Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lunch had not altogether been a waste of time . |
| 2 | Secondly , admission to a psychiatric unit has presumably been the result of distress which in many cases will persist after admission . |
| 3 | One of the boys said later there had only been a tin of cat food and a bus pass and an old purse with a pound and a key in it anyway , and that they would n't have had to hit her if she had n't clung so hard to her handbag . |
| 4 | The socially constructed relationship between age , gender and the labour market has not only been the cause of poverty in old age , but has also formed the basis for the spread of a more general dependency among older people and age discrimination in many aspects of public policy and social attitudes ( Walker , 1990 ) . |
| 5 | Keeping quiet had not only been an error of judgement , it had also poisoned any chance they might have had of entering into a worthwhile relationship . |
| 6 | More importantly , the city has long been a centre of manufacturing excellence ; why then should it still arouse such hostility ; is there something deeper to the disapproval of Birmingham than the quality of its goods . |
| 7 | The extent to which Pythagoras and his followers may have been influenced by oriental ideas has long been a subject for argument . |
| 8 | THE LAYOUT of the bookmakers ' pitches at Down Royal has long been a bone of contention , with bottlenecks the main drawback , causing frustration among the punters — and no doubt among the men who lay the odds as well . |
| 9 | Getting readers to renew the subscription can-celled on holiday in August had long been a challenge to circulation managers . |
| 10 | Elaborate pricing mechanisms — the K-factors and all the rest — were set up by the government before the sell-off ; they were aimed at helping the industry , which had long been a victim of under-investment , to pay for a capital-spending programme of at least £18 billion over the next decade . |
| 11 | For example , the relationship between education and economic need — which had for long been a matter of concern in Britain and the object of telling comparisons with Germany and the USA — was never fundamentally tackled [ Robbins , 1963 ] . |
| 12 | ‘ Latest statistics reveal a considerable improvement in the number of 16-year-old pupils who leave school with some qualifications : the plight of low achievers had for long been a matter of concern , ’ it said . |
| 13 | Street children like Manoel now fear more than temporary incarceration at Febem , the Dickensian state orphanage that has long been a synonym for alienation and violence . |
| 14 | For example , the Keynesian saving function in which the rate of acquisition of new financial and real assets is a function of the level of income has long been a source of dissatisfaction . |
| 15 | The Holy Land had long been a source of exasperation for Rome , and after the revolt of A.D. 66 Roman hostility towards Judaism intensified . |
| 16 | There has long been an antipathy against council housing in rural districts . |
| 17 | The search for training which fits this description in the management of education is hindered in two ways : it has long been an area for tension between theorists and practitioners and it has from time to time been exposed to management models from fields where practice and purpose are very different from those of education . |
| 18 | Problems of cross-cultural translation have long been the terrain of anthropology . |
| 19 | The special salience of a radical French petite bourgeoisie has long been the subject of commentary for historians and political scientists . |
| 20 | Gardiner traces the passions , torments and tragedy ( the death of two of their children ) of their shared life , and sheds light on episodes which have long been the subject of rumour and anecdote . |
| 21 | Although Burn had never been very active in the affairs of the Institute , his career had long been the subject of interest and indeed curiosity . |
| 22 | ‘ Whether the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or the Stanze of Raphael should be regarded as the culminating effort of modern art , has long been the subject of controversy ’ ; but they both received double asterisks . |
| 23 | This recognition of the " blurred roles " of teachers and librarians , and of the importance of providing opportunities for those who wish to gain an understanding of and professional accreditation in both professions , has long been the case at school level in the USA , where school librarians are generally required to have a proportion of undergraduate and graduate credits in both disciplines ( the regulations vary from state to state ) , and the education system has long been flexible enough to meet the need without the provision of special courses ( though this has its disadvantage in that some students may therefore miss the opportunity to make direct cross-disciplinary comparisons under academic supervision ) . |
| 24 | It involves the use of DMSO ( dimethyl sulphoxide ) , which has long been the centre of controversy . |
| 25 | Apart from short leases , it has long been the practice for business tenancies to provide expressly for insurance of premises against fire and other damage . |
| 26 | Inpatient waiting times have long been the focus of attention , but for many patients waiting to be admitted to hospital is just the tip of a ‘ waiting iceberg . ’ |
| 27 | It 's all been a bit of fun , bit of a laugh really . |
| 28 | ‘ I just wonder whether it has all been a waste of time . ’ |
| 29 | Thank you for the dinner , but I 'm afraid it 's all been a waste of time . |
| 30 | He would come exuberantly into the office after ops with his crew tagging along behind him , to tell us that our weather forecast had been spot on , it had all been a piece of cake , bombs went down — Wham ! — right on the target , no trouble at all , good show ! , and here they were back on the old tarmac , cheating death again , etc . |