Example sentences of "[vb base] [been] [adj] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last few years have been rocky for the heir to the Blenheim Palace estate . |
| 2 | For example , we have been thankful for the improvement in the quality of our air with the development of clean air zones , but we must not be complacent . |
| 3 | The material conditions of production and distribution have been crucial for the perpetuation of the romance form , and the romance form continues to thrive because it so well answers the commercial demands of a mass-market paperback and communications industry . |
| 4 | Some aspects of the power settlement in post-war Japanese enterprises , particularly the enterprise unions , the wage payment systems and the flexibility which these allowed , have been crucial for the emergence of this putative postmodernist form of organization . |
| 5 | Indeed many of the fish you see in your aquatic retailer 's tanks have been commercially-bred for the hobby . |
| 6 | They have been responsible for the building of the Kings Reach Complex in Ramsay . |
| 7 | The EIA have been responsible for the ban in the ivory trade , and their campaign on the plight of captured wild birds has resulted in 74 major airlines refusing to co-operate in the transport of wild birds . |
| 8 | He may also , four years later , have been responsible for the designing of the stylistically similar Wisbech Castle , now demolished , for St John 's parliamentary colleague , the secretary of state John Thurloe [ q.v . ] . |
| 9 | But it is likely that the professionals who have been responsible for the running of such companies at local level will have been allied to the more liberal group among the upper protestant classes , as represented by such families as the O'Neills , who have looked to the English public schools for the right sort of education . |
| 10 | What remains to be seen now is whether the US will shift its economic and military support to Arena , the party behind the ’ death squads ’ which have been responsible for the murder of thousands of Salvadoreans . |
| 11 | As the Government , with their policies of dividing society , have been responsible for the breakdown in law and order , can not we at least expect bobbies back on the beat to protect us ? |
| 12 | Our surgical orthopaedic tradition and our professionally qualified consultants have been responsible for the design of thousands of OBAS ( single and double ) beds to specifications dictated by weight , shape and medical history of each of our customers , including doctors ' diagnosis , where known . |
| 13 | TNCs have been responsible for the introduction of new industries and thus new categories of manufacturing ( and also some non-manufacturing ) employment into many developing countries over recent decades ( see Grunwald and Flamm , 1985 ) . |
| 14 | Outmigration to cities in search of menial jobs or part-time work in nearby plantations provide remittances and reduce food demand , but these activities also reduce labour availability and have been responsible for the collapse of old-established terracing systems in the Middle and near East , particularly Yemen and also in the Andean part of Peru and Colombia . |
| 15 | And lastly , but by no means least , are the tsunami effects , vast tidal waves usually generated by undersea earthquakes : those tsunami have been responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people at a time when they struck low-lying coastal areas . ’ |
| 16 | In many respects the Thatcher years have been depressing for the trade unions . |
| 17 | Yet the past five-ten years have been remarkable for the amount of attention given in America to such principles . |