Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both worry about the fishing villages whose livelihood has been commercial whaling . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The average attendance in the 121 years of its existence has been 60–80 pupils . |
| 5 | One focus to this resistance has been realistic plot-paradigms which Sukenick constantly subverts in the interest of getting nearer to the real . |
| 6 | One of the problems with traditional remedial teaching has been that spelling and neatness are fetishes . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The result has been that discount deals have proliferated . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The result has been some unbundling , loosening and decentralizing of control in some societies and in some organizations on some tasks . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The top rated American TV programme has been beguiling children for the last 13 years . |
| 16 | Europe 's regional economic development programme has been designated objective to status to Plymouth . |
| 17 | In recent years this department has been busier repaying savings to the public than attracting them . |
| 18 | For over 25 years the department has been pioneering AI teaching . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Yet for months the world 's promotions industry has been busy marking — and marketing — the event . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | In both examples , a conscious attempt has been made-to segment the market . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | An additional complication to Rugby 's future has been legal writs for damages by Mal Malik , a former Coventry and Rugby flank-forward . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 26 | The disproportionate amount in question has been nearer 10% of the annual budget , in comparison to the 5% that Brown would normally expect to spend in marketing a new hotel . |
| 27 | From April 1 , 1989 , the limit for advice and assistance provided to a petitioner for divorce or judicial separation has been three times the sum for preparation for magistrates ' court criminal proceedings ; and in other cases , two times that sum . |
| 28 | The advent of the Reagan administration , and its alliance with the powerful pro-Israeli lobby has been bad news for the UN agencies . |
| 29 | Despite appointing a succession of managers his only return has been one League Cup triumph . |
| 30 | So far their reaction to the take-over has been loudly-voiced support , and angrily expressed sentiments of violence , but no violence itself . |