Example sentences of "[adv] [been] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To open up a situation , to broaden thinking which has hitherto been from a limited viewpoint . |
| 2 | Our work so far has obviously only been of a preliminary nature , but even so it is clear that there are many strands in the concept of participation and public involvement in decision-making related to novel energy systems . |
| 3 | SINBAD has been cleaning the windows in Channel 4 's Brookside since 1984 , although he has only been on a regular contract for the last two years . |
| 4 | Once seated , Denice tells us she 's only been on a blind date once before , and that was years ago . |
| 5 | ‘ He had long been in a bad state of health , which he took no care to repair but on the contrary lived in such a manner as greatly promoted the disorders he had had long upon him , this brought on the Flux which put a period to his life ’ ( Cook ) . |
| 6 | He said he had thought they had all been fighting on the German side because they had all been under a German commander when surrendering . |
| 7 | The coeliac patients were originally diagnosed according to the procedure recommended by the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition and had all been on a complete gluten free diet for at least five years and did not present symptoms indicative of active disease . |
| 8 | Governments , military strategists , thousands of scientists , millions of dollars of time and research budgets have all been on a wild goose chase . |
| 9 | She 's obviously been under a tremendous strain over the last few months and she needs my help . ’ |
| 10 | This would have effectively made Toraja religion illegal had it not been for a young Toraja " slave " who had studied law while attending to the needs of his lord at university . |
| 11 | Had it not been for a diving goal-line clearance from Laws , who replaced Charles after 23 minutes , McClair might have had a second . |
| 12 | This in itself would hardly have been significant had it not been for a wider transformation of the adult male working class . |
| 13 | New York was swathed in sunlight and the heat would have been stifling had it not been for a gentle easterly breeze blowing in from the Atlantic . |
| 14 | Cantona tried hard to get involved , and within five minutes might have stolen the show , had it not been for a fine interception by Keith Curle following a fine run and cross down the left by Lee Sharpe . |
| 15 | The acting was almost a by-product of that and had it not been for a fortuitous advertisement in Cardiff 's Western Mail , it might have remained just that . |
| 16 | The increase has not been at a constant rate . |
| 17 | Saunders , who has scored 11 goals in 35 international appearances , has not been on a losing side since August 23 . |
| 18 | The intense moments of pain and fear that gripped me were too remote to be understood by anyone who has not been through a similar experience . |
| 19 | The extreme range seems to be from 5 to 6.4 or so , but generally it remains between 4.6 and 5.2 ; it has not been through a major minimum since 1949 . |
| 20 | Anyway , I 've not been in a black cab in years . |
| 21 | They 've not been in a flat |
| 22 | The Midland Centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology is the only centre in the United Kingdom able to provide such a pioneering operation which is only available through the N.H.S. If Mr. Thorpe had not been in a fortunate position of being able to register with a G.P. in a different Health Authority , he would not have had his operation . |
| 23 | In 1979 , the Cabinet of twentytwo contained only seven ministers ( Edwards , St John-Stevas , Younger , Nott , Biffen , Carlisle , and Maude ) who had not been in a previous Cabinet . |
| 24 | Only one symptom , a persistent cough , was reported more often for those who had not been in a residential home — 24 per cent compared with 10 per cent of those who had spent some time in such a home . |
| 25 | Taking all types of respondents together their ratings were similar for people who had not been in a residential home at all and those who had been in one for a year or more , while those who had only spent part of the last year of their lives in a residential home were generally felt to have had a worse quality of life : for 39 per cent of them it was rated as poor compared with 27 per cent of the other two groups . |
| 26 | Wall 's ( 1986 ) evidence suggests that there have been fluctuations over time in patterns of who actually shares households , but that these have not been in a single direction . |
| 27 | The convoy has already been through a Soviet Checkpoint at Marienborn on the West/East German border , Where the numbers of men and vehicles have been thoroughly checked . |
| 28 | ‘ Did you come here , ’ mumbled Dottie , very close , ‘ to ask me fatuous questions the police have already been through a hundred times , or for other reasons ? ’ |
| 29 | The battle , between Diana de Moutis of Art Expertise and Didier Imbert of Didier Fine Art ( organiser of the recent exhibition of Botero sculptures on the Champs-Elysees ) has already been through a first hearing which was won by de Moutis , and an appeal , won last November by Imbert . |
| 30 | As most of the leading American challengers arrived at the tough , par-70 lay-out to begin their preparation , Faldo had already been through a punishing schedule since Thursday . |