Example sentences of "this has [been] [art] " in BNC.

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1 This has been a major demand by the National Licensed Victuallers Association , who hailed the decision as a victory for their campaign .
2 This has been a focus of his first year and will be of his second .
3 He denied angrily that he had ever sought compensation of up to £1m ‘ although this has been a very expensive operation ’ , adding : ‘ I could have proceeded had I been totally selfish for there were several options on the table , financially very attractive . ’
4 By his flamboyant standards , this has been a disappointingly low-key year for Snow Bride 's trainer , Henry Cecil .
5 THIS HAS been a very good week for fishermen and a very bad week for Findus , Bird 's Eye and all the other producers of frozen peas and pizzas .
6 This has been a source of some less than harmonious comments from my beloved .
7 ‘ I realise this has been a blow to you , Mr Pertwee .
8 ‘ Having my design photographed like this has been a really exciting experience ’
9 This has been a constant theme of Intifada policy : that we wish to build ( Palestine ) , not to destroy ( Israel ) ; that we wish to achieve freedom ( for our people ) , not to deprive others ( Israelis ) of it ; that we wish to protect and save lives ( ours ) , not to endanger the lives of others ( Israelis ) .
10 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 .
11 But this has been a mere flirtation with the market .
12 This has been a favourite route in the past five years when Japanese companies have needed money to build new factories or buy assets abroad .
13 This has been a truly vicious downturn .
14 This has been a magnificent effort .
15 True , this has been a disappointing campaign .
16 This has been a popular hotel with our clients , many of whom regularly return .
17 This has been a brief and generalised account of some of the main causes of mental handicap , which has deliberately stayed clear of describing the types of handicaps in obscure medical terms or dwelling on the complex nature of their origin .
18 This has been a traditional starting-point for both historians and sociologists .
19 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 .
20 This has been a major platform of government economic policy .
21 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 .
22 This has been a source of conflict since day three of their relationship .
23 Liese said , ‘ This has been a day of great accomplishments . ’
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 difficult thing to bring about .
26 One consequence of this has been a distrust of geometric intuition and the downgrading of geometry by educationalists over the past 50 years or so .
27 This has been a minority view for 15 years or more , but one kept alive by the persistent efforts of Chip Arp , of the California Institute of Technology , who has over the years produced a series of photographs which show objects with very different redshifts that are physically connected by streamers of material .
28 This has been a problem in metabolite measurements when using enzyme electrodes .
29 What they have combined with this has been a church growth philosophy that has been remarkably successful .
30 For many years this has been a favourite game in my circle of friends .
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