Example sentences of "[conj] has [adv] been a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because assessments of the spirit of community depend so much on highly variable subjective preferences and values , which may fluctuate according to the individual and the village concerned and even to the mood of the individual at a particular time , it is virtually impossible to generalize about whether there has or has not been a perceptible ‘ decline of community ’ in the English village . |
| 2 | Vera , office supervisor in the Enrichment Projects Design Department , has combined her career with service as an officer of the CPSA and has also been a long-serving member of the Benevolent Fund management committee . |
| 3 | Steve Kember is a Croydon lad and has always been a great favourite at his local Football League Club , for which he signed as an apprentice in 1963 and full professional in 1965 . |
| 4 | The discreet field of African art , which escaped art market speculation and has always been a strong point at the fair , will be better represented than ever this year by six dealers , two of them newcomers — Meyer and Ratton , both from Paris . |
| 5 | The pentatonic major scale is and has always been a pre-eminent part of the rock guitarist 's vocabulary . |