Example sentences of "[adj] has [adv] been a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 | Analysing the situation on Lakeland rhyolite more closely , I think this has probably been a false fear . |
| 6 | ‘ This has always been a nice close . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This has sometimes been a serious issue of contention during the UK Government 's privatization programme of the eighties . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This has undoubtedly been a welcome and popular policy . |
| 11 | The main difference now between Holstein and Friesian is that , although both come originally from the same source , the former is a large , single-purpose dairy cow while the latter has always been a dual-purpose type able to produce meat from the dairy herd . |
| 12 | His work for Elle and Arena in particular has always been a finely-crafted , intelligent read , a long way different from the style-over-content of his NME days . |
| 13 | The idea of the New has always been a crucial part of pop 's rhetoric : the idea that the future is going to be a improvement on the past ( that sixties ' feeling of being on the brink of a whole new order , the beginning of an endless breaking down of barriers and limits ) . |
| 14 | Protection of the young has ostensibly been a central and ever-present concern in Mrs Whitehouse 's and the NVALA 's campaigns ever since they began . |