Example sentences of "have [been] [adj] [prep] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would 've been best with a bigger piece , bigger programme because then we could 've it was easy to see where we were slipping |
| 2 | In fact Mr Gardam has been deserving of a larger audience for sometime . |
| 3 | The massive transportation of goods by air would not have been possible without a faster method of documenting shipments . |
| 4 | ‘ It was n't a proper race anyway , all the runners would have been happier with a stronger gallop , ’ he said . |
| 5 | It was conceded that had any individual shareholder held a sufficient block to give him ‘ control ’ of the company then he might have been entitled to a higher price than the total market value of his shares , since he would then have been selling an item of property — control — additional to his shares . |
| 6 | The report added that the Waddington screen controllers involved were ‘ not to undertake screening duties until their competence to do so had been subject to a further check ’ . |
| 7 | Instead , he had appeared happy to let her come and go unpestered , although , like Mary , but not yet so acutely , he had been aware of a deeper affinity . |
| 8 | Instead of pointing out the errors you may be told that it is very good but have been better in a darker wood ! |