Example sentences of "[verb] been the [noun] [prep] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the features of the conflict which has made its resolution so difficult has been the inability of any of the protagonists — internal or external , powerful or weak — to mould events or other players to its will , and the ability of even the weakest players to throw a spanner into the works of both allies and adversaries . |
| 2 | Then , for the eighteen months until March 1931 , he experienced one of the roughest passages which has been the lot of any party leader this century . |
| 3 | If I know the name of Mr. Stavanger 's dentist the police can check quickly whether he has been the victim of any unexplained death . " |
| 4 | Few if any of the matters on which these parents commented would have been the subject of any explicit policy statement in a school . |
| 5 | The ‘ oohs ’ and ‘ ahs ’ of reverence which greeted this would have been the envy of any priest or preacher . |
| 6 | This was clearly a campaign base concerned with both east-west and north-south operations , but it does not seem to have been the focus for any civilian development . |
| 7 | The second amount bore a twofold significance , since a statute of the previous century stipulated a minimum of £20 per annum for justices of the peace , while two of the sumptuary acts evidently assumed this to have been the minimum for any gentleman by defining a class ‘ under the degree of gentlemen ’ , including university graduates , having £10 a year in lands or £100 in goods — a clear reference , it would seem , to merchants . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's off sulking most likely , ’ said Harbour , and started to tell her his reasons for believing O'Hara 's performance that evening had been the equal of any of the great Shakespearian roles as portrayed by the likes of Ralphie or Larry . |
| 9 | If you have been the victim of any kind of personal attack , call the police immediately . |