Example sentences of "have be a [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would 've been a bad time for t'road between t'two farms ti be blocked wi' snow . ’ |
| 2 | Er it , it does seem to me it would 've been an enormous problem for the Chinese Communist Party had absolute egalitarianism worked . |
| 3 | As the Bank of England conducts its money market operations predominantly in such instruments , there has been a continued demand for such paper . |
| 4 | The ‘ aristocratic ’ character of landowning has been a central basis for social status and political power in Britain for centuries , and the divisions of interest between land and industry have been fundamental to the political development of the upper class . |
| 5 | Upward mobility has been a real possibility for a large number of people . |
| 6 | The job with the EOD team has been a real eye-opener for him . |
| 7 | Ironically , it 's the simplicity that has been a major headache for distributors Oak Marketing . |
| 8 | The weak tradition of trade unionism in Texas has been a major cause for the profession of the prison officer to develop in a very different way from in Europe . |
| 9 | While the education system has been a major target for opponents of apartheid since the 1953 Bantu Education Act , it was not until the 1980s that more concrete attempts were made to formulate ideas for another kind of education system . |
| 10 | According to UNEP , a lack of availability of reliable information has been a major reason for the lack of the best corporate environmental practise |
| 11 | The whole episode has been a major embarrassment for all concerned . |
| 12 | 1991 has been a marvellous year for Good Housekeeping and it 's largely thanks to you . |
| 13 | Connie said : ‘ It has been a marvellous year for outings and we have been very fortunate with the weather this summer . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It has been a marvellous season for me and everyone has been really pleased with my progress . |
| 15 | Since the first opposition parties were founded , one of them , lead by a woman , has been a regular target for malicious attack . |
| 16 | The dominant thread has been a key role for the state in both the accumulation and distribution of wealth echoing the role of pre-colonial states such as Asante , Buganda and UrOzwi discussed in Chapter 4 . |
| 17 | ‘ It has been a frustrating season for me at times , because of the brilliant form of Pears . |
| 18 | ‘ It has been a frustrating season for me at times , because of the brilliant form of Pears . |
| 19 | THIS has been a momentous year for CCG in London , with a number of important new contracts and expanded services with existing clients . |
| 20 | PRESIDING over the collapse of one of America 's largest newspapers has been a humbling experience for the Tribune Company , a Chicago-based media group that is proud of its reputation for tough management . |
| 21 | Crystal Palace1 ARSENAL , back to the form which earned them two championships in three years , will use the rest of what has been a disappointing season for them to lay the foundations for future challenges . |
| 22 | Set in a beautiful landscape , Chepstow has been a strategic fortress for hundreds of years . |
| 23 | Linked to this persistent emphasis on the head of state as a quasi-mystical individual has been a countervailing disregard for the opinions and practices of village communities , except as the means of export revenue and , where tribal links justify it , as a source of political support . |
| 24 | However , as the government proposed to separate the Rate Support Grant systems for England and Wales , it decided that it would be logical to have separate pooling arrangements for the two countries ; consequently , there has been a separate pool for Wales since 1981–2 . |
| 25 | I have no doubt this has been a terrible ordeal for you and the verdict is a personal and professional catastrophe . |
| 26 | He is convinced that the introduction of lightweight monofilament nylon into coastal gill-net fisheries has been a global disaster for many coastal species of dolphins and porpoise . |
| 27 | His interests have not been confined to chest disease and smoking , however : Professor Fletcher has been a tireless campaigner for better communications between patients and doctors . |
| 28 | She has been a tireless worker for the party since the Truro MPs death in a road crash in 1986 . |
| 29 | There has been a continuous tendency for governments , both Conservative and Labour , to intervene in the affairs of the nationalized industries in order to promote immediate political objectives . |
| 30 | Train to Pakistan , a novel by Khushwant Singh , has been a great inspiration for me . |