Example sentences of "of [noun sg] has be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Probably , for we later read that ‘ want of opportunity has been in some respect a prejudice to my business ’ , and , ‘ the noble act of embalming has been entirely ruined by the undertakers ’ .
2 In LEAs where a scheme of delegation has been in place over a period of years , the question of making more money soon arises .
3 The main method of revision has been by the publication of new editions .
4 To do this he must assure himself that , on the day he is nominated as a candidate , he is 21 years of age or over , a British subject or a citizen of the Irish Republic and either that his name is on the register of electors in the local government area for which he intends to stand as a candidate , or that he has resided in the area ( or , in the case of a parish or community , within three miles of the area ) for a period of one year , or that he has occupied as owner or tenant land in the area for one year , or that his principal or only place of work has been in the area for one year .
5 Erm most of the i involvement I 've ever had in any kind of job has been by accident .
6 Other than that , the main focus of attention has been on whether corporatist state administration is bureaucratic ( Etzioni-Halevy 1983 , pp. 69–71 ) .
7 A great deal of diversification has been of a conglomerate , ‘ unrelated ’ nature , but it seems hard to find any justification for unrelated diversification .
8 The prohibition of cannabis is no more effective now than the prohibition of alcohol has been in the past .
9 Conversely Newco may be entitled to deductions of VAT if the change of use has been from exempt use to taxable use .
10 The most systematic use of this sort of approach has been in the study of the coinage of the last century of the Roman Republic .
11 Since the mid 1950s , the Office of Communication has been on the front line in the battle to give minorities and women a greater voice in the broadcast industry .
12 Professor Brighouse has no idea why Mr Patten singled him out for attack , but says the Secretary of State has been under a lot of pressure
13 The clearest opposition to the achievement of a measure of integration has been from the Roman catholic church .
14 Ever since the first distant sounds of music and odd snatches of alien speech began interrupting the 1920s ' world of Morse , better ( and louder ) reproduction of audio has been at the forefront of development priorities for engineers .
15 The Sultan has ruled by decree and a state of emergency has been in force since a large-scale revolt in December 1962 which resulted in the suspension of sections of the Constitution [ see pp. 19261-62 ] .
16 A state of emergency has been in force and the Sultan has ruled by decree since a large-scale revolt in 1962 which resulted in the suspension of sections of the Constitution .
17 It is well known that the plastic used on original Fenders used to fade from white to a sort of greenish grey , and this type of scratchplate has been on offer as a cosmetic retro-fit for some time .
18 However , it seems plausible that this source of energy has been of little importance in the past because Jupiter is so very massive that it probably formed very hot , though Jupiter may now be sufficiently cool for helium separation to have recently become significant , or for it to become significant in the relatively near future .
19 The Department of Energy has been under pressure to expand its efforts on renewable energy after a report by departmental advisers concluded that Britain could generate half its electricity from natural sources within 20 years , a point also made by several environmental groups .
20 When she comes to Henry VIII in her History of England , she observes that ‘ nothing can be said in his vindication , but that his abolishing Religious Houses & leaving them to the ruinous depredations of time has been of infinite use to the landscape of England in general ’ .
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