Example sentences of "[pron] have [been] [adj] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | As such they are seen as antithetical to the work ethic which has been such an integral part of Thatcherite political rhetoric . |
| 2 | He rode on the Sambre 's northern bank , drawn towards the town by the sound of musketry which had been loud an hour before , but which now had faded into silence . |
| 3 | To relinquish her calling , or the possibility of the companionship and family life which had been such an influential part of her background . |
| 4 | She 'd been such an idiot , had n't she ? |
| 5 | She had been such an innocent victim from the start it seemed only fair to help her all they could now . |
| 6 | Vitor caressed her for a moment but then , impatient for the nakedness of the woman who had been such an obstinate aching presence in his bloodstream , he eased the amber silk from her shoulders and unhooked her lacy bra . |
| 7 | Since 1972 in the UK there has been available an additional means for the achievement of the balance of payments objective : the adoption of floating exchange rates . |
| 8 | There has been such an enormous increase in mobility in work and recreation . |
| 9 | Dwyer , who guided the Aussies to World Cup victory last year , insists : ‘ There has been such an improvement in Welsh rugby it could be us who go in as underdogs . ’ |
| 10 | It is all too clear why there has been such an unremitting broadside from Ministers against our tax and national insurance proposals . |
| 11 | Even if there had been such an agreement , there was nothing to stop the board getting rid of Mr Venables if it wished , said Mr Heslop . |
| 12 | It had been such an unsettled year altogether that he had had no opportunity for connected work of anything other than a temporary kind ; at the beginning of November , faced with the prospect of the British Council tours to France and Italy , he did not believe that he would be able to begin serious composition until the new year . |
| 13 | The hospital and all that went with it had been such an oasis in the alarming wilderness of doing everything for , and chiefly by , myself ; now it came to the point of leaving it , I was scared . |