Example sentences of "has [adv] been an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beyond this , however , its origin has hitherto been an insoluble problem : the explicit evidence of the ancients is notoriously inadequate and various different theories have been constructed from it . |
| 2 | The Treaty brings about the formal transformation of what has hitherto been an Economic Community into a Union which is mandated to act in many areas on behalf of its own citizens , and to claim their allegiance . |
| 3 | There has long been an unspoken consensus across the party spectrum that challenging the system would be to enter a political minefield . |
| 4 | As I mentioned earlier , the saithe or coalfish Gadus virens has long been an important fish in Shetland , the surface-shoaling immatures being utilised by many sea-birds . |
| 5 | Throughout Ireland as a whole , there has generally been an anti-comprehensive ethos in the education system supportive of both class and sectarian divisions in schooling and which is now eroding only in part . |
| 6 | North Shields has always been an integral part of Tyneside but the Cramlington area had a separate identity as part of the South Northumberland coal field . |
| 7 | A spokeswoman describes the redesign as ‘ a tweak ’ and says that colour care ‘ has always been an integral part of the formulation ’ , which has ‘ just been strengthened ’ . |
| 8 | There has always been an international dimension to civil litigation , and States have found it desirable to devote some efforts to easing the difficulties experienced by their citizens and business enterprises in pursuing or defending claims involving persons or entities in other countries . |
| 9 | Theirs has always been an unflappable fusion of brawn and brain , a gang of studey types overloaded on steroids and early '80s angst . |
| 10 | There has always been an unresolved tension in the English and Welsh educational systems between the view that education is broad and general while training is specific and vocational . |
| 11 | ‘ It has always been an applied art , ’ he says , ‘ combining artistic creation and science . ’ |
| 12 | Nottinghamshire has always been an industrious county and the skills of local people have contributed over the centuries to the growth of a diversity of well known products . |
| 13 | However , while current challenges facing primary schools demand greater delegation and role specialization than hitherto , it is essential that schools avoid the trap of over-bureaucratization , and that they seek to retain and nurture the close informal collaboration which has always been an essential ingredient in effective school management . |
| 14 | If she has always been an outgoing person , her grief will probably be expressed in painful episodes of weeping , punctuated by the need to ‘ talk it all out ’ over and over again in great detail to you and to other sympathetic relatives and friends , and you will help her a great deal if you are a patient listener . |
| 15 | erm If we go back , Kuwait has always been an independent country until the Ottoman Empire was erm threatening that area , and they were ruling the Arab peninsula , which later to be known as Iraq , and when the Kuwaiti people felt the threat of the Ottoman Empire they signed a treaty with the British at that time , and that was in eighteen ninety nine and Iraq was established in nineteen twenty , so we are are ahead of that . |
| 16 | This suggests that there has always been an underlying awareness that company law doctrine was engaged in a discourse about the legitimation of power . |
| 17 | In the same way , Islam has always been an urban faith , ill at ease with the wilderness ; its civilization has always flourished most successfully in the labyrinths of the ancient bazaar towns of the East . |
| 18 | Gloucester has always been an important centre for the water-borne movement of goods , its quays dating back many centuries , and as far back as anyone can trace , the Severn has been used for both the import and export of a multitude of commodities . |
| 19 | One might easily assume that it has always been an important road . |
| 20 | It follows that the law which regulates the modes in which landowners can exercise this power of alienation — the law of conveyancing — has always been an important part of the land law . |
| 21 | Pride has always been an important part of his make-up . |
| 22 | Keeping the lid on his bubbly personality has always been an important part of managing Ian Wright . |
| 23 | Cleveleys has always been an important destination on the Blackpool and Fleetwood line , with an intermediate service operating there from earliest Company days . |
| 24 | Close attention to constituent needs has always been an indispensable condition for success in elections to the US congress , but in the 1970s it assumed a new significance . |
| 25 | The cry that ‘ standards are falling ’ has always been an attractive starting point upon which to base a campaign of retrenchment . |
| 26 | Whereas writing has usually been an insular process , word-processing lends itself more easily to a collaborative approach , offering exciting opportunities to share and extend ideas . |
| 27 | On the other hand , VAT has clearly been an economic success . |
| 28 | In recent years there has also been an increasing trend towards imports of products rather than crude oil which has not helped the domestic oil industry . |
| 29 | Guy Armstrong 's return to the team after a knee injury forced him out of last year 's competition has also been an essential part of the reformation of a new Scottish side . |
| 30 | There has also been an increased propensity for people to live alone . |