Example sentences of "have [be] the [noun] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The great Continental stations , Paris , Stuttgart , Vienna , Budapest , Bucharest , Constantinople , have been the beginning and ending and en route stopping-places in the wealth of literature inspired by that acme of railway luxury , the Orient Express , the train on which James Bond once shot a man for ordering red wine with his fish .
2 Her Sacred Majesty , being by nature full of mercy and clemency , who is most inclinable to such pitiful complaints and will not endure to hear such tragedies made of her people and poor subjects , as some about her may insinuate , then she perhaps for very compassion of such calamities will not only stop the stream of such violence and return to her wonted mildness , but also con them little thanks which have been the authors and counsellors of such bloody platforms .
3 One area which has proved very popular have been the walks and activities for children and young people with disabilities .
4 The Willses ' most obvious contributions in the sphere of education have been the founding and development of the University of Bristol .
5 The only clues we have are the symptoms and signs , both past and present , and any history there may be of possible precipitating factors .
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