , and … the common right to it , the common discipline and enjoyment of it , the common possession of the tastes and association connected with it , would form a new element of national unity , linking together the mental life of all classes by experiences which have hitherto been the privilege of a limited section . |
| 11 | The work experiences of a sample of these workers over their first twelve months after redundancy have already been the subject of extensive research under ESRC project F/00/23/2257 . |
| 12 | Hepatitis B anc C have already been the subject of PCR work and are the subject of a separate article in this series . |
| 13 | When buying extended works , the collector should make sure that they have not been the subject of depredations of this nature . |
| 14 | That this is not always the case is apparent from our policy in cervical cancer screening , the bulk of which has occurred among young women , in whom the risk of dying of cervical cancer is substantially less than among older women , who have not been the focus of public screening policies for this disease . |
| 15 | Exposure drafts of ethical guidance on those topics have just been the subject of extensive consultation . |
| 16 | In particular , Marx claimed that ‘ the ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class ’ ( Marx , 1977 : 236 ) . |
| 17 | Hence the Queens of Avelorn have always been the Everqueens of Ulthuan , forming an unbroken chain from ages past . |
| 18 | Microcomputers are accessible to individuals at home , to small businesses and to schools This means that the majority of microcomputers are used by people without specialised skills in computing Manufacturers of microcomputers and the writers of programs for them therefore design their products to be simple to use Mainframe and minicomputers , however , are extremely expensive and have always been the preserve of large organisations where specialist staff and trained computer operators are more readily available . |
| 19 | ‘ You have always been the soul of industry and cheerfulness . |
| 20 | It is they , after all , who have always been the symbols of their culture and traditionally it is at their slightest touch that the delicate flower of Izzat can shrivel . |
| 21 | It is possible that nearly all of the outgassed volatiles have always been the result of recycling . |
| 22 | The general trend towards central control , together with the introduction of LMS , which delegates to governors many of the management powers which have traditionally been the responsibility of the local authority , have conspired significantly to alter the role of the local education authority . |
| 23 | Like the siting of settlements , attempts to examine and understand the patterns , and the distribution of settlements across the landscape , have traditionally been the preserve of geographers . |
| 24 | The north of England and Scotland have traditionally been the areas of greatest activity in collected credit . |
| 25 | The spatial query language tools which a GIS uses for general interaction with spatial data and for the elucidation of spatial relationships have also been the subject of recent research ( Egenhofer 1989 ) . |
| 26 | The epistemological foundations of educational research have also been the subject of intensive scrutiny . |
| 27 | Costs have also been the focus of attention and all manufacturing activities have been consolidated in newly refurbished premises in Birmingham . |
| 28 | These criticisms have often been the crux of the public case against land drainage . |
| 29 | In the latest episode , rivers and wetlands have often been the field of battle . |
| 30 | The dual division of ecclesiastical power has also been important because the religious orders have often been the vehicle for innovative theologies differing from the Roman line . |