Example sentences of "[been] [verb] [prep] [be] a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he had not formally announced his candidature Olympio , son of President Sylvanus Olympio who was himself assassinated in 1963 , had been expected to be a very popular presidential candidate . |
| 2 | However , this has not been seen to be a very effective set of policies . |
| 3 | So that was what I was doing in Baldersdale — looking for survivors in what has long been known to be a botanically rich area . |
| 4 | The annual grass Lolium temulentum is a close relative of ryegrass and , for reasons of genetic uniformity and simplicity of life-cycle , has been found to be a much more suitable subject for fundamental studies of growth and development ( , , ) . |
| 5 | The concept of field dependence was first discussed by Witkin ( 1950 ) and has since been discovered to be a relatively stable trait of the individual . |