Example sentences of "[adj] have not [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should consider Spain 's experience since joining the exchange rate mechanism because that has not been an easy option for Spain . |
| 2 | However , amid rapid development and shooting commercial rentals in Wimbledon , this has not been an easy search . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | This has n't been a good case for me . ’ |
| 5 | 1992 has not been an easy year , but both the underlying business performance , BP 's general high reputation , and a tremendous buy-in by all of our people to the concept of teamworking makes me confident about 1993 , without expecting too much in the way of improvement in the overall economic environment . |
| 6 | The year 1962 had not been a good one for Macmillan : his domestic policies had started to go awry ; the application to join the EEC was unpopular ; his showing in the opinion polls had slumped to 36 per cent ; in July he had sacked one-third of his cabinet , fearing a revolt against his leadership ; in October he was seen to play little part in the Cuban missile crisis , in which Kennedy alone took the decisions that could have drawn Britain , whether she liked it or not , into nuclear war between the superpowers ; and in December it was becoming clear that de Gaulle was blocking the EEC entry negotiations . |
| 7 | Despite its enormous membership , the LNU in the 1920s had not been a popular movement — it did not see its function primarily as campaigning to change Government policy . |