Example sentences of "[been] [art] [noun] ground [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawrence spent his final days in the company of Mabel Dodge Luhan — the heiress whose home in Greenwich Village had been the spawning ground of some of America 's most famous pre-World War I radical and literary figures — and , thus , provided an oddly suitable setting for the desolate position in which Hopper found himself . |
| 2 | Tibet has been the testing ground for China 's propaganda organs . |
| 3 | Alan Shannon , a Peterhead delegate , who moved the successful motion , said : ‘ Peterhead has been the dumping ground for disruptive prisoners for years . |
| 4 | A leading centre of kersey manufacture , Newbury had been the stamping ground of the celebrated John Winchcombe until his death as recently as 1519 . |
| 5 | These areas are particularly prone to contamination and have often been the breeding ground for diseases such as dysentery or salmonellosis . |
| 6 | The hall itself was on the far side of a courtyard which could not be built upon as it had been the burial ground of the Quakers in the eighteenth century . |
| 7 | This region has long been a spawning ground for Croat hotheads who dream of annexing this area to Croatia . |
| 8 | Rivers have always been a dumping ground for man 's unwanted waste . |
| 9 | BOYS ' Brigade football has always been a breeding ground for talent and the proof will be on parade at Seaview on Tuesday night . |