Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [adv] [been] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generation of standard useful attitudes has always been one of the main purposes of military training . |
| 2 | Rebus and his successors had not been aware of the true details of this massacre of prisoners . |
| 3 | My clothes , hair , ears , trainers had all been full of broken bits of twig … |
| 4 | The challenge of the reformers had been one great reality but the showmen had always been aware of the other reality and that was that very large numbers of ordinary people , and that included the rich and the poor and people from all nations , were fascinated by moving pictures . |
| 5 | Never being lost for words had always been one of Rory 's great talents , but right now it seemed to have deserted her completely , and she was forced to look away from his dark , probing eyes , horribly aware of his apparent ability to see straight through her . |
| 6 | In the end , Matza 's argument is not so much an attack on correctionalism as an assertion of the not very original point that , whatever your starting assumption , it is best to keep your mind open to all possibilities ( although he was right to draw attention to the fact that correctionalists had often been guilty of not doing so ) . |
| 7 | This stress on authority and hierarchy is , Eccleshall contends , understandable given that ‘ from Restoration absolutism to the Thatcherite preoccupation with law and order Conservatives have always been fearful of social indiscipline ’ . |
| 8 | In England , a number of reported criminal cases reveal instances of marital rape and women 's organisations have long been aware of the problem . |
| 9 | One of the most simple concepts in rural recreation studies has also been one of the most useful and enduring , namely the ‘ leisure budget ’ . |
| 10 | Would they have made it public if prison officers had not been aware of it ? |
| 11 | Eggs had not been one of the things left by her unknown benefactor and there had been complaints about the absence of toast soldiers . |
| 12 | British fur farmers have always been conscious of their welfare duties and responsibilities to others . |
| 13 | The modernist council properties have long been one of the strongest fiefdoms of professionalized architecture , being extremely closely linked to development planning and local political interests , and subject to the intervention of both civic authorities and the state . |
| 14 | Like Parker , America 's gay activists have long been critical of US Aids policy , arguing the virus has received insufficient priority because it was ‘ only ’ killing gay men . |
| 15 | ‘ Mull of Kintyre by Wings has always been one of my most hated records . |
| 16 | Willses have never been ashamed of their religious faith , and the disabilities which they suffered in the past as Nonconformists served to strengthen their convictions . |
| 17 | Industrial managers and behavioural scientists have long been aware of the need to introduce choice and control in the workplace . |
| 18 | Foxton Locks has always been one of the most popular attractions in the Leicestershire countryside . |
| 19 | Nottingham Graduates have always been proud of their association with the University and you will find a special welcome form them wherever you go and whatever you do in the future . |
| 20 | Men have always been respectful of Hestia , the goddess of the hearth , easily intimidated by the mysteries she manipulates so easily . |
| 21 | Certainly , many serious military men have always been fearful of the use or implied threat of short-range nuclear forces . |
| 22 | We found that researchers had often been guilty of assuming male dominance . |
| 23 | Oriental philosophies have long been conscious of the ultimate duality of awareness . |
| 24 | Birds have never been one of my major interests , I need hardly say . |
| 25 | Amis 's novels have always been full of opinions , and have , I think , become prone to a marked ambiguity of effect , especially with regard to questions of gender and race . |