Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [adv] been [art] [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The situation was different , because the Conservatives had then been the largest party , whereas they were now 26 seats behind the Labour Party . |
| 2 | Being a West Indian spinner in recent years has n't been the safest of occupations , but Roger Harper played throughout the 1984 series . |
| 3 | These workers have traditionally been the toughest and most radical , and employers all over America are aware that if Pittston can break the ‘ mother union ’ , then the attempts to gain the ground lost in the Reagan years will be stillborn . |
| 4 | ‘ In England we had Morris dancing , mostly knee down , and our ballet dancers have always been the best for quick , precise footwork . |
| 5 | The documentation for these drawings has always been the best of any British collection of its type , and after the paring away of the greatest country house collection of drawings Chatsworth 's by the two Christie 's sales of the 1980s , Holkham remained the most important extant . |
| 6 | Gilbert , smiling , interjects : ‘ Artists have always been the biggest fuckers , no ? |