Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb base] been the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The causes of economic and employment decline in the cities have been the subjects of the most extensive studies — no other area of urban research has received so much attention . |
| 2 | Most problematic for the courts have been the cases involving flats given by local authorities to persons in the course of pursuing their duties under the Housing Acts towards homeless persons . |
| 3 | All the policies have been the subject of consultation , but in the case of policy H two , we 've experienced almost five years of continued discussion and debate first of all through the Greater York study and then through this alteration . |
| 4 | Rising unemployment and the recession have been the price that we 've had to pay to get inflation down . |
| 5 | He told MPs rising unemployment of the recession have been the price we have had to pay to get inflation down . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's a sad fact that Celtic have taken advantage of their top players , ’ he claimed , in his ghost-written biography , ‘ The kind of players who have supported Celtic and been really loyal to the club have been the ones who have suffered the most . ’ |
| 7 | The Conservatives have been the party of Britain in Europe for 30 years . |
| 8 | But the Wandjina have been the subject of special interest and speculation to anthropologists , ethnologists and certain writers who have linked them with visitors from space due to their resemblance to astronauts . |
| 9 | The only body of people who have been behind the Bill have been the principals of the colleges , and what did they say ? |
| 10 | In the event , the results have been the opposite of those originally envisaged . |
| 11 | Indigenous people in the Americas have been the victims of gross human rights abuses ever since Christopher Colombus landed on the island of Hispaniola on 12 October , 1492 . |
| 12 | The locks have been the subject of a Health and Safety Executive investigation over the last twelve months and this was the first case to be examined . |
| 13 | As in the NUM strike of 1984 , the women have been the backbone of this struggle : dressed in camouflage and calling themselves the Daughters of Mother Jones , after the legendary union organiser from the turn of the century , they have walked the picket lines , sat in front of coal trucks , and been arrested . |
| 14 | Still , the taboos have been the source of much mirth : the stand-up 's traditional reliance on smut and mothers-in-law could only exist in a largely sex-negative society . |
| 15 | Meditation , levitation and the teachings of the Maharishi have been the party 's best-known policies until now . |