Example sentences of "has [adv] been [adv] [adj] for " in BNC.

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1 The thing is moulded under your eyes , and a recent book which has been very popular in the university Gödel Esher Bach which is on some of the aspects of artificial intelligence and ideas , has in its preface got quite a long article on how the author actually organised all of the processes , right through to the final printing of that book , and indeed even wrote the programs for formatting the text , and it has obviously been very stimulating for him .
2 Her mother was reported in the Star as saying : ‘ It has all been too much for her .
3 He has not been properly fit for months .
4 Care has not been so tender for the eiderdown duck , which has perished in large numbers due to oil slicks in its Iceland habitat , as European demand for its fluffy down , mainly used in bedding , increases .
5 This early retirement pattern has not been so evident for women .
6 He answered cryptically but not very informatively ; ‘ It has not been though expedient for the Grand Junction to widen the locks . ’
7 Long-time exhibitor at the Ceramics Fair , Clemens Van der Ven of s'Hertogenbosch , The Netherlands , who specialises in Oriental Art , explains his continued presence at the fair : ‘ The Ceramics Fair has always been very successful for us .
8 The standard of manual design has traditionally been very low for several reasons .
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