Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] has be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , India produces some very good quality rugs , particularly in Kashmir , and the trend over the last few years has been towards finer and finer items . |
| 2 | As well as this , the trend over the past few years has been towards greater accountability from business in the form of information about matters other than profit and loss . |
| 3 | The most significant growth area for Blackwells ' Art & Poster Shop in the last few years has been in calendars . |
| 4 | In practice the major use of such agreements has been in the sphere of highway maintenance and construction , where old county boroughs and large urban districts have invariably continued to provide the service on behalf of their county council . |
| 5 | The exercise of these duties has been at all times , and remains , subject to the visitorial jurisdiction of the judges . |
| 6 | The purpose of these games has been in the main to do with releasing energy and reducing inhibitions or achieving group cohesion . |
| 7 | The relative diagnostic importance of these symptoms has been in dispute until quite recently , when evidence for a variety of biochemical and structural deficits in the brains of schizophrenics began to emerge . |
| 8 | A recent application in our own hands has been in the treatment of multiple sclerosis where it has been found to be of value in restoring at least some nerve function in about 60–70 per cent of patients treated . |