Example sentences of "[adj] have [adv] [been] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that has clearly been the right choice given that I think Motif has clearly achieved the ascendant over open look . |
| 2 | We should consider Spain 's experience since joining the exchange rate mechanism because that has not been an easy option for Spain . |
| 3 | That a computer can be taught to work like that has always been a controversial proposition ; even today there are observers who believe that it is impossible to build a machine ( at least with current programming techniques ) that can plan even remotely as well as a human . |
| 4 | Together with the logging , this has already been a contributory factor in a series of floods , including ones in Kompong Speu and Kampot provinces which caused $150 million worth of damage . |
| 5 | Possibly intending a pun on the word ‘ horary ’ , he named it an ‘ orrery ’ ; and this has since been the usual English word for a mechanical planetarium . |
| 6 | Curiously enough , though , this has not been the major concern of feminist work in the social science disciplines of linguistics and speech communication . |
| 7 | Yet this has not been the only old law turned to by the police . |
| 8 | Yet in Japan this has not been the only reason for being able to use less energy to do the same job . |
| 9 | Though there is a case to be made for its use as an educational medium — and the BBC 's contribution to the Open University at Milton Keynes has been considerable , if politically questionable , and will continue despite the closure of their studios in a fine example of accountant 's false logic — this has not been the main area of impact . |
| 10 | However , amid rapid development and shooting commercial rentals in Wimbledon , this has not been an easy search . |
| 11 | And perhaps I can tie that in with the , the comment from Mr about people from having loved ones in I am bound to say that this has n't been a major feature of our er er |
| 12 | This has n't been a good case for me . ’ |
| 13 | Analysing the situation on Lakeland rhyolite more closely , I think this has probably been a false fear . |
| 14 | This has never been the Conservative system … |
| 15 | ‘ This has always been a nice close . |
| 16 | This has always been a great mystery to me because I remember seeing photographs of my father in hospital uniform wearing sergeant 's stripes ( which I understand was the practice then ) and later , after the war , he was a corporal . |
| 17 | This has always been the only way in which future interests in personal property can be created . |
| 18 | This has always been the leading point of contrast between written and spoken language , but with maximally informal conversation , the contrast becomes dramatic indeed . |
| 19 | This has sometimes been a serious issue of contention during the UK Government 's privatization programme of the eighties . |
| 20 | Returning Edward the proofs of his book , Helen commented : ‘ This has indeed been a fair spring for us , though they had made it a winter . |
| 21 | This has undoubtedly been a welcome and popular policy . |
| 22 | This had truly been a bewitching week , Auguste reflected . |
| 23 | However , it is still common to see exchange rates expressed in terms of the dollar , partly because this had long been the accepted practice under the adjustable peg , and also because of the USA 's continuing dominance in the world economy and financial system . |
| 24 | Breeze saw that they were her favourite kind , and remembered then that this had always been a little ritual — chocolates on the first night of the holidays . |
| 25 | Four of these seven were Conservative MPs at the date of the appointment , one had been a Conservative MP , and another had twice been an unsuccessful Conservative candidate . |
| 26 | The English have always been a little lighter on their feet , a little more amateurish , but the thing that has been happening , I think , is without a doubt the relativization of religion . |
| 27 | I represent the principle of authority and am bound to make it respected in my person : such has always been the conscious object of my relations with the working class . ’ |
| 28 | His territorial reordering of the 1470s had apparently been a great success , creating a nexus of trusted associates prepared to work in the crown 's interests , while those outside the charmed circle seemed , by the end of the decade , to have acquiesced in their exclusion . |
| 29 | His territorial reordering of the 1470s had apparently been a great success , creating a nexus of trusted associates prepared to work in the crown 's interests , while those outside the charmed circle seemed , by the end of the decade , to have acquiesced in their exclusion . |
| 30 | Retaining these had long been an unquestioned perquisite and trouble began when the clothiers carried out their threat to prosecute and two persons were whipped for theft for failing to return thrums . |