Example sentences of "have [be] the [noun] of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a real sense league has been the making of him , supplying the hard gloss finish he might never have acquired in union . |
| 2 | The sovereignty of Parliament has been the linchpin of our unwritten and flexible constitution ; it can be traced back in our political practice and constitutional theory for almost three centuries ; and yet the constitutional authorities have come to see it as the fundamental constitutional problem needing challenge and change . |
| 3 | Since that point though what has been the pattern of our budgets ? |
| 4 | Of course , it is true that much of the individuality which people show has been the result of their upbringing . |
| 5 | A parallel project , personally undertaken by Devereux , has been the investigation of what he has called ‘ earth lights ’ . |
| 6 | One of the main gains from the GIST project has been the clarification of what is meant by a ‘ girl friendly ’ , science , that is a science which will appeal equally to the interests and concerns of girls as well as boys . [ … ] |
| 7 | Two years later John Clifford told delegates that ‘ unification is and has been the note of our time ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ I have made no provision for my son Robert other than the bequest of £100 because he has been the recipient of my bounty during my lifetime and has nevertheless caused me sorrow and trouble on numerous occasions . ‘ |
| 9 | MDC 's success or failure will inevitably be judged on its ability to develop quite different approaches to urban development than the physical regeneration process that has been the hallmark of its achievements to date . |
| 10 | Lord Hailsham may be critical of the British constitution , but he is clear that " whatever else has been the cause of our failure , it is not capitalism , or free enterprise in any form " . |
| 11 | I think the best move they made in in , in recent years has been the introduction of what they call the and it travels all the way in the town . |
| 12 | The most striking Iraqi achievement so far has been the saving of its air force , a feat that owes more to engineering than combat . |
| 13 | Looking back , I think it is probably that constant contact with our community of wood lovers that has been the highlight of my time at Woodworker . |
| 14 | The child is the psychological state of the little person who has been the victim of his huge parents and their orders and inconsistencies . |
| 15 | Like any other country 's , the history and the passion of Iran has been the product of its location . |
| 16 | The severest human impact on this rare creature , however , has been the loss of its habitat . |
| 17 | Cling to them , and their love for you , for the Place of the Succulent Rock is about to shake and tremble , and in such a time all a soul has is the company of its loving like . |
| 18 | Because I 'd been the butt of her wit she remembered me . |
| 19 | What 's more , the girl in question was the Spanish girl who 'd been the cause of his being sacked by the Shakespeare School . |
| 20 | Next week , if the plot had not been uncovered , it would apparently have been the turn of his white comrade , Joe Slovo . |
| 21 | And in more stable times , that may have been the secret of their success . |
| 22 | I put it down , and I phoned the people I thought might have been the recipients of it , to make sure it was genuine , |
| 23 | It may have been the sight of him bowling ‘ from the asylum end ’ , but the brawny de Kretser took 6 for 14 and masterminded a four-wicket win for the Ceylonese XI . |
| 24 | One of the reasons Lukic went wobbly last season , apart from the trauma connected with the infamous Rangers punch , could have been the state of his ever-changing defence . |
| 25 | It may not have been the origin of his interest in such people but clearly played a formative part in his development . |
| 26 | Pericles ' position is ( almost everywhere : see p. 126 on finance ) described by Thucydides as if his authority depended solely on charismatic qualities of leadership , but this can not have been the whole of it . |
| 27 | The bailiffs of Sir Thomas Lovell at Ryhall , wealthy men worth £80 apiece , each owned three harnesses which might have been the property of their master . |
| 28 | The Italian , Giovanni Gargiolli , may have been the author of its noble portals . |
| 29 | In normal times that overlooker in a Preston spinning mill who , with his seven employed children , earned £4 a week in a week of full employment , would have been the envy of his neighbours . |
| 30 | It may well have been the news of his mother 's fate which stirred Richard to take his first independent political action . |