Example sentences of "he has [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the great West Indian bowlers from Roberts on , he is the most successful , perhaps because , with the exception of Croft , he has been the most difficult to play . |
| 2 | Of all the Bletchley eccentrics I suppose the most celebrated now must be Alan Turing , largely because he has been the subject of Hugh Whitemore 's very successful play Breaking the Code . |
| 3 | ‘ I have made no provision for my son Robert other than the bequest of £100 because he has been the recipient of my bounty during my lifetime and has nevertheless caused me sorrow and trouble on numerous occasions . ‘ |
| 4 | In short , ever since Blackett converted him to geophysics , he has been the world 's most tireless ambassador for geophysics in general and British geophysics in particular . |
| 5 | Outside the House of Commons , he has been the Scottish editor for the Sunday Times since 1987 . |
| 6 | He has been the most inspiring of any artist that I 've ever been exposed to one way or another . |
| 7 | Mr Lamont is not happy because he has been the subject of more criticism and speculation over the past three months than most Ministers suffer in a lifetime . |
| 8 | He has ‘ written ’ far more books than any other driver in the history of the sport ; he has given an infinite number of ‘ in depth ’ interviews ; he has been the subject of as much and as adulatory film footage as the Fellini-like Enzo Ferrari , and while everything he says seems absolutely straight , nothing he says is without a sharp edge to it . |
| 9 | SOUTH AFRICA 'S first non-white Test cricketer claimed last night he has been the victim of death threats in his bid to break through the barriers of apartheid . |
| 10 | Scholars of the development of the English language know that generic he has been the undisputed standard usage for less than two centuries . |
| 11 | However , since then , Walsh , Gloucestershire 's beneficiary for 1992 , has not only enjoyed the best Test match spell of his career but , in revitalised fashion , he has been the early pace-setter by some margin in the English first-class bowling averages . |
| 12 | One of the most important trends of the past 20 years in HE has been the increased participation of women . |
| 13 | One of the major factors influencing forecasts of the demand for HE has been the social class of the entrant . |
| 14 | The law therefore sets a point ( although an extremely unclear one ) at which the citizen is not entitled to resist further , and must be expected to endure the indignity or invasion , seeking relief subsequently when he can substantiate that he has been the victim of a police mistake . |
| 15 | If I know the name of Mr. Stavanger 's dentist the police can check quickly whether he has been the victim of any unexplained death . " |
| 16 | For many years he has been the Fund Raising Organizer for the British Rail Support Group , Condover Hall School for the Blind , a position he still holds . |
| 17 | Will the right hon. Gentleman , in his swan song at the Dispatch Box , admit that not only has he been the most expensive Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food , supporting an increase in CAP spending of 55 per cent. , but that , by his failure to get meaningful reform of the CAP , he has been the most unsuccessful one , as well ? |
| 18 | had been responsible for running the ‘ Popp : maltings in Louth before it was de-commissioned in the mid 80s , and if this was not enough , he has been the mentor of many newcomers to the industry , providing induction training to all levels of new recruits from director level down . |
| 19 | ‘ He has been the hunter . |
| 20 | A partner in the Washington DC and Century City ( CA ) offices , he has been the principal corporate and litigation lawyer for Princess Cruises for the past five years . |
| 21 | He has been the national drivers ' champion , the first national driver to exceed a hundred miles an hour with a five hundred C C hydroplane on Lake Windermere , won the B class championships seven times , the C class champion six times , the D class three times and the F class once . |
| 22 | He has been the Commodore of the Essex Hydroplane Club and Chairman of the R Y A Hydroplane Committee . |
| 23 | He has been the coach for the last five seasons . |
| 24 | He has been the coach for the last five seasons . |
| 25 | But he has been the Labour Party 's chosen candidate for almost two years and in that time he has worked hard to build up a high profile , assiduously interpreting official figures on unemployment , training and hospital waiting lists as well as taking on directors of newly-privatised monopolies . |
| 26 | It shows that it is no use simply announcing that you can conceive of another 's pain on the grounds that you can suppose that what he has is the same as what you have . |