Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] has [been] [adj] for " in BNC.

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1 Operations geophysicist Erik Havarstein has been responsible for mobilising the seismic vessel for the survey and has spent time in Lagos ensuring the technical specification and safety standards are in place for the survey .
2 The same is true in the US , where the banking sector has been eager for some time now to find loopholes in the Glass-Steagall Act 1933 ( which segregates to a large extent the banking and securities business ) and expand into other , more profitable , areas of financial service activity .
3 UNTIL now actress Tara Fitzgerald has been famous for what she does n't wear .
4 There are , however , two longstanding situations on Southern Sandstone where payment of an admission fee has been customary for many years .
5 On balance , I believe that Britain 's membership of the EEC has been of some benefit in terms of the home market which she has gained and will continue to gain as and when her partners honour their commitments to complete the Single Market ; however , as should be clear from the figures quoted in Chapter 5 , the assertion that EEC membership has been good for Britain is open to question .
6 Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February .
7 Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February .
8 Mrs Abercrombie has been incontinent for the last year and is unsuitable , now , for one of our houses .
9 The Burford to Bibury road has been awash for most of the afternoon .
10 This " rhetoric-reality " distinction is a feature of much evaluation , and in library research has been productive for , amongst others , those involved in the LASS Project , who write of " the traditional rhetoric of sixth-form responsibility and independence " ( Hopkins and Rudduck , 1984 ) which they contrast with " the realities of sixth-form teaching and learning " .
11 The Cabinet system has been different for Heath , Wilson and Mrs Thatcher .
12 ‘ The team 's suspension system has been identical for the past 22 Grands Prix , that is since the beginning of the 1992 world championship .
13 The Thames Valley helicopter has been responsible for around 100 arrests this year .
14 The world recession has been tough for all of us , at home and abroad .
15 Benjamin Libet of the University of California at San Francisco has been responsible for two sets of experiments which are often cited as crucial evidence in the debate about the relationship between brain and mind .
16 The county council has been responsible for appointing contractors to carry out this repair work .
17 As head of Radio 2 's music department for the last four years , Ms Line has been responsible for the blend of easy listening that makes up 80 per cent of its 24-hours-a-day output , along with presenters such as Derek Jameson and Jimmy Young .
18 Maitre Lelièpvre has been married for 60 years , and has a son .
19 But Anne Rogers whose son James has been unconscious for six years says the ruling just puts pressure on her to do the same thing .
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