Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] been a [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be clear to everyone that this has been a genuine and productive consultation . |
| 2 | This has been a serious and well-informed debate , arising , as many hon. Members have said , from one of the most serious and tragic accidents that we have experienced in our generation . |
| 3 | This has been a brief but interesting debate . |
| 4 | This has been a brief and generalised account of some of the main causes of mental handicap , which has deliberately stayed clear of describing the types of handicaps in obscure medical terms or dwelling on the complex nature of their origin . |
| 5 | In terms of new routes , few have been a prolific as Rab Anderson : On Church Door Buttress in Glen Coe he climbed the line right of the existing routes to give The Last Crusade , E3 , 5a , 5c , 5c , which like the other lines here , is on superb ( though in most summers dripping ) rock . |
| 6 | Will my hon. Friend also confirm that 1991 has been a vibrant and exciting year in the North sea ? |
| 7 | The hand-loom weaver on the eve of his long decline was much more likely to have been a Methodist than was the mule spinner of the new generation proletariat . |
| 8 | Deprived after Nechtansmere of the land and tribute from the Picts and Irish which probably underlay such power , Northumbria is likely to have been a poorer as well as a less dominant kingdom . |
| 9 | That had been a great and memorable moment ; that was when they knew he was a man of substance . |
| 10 | This seems to be pitching things a good deal too high , but the current London Film Festival , which continues until Sunday , tends to confirm the impression that 1989 has been a less than vintage year for the movies . |