Example sentences of "[adv] [det] have been a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 So , so that 's been a great improvement I think , erm in recent years and , and in the erm early seventies we , we also went into the business of providing equipment that could be left at rescues , on site , you know it was always tying up a fire engine by taking it there and , and being tied up so we provided these things which we call demountable equipment , which we commonly call the pods and erm
2 When I went in for medicine I had the feeling that maybe I would take out an appendix on the kitchen table … now this has been a big disappointment of my life as a GP that whatever I can do , there 's someone else who can do much , much better .
3 Even that has been a mixed blessing .
4 Cazden 's ( 1972 ) extensive analysis of hearing children interacting with parents shows how little parents actually correct children 's immature syntax , yet this has been a particular bulwark of educational approaches to deaf children .
5 Until recently this has been a rare occurrence , but increasingly local authorities are devising strategies to involve parents in case conferences , despite professional reluctance in some areas and the genuine problems that this poses .
6 ‘ Atropine is confirmed , and far too much to have been a slight slip of the deadly nightshade .
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