Example sentences of "been [adj] [subord] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Since 1940 the average yield , which should in theory have been lower than the official limit but in practice was not always so , has steadily increased :
2 The opinion in the Reparations Case would not have been possible if the classic rule relating to treaties and third parties had prevailed ; instead the Court considered the nature of the United Nations , the terms of its constitutive treaty , its composition , its functions , its rights and duties .
3 The result of the application to the Court of Appeal on 4 November 1991 might have been different if the true position had been known to that court .
4 The gap between the different measures of GDP has widened , for example , while the balancing item in the balance of payments has actually been bigger than the current-account deficit itself .
5 His fascination with anything to do with space and spaceflight bordered upon obsession and he had been horrified when The New Hope had been blown out of the sky by the Seven .
6 He would have been happier if the Latin American had made at least a pretence at attempting to beat him down on the charter price .
7 The June 27 breakthrough on tank numbers had been anticipated on June 14 , when the Polish-French proposal was recorded at a CFE plenary session without Soviet disagreement , but had then apparently been frustrated when the Soviet representative raised technical objections at a working group meeting later in the day .
8 By the time you 've seen your third rapist walk free because you 've been cleverer than the prosecuting counsel , you lose the taste for that particular victory .
9 Indian and Coloured schooling has , on the whole , been better than the African system , but again , in the ‘ white ’ rural areas there are pockets of severe deprivation .
10 At this stage it would have been surprising if the theoretical basis for action had been anything other than weak : there was scant Marxist literature in Mexico available in Spanish .
11 The estimates of infective dose were from studies in guineapigs , and this model might have been misleading since the lethal dose may be as small as 2400 organisms and as large as 100,000 , although about 130 organisms can cause an infection .
12 She had always imagined drug-pushing to be a male-dominated business and had been surprised when the prim-looking blonde in a navy blue duffel coat had approached her .
13 That may have been true until the current recession , but the hon. Gentleman is entirely wrong about the present circumstances .
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