Example sentences of "been [art] [noun sg] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it had been the experience of that war that convinced Richard Cobden of ‘ the utter uselessness of raising one 's voice in opposition to war when it has once begun . ’ |
| 2 | Such had been the history of this camp up to the time I arrived there . |
| 3 | Minor tranquillizers , in particular , have been the subject of much criticism in view of the extent of their prescribing in general practice , their doubtful efficacy and the risks associated with their use ( Catalan and Gath 1985 ) . |
| 4 | The arrangements for selecting presidential candidates that produced Ronald Reagan in 1980 have been the subject of much criticism . |
| 5 | It has however been the subject of much criticism , which has grown substantially during the second half of the present century . |
| 6 | The conduct of the trial itself had also been the subject of much speculation when it became evident that most of the prosecution witnesses were detainees . |
| 7 | That such an organism existed , or exists , has been the subject of much speculation by palaeobiologists and geochemists interested in the origin of the so-called banded iron formations ( BIFs ) ; these are sedimentary ores typically composed of alternating layers of silica- and iron-rich minerals that can often be traced as discrete units over hundreds of kilometres . |
| 8 | She asked : ‘ Will you seek to have published the report on these matters prepared by the DTI which has recently been the subject of much press speculation . ’ |
| 9 | What to do for the best has been the subject of much discussion at local aquatic societies over the years . |
| 10 | Such accounts can be renegotiated , and indeed have been the subject of much discussion between the fans and ourselves . |
| 11 | Even the awkward , the misfits , the discontented , feel a lessening of their misery when they realize they have a place , specially set for them , at a dinner which has been the subject of much thought , care , and several hours of preparation . |
| 12 | All the cases of leukaemia in Thurso were centred on this estate , which lies just within 12.5 km of Dounreay , so that the excess there was much higher than in the next cumulative zone , which included the eastern half of the town ( within 16.6 km ) , a difference that has been the subject of much comment . |
| 13 | However , much of twentieth century suburbia has neither been designed by architects , nor planned by planners , and has indeed been the subject of much invective by architects for the first half of this century . |
| 14 | Deaf education itself has been the subject of much dispute relating to the ‘ how ’ of education — that is , primarily , what method of communication do we use to educate deaf people ? |
| 15 | The pros and cons of feeding hedgehogs have been the subject of much debate , but scientific evidence suggests that , even if supplementary food is put out for hedgehogs , they will still hunt on their own account . |
| 16 | As stated above , the problem of desertification has been brought to public attention by famines that have resulted in immense loss of life , especially in the Sahel-Saharan zone of Africa ( reviewed in Glanz 1987 and Mortimore 1989 ) , the causes of which have been the subject of much debate and have recently been reviewed by Hulme ( 1989 ) . |
| 17 | Elizabeth 's intentions in 1558 have been no more clear to historians than they were to contemporaries , and have been the subject of much debate and discussion . |
| 18 | The nature of this formal regulation has been the subject of much debate . |
| 19 | The DMS itself , as the major vehicle of such provision , has been the subject of much debate during the last decade , principally about its nature and content . |
| 20 | The origin of these cells has been the subject of much debate . |
| 21 | The cause and definition of enteropathy associated T cell lymphoma ( EATCL ) and its relation to coeliac disease has been the subject of much debate recently . |
| 22 | This has been the subject of much debate and controversy , however , and we consider it in Chapter 22 . |
| 23 | Hermit crabs are able to make a rapid assessment of whether a particular shell is of an appropriate size or not , and how they do this has been the subject of much study . |
| 24 | The homologies of these parts have been the subject of much controversy . |
| 25 | Rape trials have been the subject of this analysis of these changes over time so far . |
| 26 | Mr Lamont is not happy because he has been the subject of more criticism and speculation over the past three months than most Ministers suffer in a lifetime . |
| 27 | British Telecom 's prices — the undertaking has been the subject of some criticism in the press — have decreased by 20 per cent . |
| 28 | If the gritty Hugh is away opening for his country , then no doubt there is a stronger case for testing out the leadership qualities of Maynard , who has himself been the subject of some speculation concerning the furniture vans . |
| 29 | As you may know the agreement has been the subject of some discussion , but I hope that now we have a form of words which recognises the interests of both parties to the agreement . |
| 30 | It has been the subject of some concern by those who feel that local authority officers should be completely divorced from party political connections . |