Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] have [been] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elsewhere in Darlington the number of crimes has remained high although here has been a slight decline in some common crimes . |
| 2 | A bridge over the river at Halling has been a debating point for a great number of years and it is a wonder , considering that here has been a main crossing place for hundreds of years and possibly a few thousand , that some structure has not been built . |
| 3 | All of this is said to be made easier by ( and possibly to have been a partial consequence of ) the introduction of information technology . |
| 4 | Although David Cecil was and always had been a devout Christian , he became the favourite candidate of those who resented the ‘ clerical candidate ’ , the man who had been put up by Lewis , just because he was a Christian . |
| 5 | There is and always has been a yawning gap at the budget end of the amplifier market . |
| 6 | I must confess to be somewhat surprised to see the Labour Group wanting to debate thisu this issue again after their lack lustre performance in Committee and Council on the previous debates on this subject and today 's been no different . |
| 7 | And either have been a corporate member for at least 10 years |
| 8 | What you must never forget is that I am not and never have been an ethnic of any description , and that I have never found any evidence that justifies any cretinous claim by you , or by any of your co-morons in the sewers of lofty racist Neanderthal , that Eurocentrism warrants any positive attention from those like myself who inherit — and consciously — a civilised tradition and philosophy going back millions of years . |
| 9 | For the rest of the trip there might as well have been a sound-proof grill between the front and back seats , Shannon reflected wryly . |
| 10 | They may as well have been a small part of a photograph album gathering dust in the depth of someone 's attic . |
| 11 | It did n't really matter , their expressions seemed to say , he might as well have been a short-order cook or a deep-sea diver or a male prostitute . |
| 12 | Gingerly he reached out to touch it ; it might as well have been a physical part of his wife 's anatomy , like an ear or a finger . |
| 13 | Iraq , a signatory to the non-proliferation treaty , appears to have managed to divert nuclear materials to bomb-making despite regular safeguard inspections , but the treaty has been a success on the whole — as indeed has been the complex structure of hot-line , surveillance and negotiation which has ensured that the East-West ‘ balance of terror ’ never tipped over into nuclear war : |