Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] have be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And my experience has been that virtually all rape cases have been the forcible interference with a woman . |
| 2 | The E. Walters clothing factories have been the second biggest employers in the north Herefordshire town of Kington for the past thirty years . |
| 3 | Although the Student Tutoring Scheme and the Enterprise Studentships have been the main focus of Student Enterprise activities within Napier over the last year , students have been involved in ‘ enterprising ’ activities elsewhere : |
| 4 | Traditionally the merchant banks have been the main financial advisers in a merger or acquisition deal — they traded very much on their reputation for knowing all the right people and being able to approach them at any time . |
| 5 | In the West at least people have identified with a threatened world and the pressure groups have been the first instruments of that identification . |
| 6 | Another characteristic of this recession is that financial and property businesses have been the first to feel the pain of collapsing prices and profits . |
| 7 | Property developers have been the first to suffer , with credit lines cut off , interest costs rising and prices beginning to slip . |
| 8 | So far , the most successful renewable energy plants have been the ten hydro electric stations in Scotland providing around 2 per cent of the country 's electricity . |