Example sentences of "have [adv] been [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , admission to a psychiatric unit has presumably been the result of distress which in many cases will persist after admission . |
| 2 | Although it has rarely been the subject of judicial pronouncement the conceptual basis of the " conventional " sums awarded by the courts in respect of non-pecuniary losses appears to be that such sums are what are considered fair and reasonable compensation in the social , economic and industrial conditions which prevail in England and Wales . |
| 3 | The original money was quickly invested and there has since been a stream of rights issues , particularly from companies in Thailand where the fund is 37.8 per cent invested . |
| 4 | Traditionally , corporate takeover activity has predominantly been a feature of UK and US markets . |
| 5 | ‘ On a number of occasions he has personally been the target of attack from either snipers , antitank fire or from mortar bombardment . |
| 6 | The environment has hitherto been a fief of the interior ministry . |
| 7 | But the meeting understood that " It has hitherto been the policy of this HQ and remains ( it is understood ) the advice of the British Resident Minister and the US Political Adviser that all classes and types of dissident and anti-Tito Jugoslavs who fall into the hands of Allied Forces either in Italy or in Austria should not be forced to return to Jugoslavia … " |
| 8 | ‘ I just wonder whether it has all been a waste of time . ’ |
| 9 | THE LAYOUT of the bookmakers ' pitches at Down Royal has long been a bone of contention , with bottlenecks the main drawback , causing frustration among the punters — and no doubt among the men who lay the odds as well . |
| 10 | The acquisition of dominant positions in markets has long been a concern of US antitrust , where section 2 of the Sherman Act 1890 outlaws behaviour to ‘ monopolize or attempt to monopolize ’ a market . |
| 11 | More importantly , the city has long been a centre of manufacturing excellence ; why then should it still arouse such hostility ; is there something deeper to the disapproval of Birmingham than the quality of its goods . |
| 12 | Although party politics , particularly in urban areas , has long been a feature of local government , its extension after 1974 — mainly a product of the larger authority areas created by reorganization — has helped to transform the operating style of many authorities . |
| 13 | There has long been a tradition of separating these ‘ special ’ clinics from the rest of the hospital , and many of them still go under euphemistic titles such as ‘ Martha and Luke ’ clinic , James Pringle House , or ‘ Lydia ’ clinic . |
| 14 | There has long been a tradition of skilled furniture-making in the island , making copies of British and French pieces . |
| 15 | The American Supreme Court has long been a proponent of the rule : |
| 16 | Confiscating savings has long been a demand of the most reactionary groups who think that all private business is conducted by ‘ the mafia ’ , which the confiscation is supposed to hurt ( actually , the most criminalised businesses hold much of their savings in dollars and gold ) . |
| 17 | He is a shy , gentle innocent untouched by any selfish thoughts or feelings , who has long been a pupil of Mr Pecksniff |
| 18 | The effects of observers ' values and predispositions on their perceptions , descriptions , and analyses of ethnographic reality is , of course , an issue that has long been a matter of explicit concern to anthropologists . |
| 19 | The issue of professional regulation in medicine has long been a matter of both public and academic interest . |
| 20 | All told , the upwelling of the cold waters of the south-eastern Pacific has long been a source of considerable economic importance . |
| 21 | The bureaucratization of the party has long been a source of political conflict within communist states . |
| 22 | For example , the Keynesian saving function in which the rate of acquisition of new financial and real assets is a function of the level of income has long been a source of dissatisfaction . |
| 23 | Naipaul has long been a reader of Conrad , and Guerrillas can make you think of Nostromo . |
| 24 | Making money out of the misfortune of others has long been a speciality of Swiss banks . |
| 25 | Mrs Mitterrand has long been a defender of the Kurdish cause and last July toured the area where the weekend air raids took place . |
| 26 | Of course , the UK has long been the home of large companies exploiting ‘ primary products ’ ( plantation crops , furs , timber and minerals ) in different parts of the Commonwealth and the world . |
| 27 | The Faculty is one of the oldest in the University and has long been the home of many outstanding legal scholars and practitioners . |
| 28 | Drafix CAD is an MS-DOS based CAD drawing package that has long been the choice of users who have been unwilling to pay the price demanded for the industry standard — AutoCad . |
| 29 | It involves the use of DMSO ( dimethyl sulphoxide ) , which has long been the centre of controversy . |
| 30 | CITY UNDER SIEGE London has long been the centre of European finance , but the slide in business now could just be the start of a lasting loss of market share . |