Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [adv] been [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The club Choice Brisa has always been one of our favourite hotels in Ibiza because it has everything that Club guests are looking for . |
| 2 | In achieving this remarkable success , Roddick has always been scornful of traditional business credos . |
| 3 | Njiru had apparently been relieved of the chairmanship of a local branch of the ruling Kenya National African Union ( KANU ) in May 1992 . |
| 4 | In the past , the NHS has perhaps been guilty of seeing structures and organisational change as the outcome measures of new initiatives . |
| 5 | ‘ Ray has always been one of the most popular and respected figures around for his ability and conduct , and I 'm sure he will prove an outstanding signing for Villa . ’ |
| 6 | Horne had liked him but Ralph Whitton had always been jealous of Bartholomew for being a better soldier than he . |
| 7 | Edna had never been much of a letter writer , preferring to send illustrated cards with emotive printed messages at Christmas and on birthdays . |
| 8 | He and Franca had always been fond of each other . |
| 9 | ‘ Queen Street has always been one of the main access points to the beach and it is too far to expect old people to walk around the end of the development , ’ she added . |
| 10 | Pam Shriver has always been one of the most colourful tennis professionals . |
| 11 | It 's the one thing Constanza had always been proud of ( although she is a total internationalist of course ) . |
| 12 | Elected Governor in 1987 , Roemer had previously been one of the southern Democrats in the House of Representatives who rebelled against their party and supported President Reagan 's tax cuts . |
| 13 | Charisma was the one thing Jamie had never been short of . |
| 14 | Among the major industrialised nations , France has traditionally been one of the most dependent on fuel imports , lacking substantial indigenous reserves of both fossil fuels and hydro-electric power . |
| 15 | Lapper had certainly been guilty of conceit ( a wrought iron gate had been ordered with senior managers ' initials worked into it ) , but the sentence was interpreted as a politically motivated attack on wastrel public corporations , and was widely felt to be unjust . |
| 16 | Penny believes that Diana has always been aware of her own destiny . |
| 17 | Despite its reputation for fine engineering , Rolls-Royce has never been shy of using outside technology and components , inevitable now for a company of its small size . |
| 18 | Miss Grimes had certainly been glad of the presents but she had not really seemed as destitute and lonely as Ianthe had expected — perhaps secretly even hoped — and she found herself resenting the way she had taken the violets . |
| 19 | Edinburgh has long been one of the pre-eminent centres of linguistics in Britain . |
| 20 | But over the years Laura has always been one of Diana 's closest confidantes . |
| 21 | Alan Hingston , Executive Director of IDB 's Marketing Development Division , said : ‘ Scandinavia has long been one of IDB 's target regions and business for Northern Ireland companies has developed steadily over the past decade . |