Example sentences of "be a [adj] part " in BNC.
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| 1 | FILE SERVERS MAY LEAD DULL LIVES , BUT THEY 'RE A CRUCIAL PART OF ANY NETWORK . |
| 2 | Most of the modernized sector is on industrial estates because industrial land development , particularly by what is now English Estates North , has been a central part of state efforts at modernization since the Special Areas measures of the 1930s . |
| 3 | They may as well have been a small part of a photograph album gathering dust in the depth of someone 's attic . |
| 4 | The pentatonic major scale is and has always been a pre-eminent part of the rock guitarist 's vocabulary . |
| 5 | ‘ In all those years the Echo has been a necessary part of a busy daily life and even more so in retirement . |
| 6 | The Le Mans race has been a prominent part of the World Sports Car Championship since its inauguration in 1953 and formed a round in the championship every year with the exception of 1956 and 1975–79 . |
| 7 | The long-awaited report has been a key part of the couple 's bitter custody battle . |
| 8 | Given that Paisley 's ability to predict political events had always been a major part of his public image , one would have expected the electorate to turn against him , especially when he had committed his personal prestige to the extent of offering to resign if the strike did not change British policy . |
| 9 | As these teachers realized they were not to get the major posts of responsibility , that their objective career progression had come to an end , that their own subject expertise was being compared unfavourably with that of their colleagues from former grammar schools , and that they were to be allocated the ‘ dirty work ’ of teaching the lower-ability groups in the lower streams — they formed a staff counterculture which set about resisting the initiatives of the head , and they withdrew that commitment and enthusiasm in the classroom that had previously been a major part of their secondary modern identity : |
| 10 | Over the years the G M B has been a major part of our family life the night meetings sometimes being away from home the disputes I have been involved in you have shared them with me and listened to me , and because of my involvement you have always supported me . |
| 11 | Expansion has been a major part of Lyles ' recent history but still the pace of change does not let up . |
| 12 | Composer , Barrington Pheolung , says the show has been a major part of his life . |
| 13 | The idea of the New has always been a crucial part of pop 's rhetoric : the idea that the future is going to be a improvement on the past ( that sixties ' feeling of being on the brink of a whole new order , the beginning of an endless breaking down of barriers and limits ) . |
| 14 | However , by adept diplomacy , he was able to impose a form of pax Britannica on what had hitherto been a turbulent part of Africa and thereby maintain the conditions best suited for fostering trade . |
| 15 | Mr Major told MPs that the awarding of honours had been a valued part of British life for centuries but the system must from time to time be reviewed . |
| 16 | Being a late developer , I had been small and slim in comparison to most of my peers , and my appearance had been a large part of my character . |
| 17 | The secrecy that surrounded Emor had been a large part of its charm . |
| 18 | Gingerly he reached out to touch it ; it might as well have been a physical part of his wife 's anatomy , like an ear or a finger . |
| 19 | Biotechnology has been a dynamic part of the American stock market , and already 40 American firms are capitalised at more than $100 million . |
| 20 | Whale meat has traditionally been a popular part of the Japanese diet , but since the International Whaling Commission 's moratorium on commercial whaling took effect in 1985 , the price of whale meat on the Japanese market has risen dramatically . |
| 21 | My father owned garages , so cars have always been a big part of my life . ’ |
| 22 | Africa had been a significant part of her life . |
| 23 | He regards this somewhat gruelling routine as having been a vital part of his training . |
| 24 | Since the Turks ruled the eastern Mediterranean during the days of the Ottoman Empire , pourgouri has been a vital part of the Levantine diet . |
| 25 | I 've broadened my football knowledge and it 's been a vital part of my education in the game . |
| 26 | ‘ The company has been a wonderful part of my life , but I feel the time has come to permit a younger generation to take the reins . ’ |
| 27 | And the words we use are a small part of the process . |
| 28 | Women form 43% of the labour force , and women 's incomes from employment are a major part of most family incomes . |
| 29 | ‘ Tie-in books ’ are a major part of any best-seller list , but not all of them are of the semi-literate kind often found there and described earlier . |
| 30 | Staff of the Tectonics and Database Group ( bringing together the former Deep Geology Group and the Land Survey database staff ) continued to provide much specialist input to the multidisciplinary mapping projects that are a major part of the BGS Core programme . |