Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Controlling current spending by local authorities has been central government 's major headache ever since it decided in 1961 that local government expenditure was part of public expenditure and therefore should be controlled by the Treasury . |
| 2 | Both worry about the fishing villages whose livelihood has been commercial whaling . |
| 3 | Another change has been extensive draining of moorland ( Stewart and Lance , 1983 ) and this allied to increased sheep numbers and other factors ( Anderson and Yalden , 1981 ) has led not only to a decrease in moorland vegetation but to a reduction in wildlife , notably grouse . |
| 4 | The competitive procurement policy of the Ministry of Defence has been good news not only for the Ministry and the taxpayer but for the yards . |
| 5 | The average attendance in the 121 years of its existence has been 60–80 pupils . |
| 6 | A second legacy of Tiananmen has been increasing tension over the course of Hong Kong 's political development , with just six months remaining before China 's parliament is due to enact the mini-constitution , or Basic Law , setting out the pattern of post-1997 government . |
| 7 | One focus to this resistance has been realistic plot-paradigms which Sukenick constantly subverts in the interest of getting nearer to the real . |
| 8 | One of the problems with traditional remedial teaching has been that spelling and neatness are fetishes . |
| 9 | For years the result has been frequent power blackouts for Orcadians as the birds ' elaborate home-making habits — incorporating everything from barbed wire and steel mesh to tin cans and nails — caused the electricity supply to short-circuit . |
| 10 | The result has been that discount deals have proliferated . |
| 11 | The result has been that sea walls have had to take the brunt of the power of waves and currents at high tide , which erodes them and requires rebuilding on an ever larger scale . |
| 12 | The result has been that sterling has become very expensive to borrow , but there is still far too much of it , and the supply is still increasing too fast . |
| 13 | Both sides blame one another and the result has been chaotic sales , at a time when the slack market has been a big enough handicap anyway . |
| 14 | The result has been some unbundling , loosening and decentralizing of control in some societies and in some organizations on some tasks . |
| 15 | But when states have tried an outright ban , as some have , the result has been illicit stills , producing deadly brews that have blinded and killed thousands over the years . |
| 16 | The Urban Programme has been one policy instrument through which the government has been able , if only at the margins , to influence the position of black people in the major conurbations . |
| 17 | The top rated American TV programme has been beguiling children for the last 13 years . |
| 18 | Europe 's regional economic development programme has been designated objective to status to Plymouth . |
| 19 | In recent years this department has been busier repaying savings to the public than attracting them . |
| 20 | For over 25 years the department has been pioneering AI teaching . |
| 21 | Since the acquisition of Mercia Weavers by the Stoddard Group in 1988 , Ronnie has been Chief Designer of the Runcorn Studio which specializes in Contract carpeting . |
| 22 | A recurring complaint from industry has been that pension funds are too short-term orientated , to the detriment of the companies in whose shares they deal . |
| 23 | Yet for months the world 's promotions industry has been busy marking — and marketing — the event . |
| 24 | Since last November the average settlements recorded by Rewards ' clients has been 5 p.c . |
| 25 | In Britain there has been a notable tension between the demands of law and order ideology and the practical impossibility of increasing prison populations exponentially , and this tension has been one factor encouraging the phenomenon of ‘ bifurcation ’ ( see Chapter 1 ) . |
| 26 | In both examples , a conscious attempt has been made-to segment the market . |
| 27 | Another ambition has been financial reward , and it is a lucky man who escapes a conversation with Jackie without being reminded of his various positions , his bankers , his lawyers , his accountants and his courtiers . |
| 28 | One of the world 's greatest classical violinists has been surprising audiences at a top JAZZ club . |
| 29 | An additional complication to Rugby 's future has been legal writs for damages by Mal Malik , a former Coventry and Rugby flank-forward . |
| 30 | ‘ The college has been great offering to find a school for the children , and after school I will be encouraging them to join in the dance and fitness classes for children at the college . ’ |