Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] have [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , so that 's been a great improvement I think , erm in recent years and , and in the erm early seventies we , we also went into the business of providing equipment that could be left at rescues , on site , you know it was always tying up a fire engine by taking it there and , and being tied up so we provided these things which we call demountable equipment , which we commonly call the pods and erm |
| 2 | So 1984/5 had been a winter of hectic activity for Will and his group . |
| 3 | For Hammam , running a club with gates dipping below 5,000 has been a great strain . |
| 4 | And it would balance her table , thought Mair , although that was hardly likely to have been a consideration . |
| 5 | The erection of a large shrine as an imposing architectural feature is not unusual in the Roman world , although the only other example in Britain appears to be the extraordinary octagonal structure at Lufton , identified as a ‘ cold plunge ’ but more likely to have been a shrine associated with a water cult . |
| 6 | Well yes I mean it 's it 's it 's more likely to have been a muscle than anything else , with pain that comes and goes . |
| 7 | Schools did lose staff but it seems more likely to have been a reflection of the generally low level of teachers ' pay at a time of full employment . |
| 8 | The hand-loom weaver on the eve of his long decline was much more likely to have been a Methodist than was the mule spinner of the new generation proletariat . |
| 9 | This was such a success that now , as she writes : ‘ I run my own design business mainly designing kitchens in appropriate styles for period properties , my most challenging having been a ‘ Gothic ’ kitchen … |
| 10 | We can assume that Jacques not only played the oboe but was also likely to have been a woodwind maker , as was his brother , Jean , who is noted in the Livre commode ( 1692 ) as being among the most highly regarded master makers of woodwinds . |
| 11 | When I went in for medicine I had the feeling that maybe I would take out an appendix on the kitchen table … now this has been a big disappointment of my life as a GP that whatever I can do , there 's someone else who can do much , much better . |
| 12 | It is just as likely to have been a Turkish Cypriot farmer moving too far south . |
| 13 | Even that has been a mixed blessing . |
| 14 | Cazden 's ( 1972 ) extensive analysis of hearing children interacting with parents shows how little parents actually correct children 's immature syntax , yet this has been a particular bulwark of educational approaches to deaf children . |
| 15 | We 've seen cases where this has been a life long ambition , its tragic . |
| 16 | Exactly why this has been a difficulty is not clear and it is ironic considering the lead responsibility local authorities fought for and won . |
| 17 | Too unsettled to have been a torturer . |
| 18 | Until recently this has been a rare occurrence , but increasingly local authorities are devising strategies to involve parents in case conferences , despite professional reluctance in some areas and the genuine problems that this poses . |
| 19 | I think L was very fortunate to have been a child in the days when children could roam in woods and fields , unafraid , and when doors could be left unlocked ; when there was less traffic , less noise and less hectic rush . |
| 20 | ‘ Atropine is confirmed , and far too much to have been a slight slip of the deadly nightshade . |
| 21 | Abimelech , the Philistine king ( 26:1 ) : the name is probably a family or throne-name , this is therefore likely to have been a later king than the one Abraham encountered ( 20–21 ) . |
| 22 | This reflects the fact that the commodities boom was highly generalized , and therefore unlikely to have been a freak coincidence of very different developments in different markets . |