Example sentences of "this [verb] been [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THIS has been a momentous year for CCG in London , with a number of important new contracts and expanded services with existing clients . |
| 2 | True , this has been a disappointing campaign . |
| 3 | I had got over my nerves by then ( was even thinking Travels With My Angst might not be the most suitable title for my book ) and was able to take a more even view of the handsome tour guide who had confessed to me , ‘ This has been a good trip for me . |
| 4 | ‘ This has been a good test for his knee and we do n't think it is a big problem . |
| 5 | This has been a good debate , as Friday debates often are . |
| 6 | This has been a good debate . |
| 7 | Gillian Shephard , the Employment Secretary , told the House : ‘ This has been a good week for Britain . |
| 8 | ‘ This has been a live issue for a long time , but it has been brought into sharp relief by the lack of clear guidance on assessment from the DoH , ’ he said . |
| 9 | This has been a traditional starting-point for both historians and sociologists . |
| 10 | This has been a traditional argument for local and participative democracy ( Pateman , 1973 ) . |
| 11 | This has been a personal crusade to fill that gap . |
| 12 | As Wayne Gossage has said : " Patricia Knapp was one of the few people in the inner circle of the library-college vanguard who was in any way critical " ( Gossage 1975 : 8 ) and this has been a sad weakness in a movement which , with its enthusiasm and provocative reversal of traditional priorities , has aroused much interest and thought amongst educators , librarians and administrators . |
| 13 | This has been a wide-ranging debate . |
| 14 | But this has been a mere flirtation with the market . |
| 15 | This has been a major demand by the National Licensed Victuallers Association , who hailed the decision as a victory for their campaign . |
| 16 | This has been a major platform of government economic policy . |
| 17 | This has been a major problem in Kent , Essex , Suffolk , and Norfolk , and most notoriously at Halvergate , where there have also been acidity problems , causing some farmers to have to jet their drains every year . |
| 18 | Furthermore , ERM membership has effectively disciplined many EC governments unable to cure inflation for themselves ; this has been a major factor in the creation of prosperity in Western Europe . |
| 19 | This has been a major factor in the stability which Spencer Stuart has achieved in its offices . |
| 20 | They suggest that public expenditure growth has led to a transfer of productive resources from the private sector to a public sector producing largely non-marketed output , and that this has been a major factor in the UK 's poor performance in the post-war period . |
| 21 | → This has been a fascinating contest of wit and wisdom , with both sides stating their cases fully and with great lucidity . |
| 22 | Side-by-side with this has been a greater emphasis on the link with organizational behaviour and decision analysis , with a growing recognition of the importance of political processes within firms , quite apart from those around them . |
| 23 | For us this has been a second chance , our only chance , to enjoy a wedding with all the luxuries and trimmings , and all our family around us . |
| 24 | Teachers have had to adapt to the need to allow their pupils this kind of responsibility and self-propulsion , and for those who have been accustomed to telling their pupils in detail how to defeat the examiners on the fateful day , this has been a great change . |
| 25 | ‘ This has been a great evening , ’ she said . |
| 26 | I hope the Lord will forgive me but this has been a great experience and you would n't know Mabel , she is brown in the sun here , it is very nice , but I do n't like the dust . |
| 27 | Occupational Health Physician , Dr Gordon Morris said : ‘ This has been a great effort by Irene . |
| 28 | This has been a great weekend , but it does n't mean anything . ’ |
| 29 | Mr Peter Preston , editor of the Guardian , yesterday said : ‘ This has been a long time coming and there are things in it like the enhanced role for proprietors that I 'm not very keen on , ’ he said . |
| 30 | This has been a long chapter on the work of the Spirit in the individual Christian . |