Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] been a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The London theatres , which had for so long been a particular thorn in the side of Puritan moralists such as William Prynne , were closed down at the outbreak of the civil war and remained shut until the Restoration . |
| 2 | The passage had obviously once been a high ceilinged corridor . |
| 3 | 1993 has so far been a good year for Hewlett-Packard Russia . |
| 4 | The 1993 winter sale , which ends on 30th January , has so far been a major disappointment : fewer than 290 booksellers have taken part , significantly down on previous years . |
| 5 | In spite of promising prospects for the future , it has so far been a complementary course , to be undertaken in addition to the main course of study . |
| 6 | The infrastructure of teaching hospitals is largely NHS ( rather than university ) funded and there has only recently been a welcome extension of this mechanism to general practice . |
| 7 | It has not necessarily been a good thing in all ways , and there has certainly been a downside . |
| 8 | Most four-day matches have not only been a better preparation for Test cricketers but have also produced generally more interesting cricket . |
| 9 | And you have Rochester who has erm he 's not exactly been a degenerate and he has shown some restraint , he has cared for this wife , he 's brought her home . |
| 10 | In times of hardship , as in the depression in the 1920 's and 30 's and rationing during the 1940 's and 50's , there has not always been a great choice of food . |
| 11 | This in turn raises a serious and subversive problem identified by Paul Gilroy : that ‘ the content of ’ antiracism ’ has not always been a direct response to the ideologies and practices of racism' ( Gilroy , 1987 , p. 114 ) . |
| 12 | The relationship between doctors and nurses has not always been a happy one . |
| 13 | For some years now , there has not surprisingly been a strong feeling among colleges and faculties and departments of art and design that a rational and nationally recognized structure for vocational courses is long overdue . |
| 14 | In Kandyan districts there had not previously been a specific class of headman assigned police duties . |
| 15 | As inflammatory bowel disease occurs with approximately equal frequency in the HIV seropositive and control populations , it must be assumed that primary sclerosing cholangitis may also , and a clear distinction between AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis would not then be possible ; this has not yet been a diagnostic problem . |
| 16 | This actually has been reported in patients with cirrhosis , Although there has not yet been a clinical or experimental study exploring this possibility in acute liver failure . |
| 17 | THE CAUSE hamper campaign this Christmas has once again been a great success , thanks to the generosity of so many people in our diocese . |
| 18 | Local government , with its responsibility for sweeping the streets and emptying dustbins , had always essentially been a humdrum business . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The family has probably always been a major source of violence — consider the wealth of folk stories and songs that deal with cruel sisters , feuding brothers , and infanticide — but now the violence may be more hidden , less open to immediate social control from the wider community , at least until it is too late . |
| 21 | said there had probably never been a better time than now for a private company or public body to carry out a property audit . |
| 22 | And sometimes I wonder whether it has n't all been a complete waste of time . ’ |
| 23 | The reaction is a testimony to the female solidarity that the film celebrates and it has n't just been a regional popularity . |
| 24 | It had n't exactly been a poignant reunion . |
| 25 | You raised a very , very significant issue that I have n't heard much addressed in recent days and we know that there has n't really been a super power of the Soviet Union and any other military sense for the last couple of years . |
| 26 | Or it could be simply that there had n't yet been a serious British accident . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's all right for you , ’ said Dolly , ‘ you ai n't never been a poor orphan girl . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Has there ever been a special guy in your life ? ’ |
| 29 | But has there ever been a happier compromise than the one offered in New York ? |
| 30 | Has there even been a better start to the season ? |