Example sentences of "[verb] be [num] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicol has been one of Liverpool 's most consistent defensive performers after forcing his way into the side following his £300,000 move from Ayr United . |
| 2 | Mr Skokov has rarely spoken in public ( in his three years in parliament , he did not make a single speech ) , yet he has been one of Russia 's most influential politicians . |
| 3 | Scotland has been one of Britain 's growth areas in electronics ( Box B , p 639 ) . |
| 4 | Argentina has not been just any other market for British arms ; it has been one of Britain 's best customers in a long relationship . |
| 5 | The Escort has been one of Britain 's top-sellers for many years and having tested various examples of the latest in the range I have to give a curate 's egg verdict . |
| 6 | The Great Tower of Magdalen College has been one of Oxford 's best known sights since the fifteenth century . |
| 7 | In Blackpool the strongest feeling among representatives has been one of relief that the party sang in harmony under stress . |
| 8 | Commanding one of the most scenic parts of the Lake Maggiore area , Stresa has been one of Europe 's most exclusive holiday resorts for 100 years . |
| 9 | The period since then , however , has been one of consolidation and , in some instances , retrenchment within further education , but the principal management qualification continues to be the Diploma in Management Studies ( DMS ) , despite some changes . |
| 10 | Key to all this has been one of Davidson 's major responsibilities , the development of a highly sophisticated system of strategic , operational and individual business plans and performance monitoring and review . |
| 11 | A substantial number of these students have either been speakers of RP or had accents only slightly different from it , and their usual reaction to being told to use for the vowel at the end of ‘ easy ’ , ‘ busy ’ has been one of puzzlement and frustration ; like them , I can not equate this vowel with the vowel of ‘ bit ’ . |
| 12 | On Europe the pattern has been one of resistance to proposals but , in the end , accepting compromise . |
| 13 | The year has been one of change , of achievement , and of challenge . |
| 14 | The problem has been one of acceptability , and that may be a reflection of the practical rather than the academic nature of police surgeons ' work . |
| 15 | In fact , Mr Shiratori has been one of Japan 's representative 's on the IASC since 1984 and is well versed in all the issues ; he is also well aware that he has taken up the reins of office at a critical time for the IASC . |
| 16 | For decades , the floodlit night feed has been one of Slimbridge 's best kept secrets . |
| 17 | For decades , the floodlit night feed has been one of Slimbridge 's best kept secrets . |
| 18 | But in the past Chile has been one of Iraq 's main suppliers of arms and there are fears that the new British missile could be sold on to Saddam Hussein . |
| 19 | Miss T. was never accepted into that faith by baptism or otherwise and therefore , as the sect has asserted in a statement to the press , ‘ T. is not and never has been one of Jehovah 's Witnesses . ’ |
| 20 | Within Greater York the general philosophy embodied in both the Greater York study and the structure plan has been one of restraint . |
| 21 | The history of Burma has been one of imperialism . |
| 22 | What can we expect from a Government who are dismantling quality training in the construction industry and whose record on training boards over the past decade has been one of failure ? |
| 23 | By contrast , the issue of social mobility has been almost entirely ignored by contemporary spatial analysis , even if the issue of social mobility has been one of sociology 's concerns . |
| 24 | The Clio has been one of Renault 's most successful models ever in the fiercely competitive British market . |
| 25 | The drama of Mansell 's foot injury has been one of racing 's best-kept secrets . |
| 26 | Instead , the experience of nationalization under a government committed to free-marketism and opposed to subsidies , has been one of restructuring and run-down . |
| 27 | ( c ) First registration of title Generally , an application for first registration of title , even when the land is in a compulsory area , will not be required unless the conveyance has been one of sale of the whole of the property ( Land Registration Act 1925 , s123 ) . |
| 28 | Yet , in the context of 19 barren years , the season just ended has been one of note in these parts . |
| 29 | Her Royal Highness sat at a round table with the Duke and Duchess of Westminster , Viscount and Viscountess Astor , Mr and Mrs Ian Bruce he is the Director General of the RNIB ; $insert names$ and his sister Lady Aird who has been one of Princess Margaret 's ladies-in-waiting for thirty years , and was in attendance this evening . |
| 30 | He has been one of Diana 's closest confidants during the difficult years of her rocky marriage . |