Example sentences of "have been a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sex may therefore have been a necessary prelude to the evolution of multicellular organisms . |
| 2 | There could have been a similar reaction to the prospect of a Wilson administration and especially with the kind of rough-neck covert operations that were in progress in Ulster . |
| 3 | It would have been a long walk to here , and no doubt some other person would have been offering a dubious lift by the time she arrived . |
| 4 | With an effort she walked across the room to Jerry , who had so often asked her for a date and who , given any encouragement , would have been a frequent visitor to Blue Ash Farm . |
| 5 | The perspective may not have developed antagonistic elements to the extent to which , at a generalised level , it could have been a genuine challenge to extant political power , but the populism did articulate working-class interests and demands assertively and independently . |
| 6 | It would have been a devastating blow to morale in that summer , when everyone was on hair-trigger invasion alert . ’ |
| 7 | Home I went for the Christmas vac with the ragged tatters of what should have been a well-moulded start to a brilliant career ! |
| 8 | This may have been a Soviet response to the American nuclear war base facilities under construction at Diego Garcia ( and to a lesser extent to those at the Kagnew Communications Station near Asmara in Ethiopia which had declined in strategic significance and were slowly being wound down ) . |
| 9 | It might have been a delayed reaction to the drugs I had been taking for an operation I 'd recently had on my foot , but this seemed unlikely . |
| 10 | Could it have been a roundabout reference to that old scandal ? |
| 11 | The loss of the plant would have been a major blow to the local economy . |
| 12 | The sadness and disappointment of this lost generation must have been a salutary warning to younger students not to follow the party unquestioningly , otherwise they too could have their lives wasted . |
| 13 | This happened in the days before Juvenile Courts and it must have been a terrifying experience to be taken into the Court as a seven-year-old to be tried . |
| 14 | I can see I have been a great burden to you . |
| 15 | ( She also taught the social secretary to play the piano , but he was not an apt pupil and must have been a great disappointment to her . ) |
| 16 | Nothing has gone right for Armiger or Tenby — remember him — and although Commander in Chief won two Derbys , the fact that Cecil 's more exposed two-year-olds failed to blossom must have been a great disappointment to him . |
| 17 | Nothing has gone right for Armiger or Tenby — remember him — and although Commander in Chief won two Derbys , the fact that Cecil 's more exposed two-year-olds failed to blossom must have been a great disappointment to him . |
| 18 | One of the craft was in a mighty hurry when he set Judas for Jesus at John vi.67 , as happened in 1609 ; and so was his descendant in 1653 when , at Corinthians vi.9 , he pronounced that ‘ the unrighteous shall inherit the kingdom of God ’ , which must have been a great comfort to a considerable number of citizens under the Commonwealth . |
| 19 | It would have been a sad disappointment to anyone ferreting in the top drawer of his desk . |
| 20 | He had no idea she already had suspicions which might well have been a contributory factor to her miscarriage . |
| 21 | AD 10 at this particular place ; it seems to have had a brief existence ; it may have been a Political embarrassment to Cunobelinus at some stage in his early career , or the traders may have just moved elsewhere . |
| 22 | Clearly the Heart of England deal has not been completed and there are difficulties with it , which is a pity as it would have been a good start to the venture . |
| 23 | ‘ IT MUST have been a big blow to the Dublin Theatre Festival ’ is not the thing to say to Tony O'Dalaigh who , as director of the festival must have imagined major profits blowing away as the Archaos tent took to the sky a few days before the French circus was due to perform . |
| 24 | I think , when I think it since , I think he must have been a remarkable man to work and slave like that . |
| 25 | It must have been a considerable disappointment to the hon. Gentleman and his colleagues to hear Mr. Eric Bolton describe their proposals as ’ cloud cuckoo land ’ . |
| 26 | Sir Roy 's depression could have been a natural reaction to being told that he suffers from Parkinson 's disease . |
| 27 | This must have been a horrible shock to you . ’ |
| 28 | The murder must have been a severe shock to her and she would no doubt be deeply concerned over its effect on her husband ; she should have gone to see her yesterday , or at least telephoned . |
| 29 | But the police made no attempt to contact any of them , for the obvious reason that such evidence would have been a severe embarrassment to their preconceived ideas . |