Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He 'd closed his eyes once in the last forty hours , and that had only been a restless doze in the back of the car on the way to the border . |
| 32 | There had only been a few sharp yelps of pain . |
| 33 | If they 'd only been a few inches longer ; or perhaps if his upper body was n't so big then his legs would n't be so noticeable . |
| 34 | But Derek Law , deputy director of the SSD , said there had only been a few teething problems . |
| 35 | Even in the early 1960s there had only been a few brave individuals . |
| 36 | He was walking towards a new life , a kind of freedom which had only been an idealistic daydream for nearly sixty years . |
| 37 | His territorial reordering of the 1470s had apparently been a great success , creating a nexus of trusted associates prepared to work in the crown 's interests , while those outside the charmed circle seemed , by the end of the decade , to have acquiesced in their exclusion . |
| 38 | His territorial reordering of the 1470s had apparently been a great success , creating a nexus of trusted associates prepared to work in the crown 's interests , while those outside the charmed circle seemed , by the end of the decade , to have acquiesced in their exclusion . |
| 39 | Their attempt to whip up opposition to him when news of Stony Stratford reached London had proved abortive and since then they had apparently been a spent force . |
| 40 | Their attempt to whip up opposition to him when news of Stony Stratford reached London had proved abortive and since then they had apparently been a spent force . |
| 41 | One minute there had apparently been an entire nation , set upon racial purity and world domination , and then the next … |
| 42 | The strict controls over our life at school , our terrible school uniform and the climate of East Yorkshire conspired against either of these sexual eventualities , which had apparently been the common run of existence in Trinidad . |
| 43 | The ability of Philip Augustus and his immediate successors to translate what had for long been no more than theoretical claims into judicial , and sometimes geographical , reality changed the balance of forces . |
| 44 | Kate Greenaway has long been a firm favourite among collectors who will pay £2,000-£3,000 for a collection of her Almanacks and £30-£50 for most single specimens . |
| 45 | ( The Thatcher mug has long been a best seller . ) |
| 46 | BADGES have long been a cheap , effective way of making a statement — whether it 's Ban The Bomb or I Love Madonna — but do n't throw them away when your fervour wanes . |
| 47 | ‘ These schools have long been a closed shop and many have n't been inspected for ages . |
| 48 | Transport of raw materials for energy use has long been a major sector in marine commerce but coal in particular has been the dominant single energy cargo . |
| 49 | ICI has long been a major supplier of surfactants , which are the active ingredient in detergents . |
| 50 | A brief literature review of the popular sedimentological journals indicates an increasing emphasis on petrography within Europe , whereas within the United States and Canada sedimentary petrology has for long been a necessary component of integrated sedimentological research projects . |
| 51 | However , the escape from spontaneity has long been a philosophical ideal , at its most intransigent in Sartre 's Being and nothingness , which treats even emotion as a matter of choice , to the point of denying the distinction between genuine and willed feeling . |
| 52 | Caricatured images of ‘ natives ’ — African , Asian and Arab — and selective and often fanciful representations of their histories and cultures , reinforced in comics , adventure stories and films , have long been a powerful presence in the official curriculum of British schools ( Mackenzie , 1984 , 1986 ; Klein , 1985 , ; Ahier 1988 ) . |
| 53 | D Goldstein of Staravia Ltd , Ascot , who has long been a good friend of the aircraft preservation movement , offered a range of instruments . |
| 54 | Gangsters have long been a good source of drama for the filmakers and there 's barely a star in Hollywood who has n't been ‘ mixed up ’ on screen with the mob at some point in his career . |
| 55 | I have long been a avid reader of books about islands . |
| 56 | Whereas Mr Orlando has long been a troublesome hero for his party , Mr Segni does not look like a troublemaker . |
| 57 | Agricultural hard labour , primarily the cultivation of cotton , had long been a prominent feature of TDC activity . |
| 58 | For the sake of those members who are not local I will briefly explain that the More family has long been a prominent one in this area . |
| 59 | The examination system has long been a serious bone of contention in this country . |
| 60 | It had also long been a great source of amusement to the more belligerent regulars as they watched the uninitiated stumble in and sit down . |