Example sentences of "[adv] [been] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , admission to a psychiatric unit has presumably been the result of distress which in many cases will persist after admission . |
| 2 | However , the inequalities in higher education have rarely been the subject of close and critical attention ; far from arguing that higher education serves to reproduce inequalities , commentators ( e.g. Wolpe 1977 ) have argued merely that higher education functions to train middle-class students to take up positions of status and responsibility in society , such as civil servants , managers , teachers and doctors . |
| 3 | Although it has rarely been the subject of judicial pronouncement the conceptual basis of the " conventional " sums awarded by the courts in respect of non-pecuniary losses appears to be that such sums are what are considered fair and reasonable compensation in the social , economic and industrial conditions which prevail in England and Wales . |
| 4 | Furthermore , industrialization has rarely been the panacea for rural development that had been hoped . |
| 5 | Such an interpretation is not inconsistent with Katib Celebi 's brief account , particularly if it is remembered that by his time the Seyhulislam had long since been the Mufti of Istanbul and that he may therefore have concerned himself with trying to sketch the history of the office only in so far as it related to that city . |
| 6 | IT 'S long since been the woman 's domain . |
| 7 | IT 'S long since been the woman 's domain . |
| 8 | IT 'S long since been the woman 's domain . |
| 9 | an education of this kind is the greatest benefit which could be conferred upon any citizen of a great state , and … the common right to it , the common discipline and enjoyment of it , the common possession of the tastes and association connected with it , would form a new element of national unity , linking together the mental life of all classes by experiences which have hitherto been the privilege of a limited section . |
| 10 | In its document Partnership in Validation , it declared its intention of granting approval to ‘ well established courses ’ for indefinite periods , instead of for five years as had hitherto been the case . |
| 11 | During the eighteenth century diplomats were less irregularly paid than had hitherto been the case and there can be seen the first efforts , though very limited and ineffective ones , to provide them with some systematic professional training . |
| 12 | Perhaps development of nursery education on a much greater scale , bigger scale than has hitherto been the case |
| 13 | Perhaps a development of nursery education on a much greater scale , bigger scale than has hitherto been the case |
| 14 | Character dance like demi-caractère dance had its beginnings in La Fille Mal Gardée when farmers and peasants were first allowed to set foot on the Royal and Imperial stages , which had hitherto been the home of gods and goddesses or noble and well-born heroes and heroines . |
| 15 | But the meeting understood that " It has hitherto been the policy of this HQ and remains ( it is understood ) the advice of the British Resident Minister and the US Political Adviser that all classes and types of dissident and anti-Tito Jugoslavs who fall into the hands of Allied Forces either in Italy or in Austria should not be forced to return to Jugoslavia … " |
| 16 | It is reasonable to suppose that these language users might ( even accidentally ) hit on new combinations of phrases to produce slightly longer sentences than had hitherto been the rule : sentences , moreover , whose newly-coined significance derived from both the context of their first use and the pre-established significance of their components . |
| 17 | One might say that the architect 's or engineer 's conception of a model replaced what had hitherto been the accountant 's model — C6H6 , the mere counting of atoms — in the chemical formula . |
| 18 | This however has only been the position since 1968 . |
| 19 | For Guido , she realised , had only been the catalyst that had finally forced her to confront her true feelings for Arnie . |
| 20 | Curtis recalled that it had only been the resourcefulness of the two kids and the fortunate intervention of the trucker Jube , that had saved his friend that night . |
| 21 | The socially constructed relationship between age , gender and the labour market has not only been the cause of poverty in old age , but has also formed the basis for the spread of a more general dependency among older people and age discrimination in many aspects of public policy and social attitudes ( Walker , 1990 ) . |
| 22 | The extra ten minutes had probably only been the time it had taken them to find him . |
| 23 | She had finally walked out on him and it had only been the intervention of Philpott that had brought them back together again . |
| 24 | And it had only been the rear of the house that had been knocked down . |
| 25 | Problems of cross-cultural translation have long been the terrain of anthropology . |
| 26 | In both French and British space programmes , keeping up with — or at least not falling further behind — the USA and USSR space efforts has long been the name of the game . |
| 27 | ‘ Whether the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or the Stanze of Raphael should be regarded as the culminating effort of modern art , has long been the subject of controversy ’ ; but they both received double asterisks . |
| 28 | Although Burn had never been very active in the affairs of the Institute , his career had long been the subject of interest and indeed curiosity . |
| 29 | Gardiner traces the passions , torments and tragedy ( the death of two of their children ) of their shared life , and sheds light on episodes which have long been the subject of rumour and anecdote . |
| 30 | The coco-de-mer grows only on Praslin and its neighbour Curieuse and has long been the subject of legends and superstitions . |