Example sentences of "also [been] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has also been a proposal to increase the term of copyright to the life of the author plus 70 years , although this had been subject to some controversy within the EC . |
| 2 | Duncan , a Cambridge graduate , had also been a candidate for the post when Peirson had been appointed in 1647 , but the Company , anxious to avoid any trouble and to be reconciled with the townspeople , had on both occasions chosen Stockport 's nominee . |
| 3 | There has also been a degree of confidence among eurobond firms that regulations will not be altered without good reason and appropriate consultation . |
| 4 | He was a Vietnam veteran from Rhode Island who had also been a drug enforcement agent in Pennsylvania and a cosmetologist in Palm Beach , and he was in Nicaragua to take combat photos . |
| 5 | This has also been a feature of the East African revival and was probably also present in Watchman Nee 's church . |
| 6 | The shedding of older labour has also been a feature of the experience of the cohort just below the statutory retirement age , with male activity-rates in the 60–64 years age-group falling from 83 per cent in 1971 to 60 per cent in 1986 . |
| 7 | This pattern , which has also been a feature of aspects of Spanish policy-making since the return to democracy , contrasts with the relatively high degree of continuity , particularly on railway investment policy , of other countries . |
| 8 | Fragmentation has also been a feature of Spanish transport policy , although the PSOE has been attempting to co-ordinate planning , establish a consistent competitive framework and draw up standardized criteria for investment in different modes . |
| 9 | While much of this consensual pattern in RENFE had its roots in the peculiar circumstances of the transition , a similar ethos of conflict avoidance has also been a feature of industrial relations in BR . |
| 10 | There has also been a change in mood about nationalization . |
| 11 | There has also been a change in the holiday habits of the Madeirans themselves , who used to retire to their summer villas at Monte or Santo da Serra to escape the heat or flocked to the rocky shoreline around Funchal to bathe every day . |
| 12 | There 's also been a change in management , while Epic Records have confirmed that the band has been dropped from the roster . |
| 13 | So the work remains , in some sense , circular : but what is more important to our understanding of the poem , as opposed to the misadventures of the poet , is that there has also been a change of genre . |
| 14 | There has also been a change in art , and the art market . |
| 15 | Clearly these are still working groups , usually of type ( ii ) , with a manifesto , a periodical and exhibitions , but there has also been a change of some kind in their social relations , and this can best be understood by the second kind of analysis , of the proposed and actual relations with all those beyond the group . |
| 16 | There has also been a breakthrough in the breeding of soya beans ( 126 million acres are grown annually worldwide ) where resistance to damage by glyphosate has been genetically incorporated . |
| 17 | This has also been a way of escaping from the serious clashes which historically have taken place between different Christian groups involved in education and which remain a distinct possibility in the multi-faith situation . |
| 18 | Particularly impressive has been the major revival of the South East since the mid 1970s , but there has also been a return to strong growth in the other three regions of the South in the mid 1980s . |
| 19 | There has also been a flurry of activity on ‘ degraded-core ’ phenomena . |
| 20 | Over the same period there has also been a transformation in its geography . |
| 21 | At the same time that there has been a shift in the size and importance of manufacturing within the economy as a whole , there has also been a transformation in the geography of manufacturing within the country . |
| 22 | Outside London , there has also been a trend towards larger practices seeking to soak up the commercial work which remains in the provincial cities of England and Wales . |
| 23 | It was from an old pal of mine , an MP who had earned a splendid reputation as a devoted knowledgeable constituency member , not least because he had also been a councillor for years . |
| 24 | The single company PEP , which was introduced on 1 January this year , has also been a success . |
| 25 | CLR had also been a Trotskyist so I identified greatly with him . ’ |
| 26 | She had also been a builder before coming to the school and ended up doing most of the work . |
| 27 | A ladies ' man he may profess to be but he 's also been a bit of a louse . |
| 28 | A mild winter has led to a drop off in sales of salt to local authorities and there has also been a reduction in the market for potash in Britain as a result of the uncertain future in farming . |
| 29 | Clinton had also been a member of the group of knights sent to Hainault in 1327 to escort the count and his daughter Philippa to the English court prior to Philippa 's marriage with Edward III . |
| 30 | The person with the unenviable task of chairing the plenary session is Inez McCormack , who has also been a member of the conference organising committee . |