Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [vb -s] [be] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Their main resource and support has been the voluntary work of bodies like the National Council for Mother Tongue Teaching , the National Association for Multiracial Education ( now the National Anti-Racist Movement in Education ) and the various grouping of teachers and activists promoting the cause of one particular language . |
| 2 | For a growing number of older women , a great support in building up a sense of independence and self-esteem has been the a growth of the feminist movement , and there is more on this in the chapter ‘ Feeling good , looking good ’ . |
| 3 | It is certain , though , that the constructivism that has received the most attention in psychology and philosophy has been the developmental theory of Jean Piaget . |
| 4 | The trade deficit on food and drink has been the focus of a report by the House of Commons Select Committee on Agriculture . |
| 5 | Ensuring the honesty of those supplying services and advice has been the main raison d'être for regulation . |
| 6 | Schmitter concludes : What corporatism means for state and society has been the subject of an extended debate in recent years . |
| 7 | A key element in these processes of subjugation and domination has been the classifying and defining of racial and sexual difference , through the use of the photographic anthropological gaze ( referenced most recently in the Benetton advertising campaigns ) , the photograph within these discourses is posited as a document of empirical truth . |
| 8 | In Western music the established framework for stability and order has been the diatonic harmonic system which was developed in the Renaissance . |
| 9 | Implementation of the design and construction has been the Highways Department . |
| 10 | Female blood shed in menstruation and childbirth has been the particular focus on this definition of woman as polluted , over against male sacrality . |
| 11 | An important feature of the work of the LAMP and RAMP has been the role of ‘ rich mathematical activities ’ . |