Example sentences of "[adj -est] [noun sg] has be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next strongest performance has been by Giorgio de Chirico , up 690% at an average price of £55,000 even after a 25% fall last year . |
| 2 | The strongest activity has been at the bottom end of the market , where there is considerable pent-up demand from first-time buyers who have delayed buying over the past few years , for fear that house prices would fall further . |
| 3 | Some of the worst congestion has been in Cheltenham and Gloucester , the traffic diversions along roads in and out of Wales meaning an extra 76 mile journey for some drivers . |
| 4 | Whilst colleges continue to offer HCIMA courses by part-time , block release and in special cases full-time study , by far the greatest development has been in more flexible study modes using the distance learning , self-study packs . |
| 5 | ‘ The Devil 's greatest success has been in persuading people he does n't exist , ’ William was saying . |
| 6 | The greatest controversy has been over the question of assessment and testing . |
| 7 | Until now , Mr Major 's biggest fear has been of revenge attacks on the 2,400 British troops . |
| 8 | ‘ The biggest criticism has been over the fact we have not offered season ticket discounts . |
| 9 | The biggest growth has been in the south and east . |
| 10 | The biggest decline has been in the 1.3 to two-litre sector . |
| 11 | The fastest growth has been in other kinds of paper , and particularly paper packaging , which now takes up 19% of the space in landfills . |
| 12 | The recent rainfall will be in his favour , as his best form has been on ground with a cut in it . |
| 13 | King 's head for funny business has him periodically indulge in what Lewis describes as the ‘ tactics of fear ’ and the latest example has been to publicly demean Maloney 's management of Lewis . |
| 14 | The latest trend has been towards the darker types , still usually sedimented , and today wheat beer has a good 25 per cent of the Bavarian market . |