Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] have [adv] been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally , picking winners has not been a success , but decentralized incentives may be effective if their rationale has been clearly identified . |
| 2 | And pickled onions had definitely been a bad idea . |
| 3 | An early experiment in 1963 using explosives had not been a success , and in 1981 the geophysicists turned to Vibroseis . |
| 4 | Confiscating savings has long been a demand of the most reactionary groups who think that all private business is conducted by ‘ the mafia ’ , which the confiscation is supposed to hurt ( actually , the most criminalised businesses hold much of their savings in dollars and gold ) . |
| 5 | But Paul figured John had always been a stubborn bastard , and loved him . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been climbing ever since I was a child , and I suppose Everest has always been a dream for me , ’ she said . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been climbing ever since I was a child , and I suppose Everest has always been a dream for me , ’ she said . |
| 8 | HOARDING clothes has long been a British vice . |
| 9 | Twitch bites have always been a problem , and the best answers have been to scale down tackle and bait to encourage a better bite , or to hover over the rod and attempt to strike and hit the twitch bite . |
| 10 | With the minimal scarring of a 1 cm incision , wound pain has not been a problem . |