Example sentences of "[adv] been a [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had only been a brief talk and nothing improper was intimated . |
| 2 | ‘ These schools have long been a closed shop and many have n't been inspected for ages . |
| 3 | It had long been a controversial issue and its approval had been delayed for years because of worries about the environmental consequences and the cost of the project . |
| 4 | There has obviously been a conscious decision and determination on his part to make his life a fulfilment of prophetic utterance . |
| 5 | Moderation in all things has generally been a vain hope where human competition is concerned , and the contest to obtain the ultimate Peke-faced specimen has already led the breed into trouble . |
| 6 | He had already been a first-year seminarian when Eduardo was five . |
| 7 | But the mercury content of the sediment could soon improve if Liverpool Bay follows the pattern of the Manchester Ship canal , where there already been a significant decrease and a corresponding decline of mercury in the estuary 's surface sediment . |
| 8 | It has always been a poor region where the constant threat of danger breeds a hardy race of people . |
| 9 | We have always been a close family although there are 12,000 miles between us . |
| 10 | They had always been a close family and that night they had all ended up in tears after a lengthy talk with their family GP who had come to the house to talk to them about Jennifer 's diagnosis . |
| 11 | William Langdon , Hodge 's political adviser , told Byrnes on 20 November that the Korean people had always been a distinct nation except for the short colonial period and possessed high literacy , cultural and living standards , when judged by Asiatic or Middle Eastern standards : if trusteeship was approved , it would have to be supported by force . |
| 12 | However , military necessity has always been a dangerous principle when counterposed to the principle of humanitarian limitation of the means of warfare . |
| 13 | There has always been a lingering suspicion that BSL is a very difficult language to learn once beyond a few preliminary signs . |
| 14 | Mrs Harrison had always been a keen gardener and they had built a rockery , down which a small stream flowed with the aid of an electric pump . |
| 15 | The Grange has always been a happy house and still has a faint atmosphere of piety , fully intended by Mr Teulon . |
| 16 | There has always been a considerable dispute as to whether the Last Supper was a Passover meal . |
| 17 | It 's always been a popular pub and that , along with everything else , has n't changed . |
| 18 | PROVIDING musical settings for other people 's words has always been a handy option when one 's own muse is temporarily employed elsewhere . |
| 19 | ‘ I know I 've always been a compulsive eater but my problems really began then . |
| 20 | Geoff has always been a born fighter and wants to succeed alongside the great names in golf . |
| 21 | It has always been a busy committee but especially so in the last year or two , not least because it has taken on more responsibility . |
| 22 | I have always been a quick reader and my capacity , not to say my voracity , was generally admired . |
| 23 | She explained that Gran had once been a famous singer and that she played the organ and was teaching Oliver to sing . |
| 24 | She had once been a warm Methodist and so too , probably , had been most of her followers . |
| 25 | He had also been a close friend and political ally of Keating for more than 20 years , and had been influential in engineering Keating 's successful bid for the leadership in December 1991 [ see pp. 38675-76 ] . |
| 26 | Yet there had also been a long lag before financial markets began to apply many of the points these academics made . |
| 27 | There has also been a growing recognition that MPs need help to enable them to carry out their duties effectively . |
| 28 | ‘ Firefighting has traditionally been a male preserve but we do expect to see more women joining our ranks , ’ said a brigade spokesman . |
| 29 | There has often been a tacit assumption that these antagonists produce antibiotic metabolites and indeed , during one of the earliest metabolite searches , patulin ( 1 ) was detected as an antibiotic metabolite of Penicillium urticae , Aspergillus clavatus and A. terreus . |
| 30 | Has there been a corresponding decrease or , has there been an increase at all in other departments er , due , one presumes through having more information there will be a staffing reduction elsewhere . |