Example sentences of "have be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Funny , I did n't think I 'd hit him , but I suppose I must have — must 've been the second shot . |
| 2 | If he 'd been convinced , he would 've been the first to nab the Cap'n . |
| 3 | I do n't know if that would 've been the right thing to do there . |
| 4 | The most fundamental barrier to the penetration of Marxism into Latin America throughout the period under discussion has been the Catholic Church . |
| 5 | Enlarged access resources By far the most important supplement to the Funds resources has been the enlarged access facility , available since March 1981 . |
| 6 | For example , students , both at secondary school and university , for whom activism rather than strategic thinking has been the prime consideration in the struggle , have to be persuaded to co-operate . |
| 7 | With Germany , France has been the prime mover behind closer European integration . |
| 8 | Historically , resource allocation has been the prime objective ( eg in relation to fisheries ) and environmental protection has been no more than a secondary objective . |
| 9 | The individual researcher has been the prime mover , seeking to satisfy his own needs . |
| 10 | I had joined a group who are still fixated on a classification of ‘ disorder ’ which homes in on those who attack property , ; and since the amassing of property has been a primary aim of capitalist society , it should come as no surprise to find that to prevent the dispossessed from simply taking from the élite has been the primary structuring principle of policing . |
| 11 | In every case television in its full variety of formats has been the primary influence in projecting the parties ' images . |
| 12 | I have seen many , many enclosures all over the world where design , not animal welfare , has been the primary focus and thousands of dollars have been wasted on making things look pretty . |
| 13 | Of course the phenomenological approach has been with us for a long time , and has been the primary source of evidence in the psychoanalytic tradition . |
| 14 | The Vietnamese occupation of Kampuchea has been the primary stumbling block . |
| 15 | There has been the usual talk of ‘ insecurity ’ and maybe so , although this fashionable ‘ insecurity ’ is a very glib key which seems to fit every known lock . |
| 16 | What 's been missing up until now , though , has been the right producer — early REM cohort Mitch Easter 's enlisted here — the cash to afford a string section for those weeping , sweeping passages and , crucially , confidence on the part of Moose themselves . |
| 17 | Leading that charge has been the right hon. Member for Henley ( Mr. Heseltine ) — that elegant nonentity whose only claim to fame was that he helped rid the nation of the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) . |
| 18 | YTP is the Northern Ireland equivalent of the YTS , but has been the joint responsibility of the Northern Ireland Departments of Economic Development and of Education , not the MSC or the Training Agency . |
| 19 | From the beginning of the reign of King Richard I in 1189 the method was revived and , from that time onwards , has been the accepted way of expressing the year date in civil government and other documents ; the form being , for example , that names of signatories are subscribed or the seal affixed ‘ this first day of July in the Thirtyseventh year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lady Elizabeth the Second … and in the year of Our Lord One thousand and nine hundred and eighty eight . ’ |
| 20 | Equally controversial has been the recently-introduced Employment Contracts Act that has drastically undercut the powers of the trade unions — to the extent that New Zealand may now be in breach of International Labour Organisation provisions . |
| 21 | For 22 years , North Down has been the personal bailliwick of James Kilfedder , the former speaker of the ill-starred Northern Ireland Assembly and an independent Unionist who sits on the Conservative benches in the House of Commons but without the party whip . |
| 22 | Perhaps Brittain has been the chief contributor to his reputation by running horses in events in which they appear out of their depth . |
| 23 | Lack of incentives , bureaucratic mismanagement and other well-publicized ills of the Soviet economy may bear much of the responsibility for the disparity between the superpowers , but Robert Paarlberg 's Food Trade and Foreign Policy confirms that climate has been the chief factor : |
| 24 | Over the past few years , AZT has been the chief source of optimism about the company 's fortunes . |
| 25 | In a well-known biography of Franklin Roosevelt , it is asserted , that ‘ the classic test of greatness in the White House has been the chief executive 's capacity to lead Congress . ’ |
| 26 | This is the second year that Guinness has been the chief sponsor of the event , following Murphy 's unsuccessful attempt to gain the right to the event back in 1992 . |
| 27 | The second has been the sheer number of institutions calling themselves tribunals . |
| 28 | In order to give the House of Lords a more effective role in the governmental process ( and in order to buttress its position against the threat of abolition ) there is the recognition that it needs to secure increased public support , and in order to secure that there has been the dawning realisation that changes are needed in the composition of the second chamber . |
| 29 | One of the most important factors in the creation of jobs during the lifetime of the Government has been the sharp reduction that we have achieved in the number of strikes . |
| 30 | This is certainly true , but it underlines what many consider has been the undue emphasis placed on the PSBR in the government 's policy making . |