Example sentences of "result has [been] an " in BNC.

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1 One end result has been an increase in the extent to which gays and lesbians have been subjected to physical violence , including murder and mutilation .
2 The result has been an explosion in direct sales .
3 The result has been an expansion in diesel motoring at a time when other sales have been down .
4 When married to an interest in the mass media , the result has been an over-concentration on institutions , structures and the political élite .
5 It seems clear that , despite the Conservative government 's emphasis on decentralization and accountability as objectives of abolition in London , the net result has been an increase in centralization and a reduction of both financial and democratic accountability .
6 I accept your reasons for the visit and interview you afforded Lewis Group , but one must admit that the end result has been an indirect advertisement for the Lewis Group of companies which does not necessarily imply a ‘ consideration ’ for services rendered or anything similar .
7 Since such a review stands rather apart from the rest of the material , it is presented separately , in Appendix A , where we consider what syntax is and is not , and the difficulties that have beset previous attempts to explain it , of which the principal result has been an implicit acceptance of what may be called the " perspicuity of grammar " .
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