Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] have [been] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rapidity of Japan 's economic and political transformation and the enduring influence of Tokugawa practices and ideas into this century mean that in Japan , as in other late industrializers such as the USSR , agricultural issues and the impact of the rural sector have been of crucial importance throughout the past 150 years . |
| 2 | Since the First World War the railways in the developed world have been in decline , their role usurped by motor transport and in particular the car . |
| 3 | I was about to remind the hon. Gentleman that the present Government have been in office for the past 13 years and therefore must accept a great deal of responsibility . |
| 4 | Many of the present team have been with the organisation at least since 1974 when Mr d'Ancona , an assistant secretary with the Department of Energy at the time , was asked to implement a political decision to transfer the headquarters of the fledgling organisation from London to Glasgow . |
| 5 | ( a ) How meaningful would the first statement have been to you without this additional information ? |
| 6 | Well what would the original Gaelic have been for that ? |