Example sentences of "[noun] has [be] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Controlling current spending by local authorities has been central government 's major headache ever since it decided in 1961 that local government expenditure was part of public expenditure and therefore should be controlled by the Treasury . |
| 2 | Both worry about the fishing villages whose livelihood has been commercial whaling . |
| 3 | Another change has been extensive draining of moorland ( Stewart and Lance , 1983 ) and this allied to increased sheep numbers and other factors ( Anderson and Yalden , 1981 ) has led not only to a decrease in moorland vegetation but to a reduction in wildlife , notably grouse . |
| 4 | The competitive procurement policy of the Ministry of Defence has been good news not only for the Ministry and the taxpayer but for the yards . |
| 5 | A second legacy of Tiananmen has been increasing tension over the course of Hong Kong 's political development , with just six months remaining before China 's parliament is due to enact the mini-constitution , or Basic Law , setting out the pattern of post-1997 government . |
| 6 | One of the problems with traditional remedial teaching has been that spelling and neatness are fetishes . |
| 7 | For years the result has been frequent power blackouts for Orcadians as the birds ' elaborate home-making habits — incorporating everything from barbed wire and steel mesh to tin cans and nails — caused the electricity supply to short-circuit . |
| 8 | The result has been that discount deals have proliferated . |
| 9 | The result has been that sea walls have had to take the brunt of the power of waves and currents at high tide , which erodes them and requires rebuilding on an ever larger scale . |
| 10 | The result has been that sterling has become very expensive to borrow , but there is still far too much of it , and the supply is still increasing too fast . |
| 11 | The result has been some unbundling , loosening and decentralizing of control in some societies and in some organizations on some tasks . |
| 12 | The Urban Programme has been one policy instrument through which the government has been able , if only at the margins , to influence the position of black people in the major conurbations . |
| 13 | Europe 's regional economic development programme has been designated objective to status to Plymouth . |
| 14 | In recent years this department has been busier repaying savings to the public than attracting them . |
| 15 | For over 25 years the department has been pioneering AI teaching . |
| 16 | Since the acquisition of Mercia Weavers by the Stoddard Group in 1988 , Ronnie has been Chief Designer of the Runcorn Studio which specializes in Contract carpeting . |
| 17 | A recurring complaint from industry has been that pension funds are too short-term orientated , to the detriment of the companies in whose shares they deal . |
| 18 | Yet for months the world 's promotions industry has been busy marking — and marketing — the event . |
| 19 | Since last November the average settlements recorded by Rewards ' clients has been 5 p.c . |
| 20 | In Britain there has been a notable tension between the demands of law and order ideology and the practical impossibility of increasing prison populations exponentially , and this tension has been one factor encouraging the phenomenon of ‘ bifurcation ’ ( see Chapter 1 ) . |
| 21 | In both examples , a conscious attempt has been made-to segment the market . |
| 22 | Another ambition has been financial reward , and it is a lucky man who escapes a conversation with Jackie without being reminded of his various positions , his bankers , his lawyers , his accountants and his courtiers . |
| 23 | ‘ The college has been great offering to find a school for the children , and after school I will be encouraging them to join in the dance and fitness classes for children at the college . ’ |
| 24 | The biggest event in recent months has been full sectorisation and the change of name from Provincial to Regional Railways . |
| 25 | ‘ The argument for the reformers has been that punishment simply does not work . |
| 26 | The effect of falling school rolls and DES cuts in teacher-training quotas has been some reduction in the numbers of students on courses ; however , recruitment in 1981 was still considerable and , in 1981 , the polytechnics had 1,300 students enrolled on to teacher-training courses . |
| 27 | Reducing prices to under £10 has been one method . |
| 28 | THINKING , talking and working along European lines has been second nature to Mike Ward for many years now . |
| 29 | The advent of the Reagan administration , and its alliance with the powerful pro-Israeli lobby has been bad news for the UN agencies . |
| 30 | For example , Hans Dietrich Genscher has been Foreign Minister for the last 18 years . |