Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [adv] been [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Loneliness and fear and grief had never been like this . |
| 2 | The OEO Agent had obviously been in continuous pain by the end of their long , slow hike , and Bernice was able to boost the feed of chemicals provided by Defries 's combat suit . |
| 3 | The Chairman of Orkney Island Council Social Work Committee , Councillor Mairhi Trickett denied that any members of her department had ever been to any courses or seminars on the subject of ritual or satanic abuse . |
| 4 | Subsequent Acts have tended to produce more detailed requirements , but the main thrust has always been for nationalized industries ' accounts to produce , as a minimum , the amount and kind of information that a PLC has to produce . |
| 5 | The quality of his work has always been of exceptional high standard and featured in every major project in the company . |
| 6 | In Nepal , dolphin habitat has traditionally been in deep clear water with swift currents , but hydro-electric development is occurring in many of the susu 's favourite remaining areas . |
| 7 | Dancing had never been like this . |
| 8 | No off-worlder has ever been inside any of them , but we are told that there are caverns , vaults within vaults , like those ancient puzzles where ever opened box reveals another , smaller box . |
| 9 | Instead we will discuss together all design variations in each particular field ; within a field it should not be assumed that the more complex facilities are the later ones , since evolution has often been towards simplifying systems from the programmer 's viewpoint . |
| 10 | But the party conflict had always been about more than the succession . |
| 11 | Sadism had always been of theoretical interest to Freud , and he suggests in Beyond the Pleasure Principle that it derives its energy from the death instincts . |
| 12 | The pattern has usually been for such people to establish themselves as privileged representatives of a ‘ god ’ who has the power to punish or destroy those who do not conform to the rules which they , the privileged , have themselves formulated , but have attributed to the ‘ god ’ . |
| 13 | For the majority of building , wood was the chief material and little has survived , though rebuilding has often been in similar traditional style . |
| 14 | In a community like this the printed word has always been of more importance than to most of those whose access to books was very much easier . |
| 15 | Of course quality of care has always been of professional concern in the NHS , but it was firmly placed on managerial agendas by the Griffiths management reforms in 1983 and given a substantial boost by WFP . |
| 16 | The implication was that the slaughter had all been in vain . |
| 17 | I also think he had been slightly influenced by Father D'Arcy , with whom lie had apparently been in recent touch . |
| 18 | Much of the activity on the Tyne Tunnel Estate has always been in small warehousing and distribution depots but the two large manufacturing employers are Cape Insulation and Twinings Teas ( a subsidiary of Associated British Foods ) . |
| 19 | Although Maurice was not a Romanist nor an archaeologist — his interest has always been in medieval and later houses — he had set up a training school at Lincoln with Philip Corder as director . |
| 20 | The state of the weather has always been of great interest and almost every column has a full account . |
| 21 | Confidentiality for the client has always been of paramount importance within the CAB and is accepted by all workers as an essential part of their work . |
| 22 | Among them are a surprising ( or is it ? ) number of aeroplanes bearing Cayman Islands letters , many of which I 'll bet have never been near that tax ; haven , the late Cap'n Bob 's pair of liquidator-awaiting , Bermudan-registered Gulfstreams , appropriately VR-BOB and VR-BRM , and a host of N-numbered machines which no doubt the Gatwick-based FAA inspectors looking for illegally operated U.S.-registered aircraft will find enlightening . |