Example sentences of "[vb -s] been a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been a parallel argument about the lax stock-taking procedures for plutonium . |
| 2 | Rather it points to the fact that there has been a subtle change in the composition of the teaching force . |
| 3 | Self taught , Albert , who is a relative of George Barron , of BBC TV 's Beechgrove Garden fame , has been tending the gardens for 16 years and has been a consistent winner in the gardens competition over the years . |
| 4 | More generally , MITI has been a consistent promoter of recession cartels which would facilitate an ‘ orderly ’ reduction in excess capacity . |
| 5 | Late-night scheduling has been a consistent feature of lesbian and gay programming , exploiting the gay audience 's motivation to watch these programmes while keeping them on the edges of broadcasting . |
| 6 | However letter-bombing has been a consistent feature — one device addressed to the then Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher , in the mid 1980s injured a Downing Street worker . |
| 7 | The Leader of the Opposition claims that he has been a consistent supporter of the Common Market for years , but everyone knows that he was a consistent and bitter opponent of it for many years . |
| 8 | Since then ‘ Charity Golf ’ has been a consistent element in the Ladies ' calendar . |
| 9 | There has been a consistent increase in the number of well qualified applicants of about 30% to the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine , and we are able to admit only one in 18 applicants . |
| 10 | The regular CBI surveys and the regular Department of Employment labour force survey show that over the 1980s — this is the answer to the hon. Member for Newport , East ( Mr. Hughes ) — there has been a consistent increase in employers ' commitment to training , even in this current recession . |
| 11 | There has been a consistent failure to direct the fruits of growth to the areas , industries , and groups that need it most . |
| 12 | He has been a consistent advocate of ensuring that the law of the land is adhered to . |
| 13 | There has been a consistent pattern of uninvestigated deaths in custody in Malawi , usually resulting from torture , harsh conditions or denial of medical treatment . |
| 14 | As Table 8 shows , there has been a consistent gap between the earnings of the two groups . |
| 15 | Having said that , his aerial ability has been a consistent source of goals . |
| 16 | This link between the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf regions has been a consistent theme in Soviet statements . |
| 17 | That there has been a consistent theme to British economic policy over many years is clear ; how successfully it has been implemented within the EEC is more obscure . |
| 18 | That has been a consistent record of the Government since 1979 . |
| 19 | They were Miss Margaret ( Peggy ) Herbison , who is the oldest surviving Scottish woman MP , having served in the Labour Party cabinet in the 1960s ; Councillor Sheila Ritchie , who has been a Liberal Democrat councillor in Gordon for a number of years and is at present a member of the party 's National Executive Committee ; and Miss Ann Hay , who is an influential key organiser for the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association in Edinburgh . |
| 20 | She has been a keen walker and rock climber for many years and has climbed in the Alps , Pyrenees and Dolomites . |
| 21 | The background to these concerns has been a deepening crisis in the capitalist economic system — to which some argue the growth and behaviour of the state sector has itself contributed . |
| 22 | Susie Cornell , who has been a multiple sclerosis sufferer for 20 years , at the Under Pressure gymnasium |
| 23 | From the vast reaches of time , the Serpent has been a potent symbol , reflecting as many aspects and occult meanings as the Garden of Eden itself , with which it was emblematically associated . |
| 24 | The fact that many prisoners have routinely had to spend long periods in their cells without access to a toilet , having to use chamber pots and queue up to ‘ slop out ’ , has been a potent symbol of the squalor of British prisons . |
| 25 | There has been a political revolution in Paddock Wood in Kent , though it has got marginally less press coverage than the fall of the Berlin Wall or the failed Russian coup . |
| 26 | The Copperbelt has been a political melting pot for years . |
| 27 | Mr Houphouet-Boigny has been a political giant , a supreme operator . |
| 28 | The chap there said , ‘ I really should n't tell you this , but there has been a political dispute over the spelling of ecu . ’ |
| 29 | From 1958 there was a steady improvement in the quality of Britain 's rivers , but since 1980 there has been a net deterioration of 6 per cent . |
| 30 | Thus there has been a net gain in jobs from the small-firm sector , in the USA at least . |