Example sentences of "[adv] be a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now opera has rarely been a naturalistic medium , and never an understated one . |
| 2 | There has rarely been a clearer example of the extent to which a Conservative leader sets the keynote for the party the extent to which it is moulded round its leader . |
| 3 | and since are a big potential one one ninety four I 've got down here . |
| 4 | The last two summers have been very hot and dry , although this summer has luckily been a great deal better . |
| 5 | perhaps been a little bit dismissive of it because |
| 6 | However , by adept diplomacy , he was able to impose a form of pax Britannica on what had hitherto been a turbulent part of Africa and thereby maintain the conditions best suited for fostering trade . |
| 7 | There was further a need to replace what had hitherto been a haphazard method of payment by a more formalised scheme involving the payment of a specified sum on the completion of each flat . |
| 8 | The Treaty brings about the formal transformation of what has hitherto been an Economic Community into a Union which is mandated to act in many areas on behalf of its own citizens , and to claim their allegiance . |
| 9 | Beyond this , however , its origin has hitherto been an insoluble problem : the explicit evidence of the ancients is notoriously inadequate and various different theories have been constructed from it . |
| 10 | ’ As the influence of Cézanne grew , so that of Gauguin , who had hitherto been an important influence in the work of the Fauves , waned . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , around one in two Germans in both the American and the British Zones — and a percentage on the increase — thought that National Socialism had basically been a good idea , badly carried out , and were far more favourably disposed to it than to communism . |
| 12 | It has not necessarily been a good thing in all ways , and there has certainly been a downside . |
| 13 | Ian , thanks ever so much , it 's not necessarily been an easy ride for you , but we 're glad to know you and we look forward to meeting you again . |
| 14 | Most four-day matches have not only been a better preparation for Test cricketers but have also produced generally more interesting cricket . |
| 15 | In the Titan he had only been a partial paladin — merely part of a vaster amplified body which also comprised Tundrish and Valence and Zed Juron and , oh yes , Akbar too . |
| 16 | On the contrary , the development of such instruments has only been a first step , preparatory to examining the reasons people differ on such traits . |
| 17 | It had only been a brief talk and nothing improper was intimated . |
| 18 | He 'd closed his eyes once in the last forty hours , and that had only been a restless doze in the back of the car on the way to the border . |
| 19 | But Derek Law , deputy director of the SSD , said there had only been a few teething problems . |
| 20 | If they 'd only been a few inches longer ; or perhaps if his upper body was n't so big then his legs would n't be so noticeable . |
| 21 | He was walking towards a new life , a kind of freedom which had only been an idealistic daydream for nearly sixty years . |
| 22 | His territorial reordering of the 1470s had apparently been a great success , creating a nexus of trusted associates prepared to work in the crown 's interests , while those outside the charmed circle seemed , by the end of the decade , to have acquiesced in their exclusion . |
| 23 | His territorial reordering of the 1470s had apparently been a great success , creating a nexus of trusted associates prepared to work in the crown 's interests , while those outside the charmed circle seemed , by the end of the decade , to have acquiesced in their exclusion . |
| 24 | Their attempt to whip up opposition to him when news of Stony Stratford reached London had proved abortive and since then they had apparently been a spent force . |
| 25 | Their attempt to whip up opposition to him when news of Stony Stratford reached London had proved abortive and since then they had apparently been a spent force . |
| 26 | One minute there had apparently been an entire nation , set upon racial purity and world domination , and then the next … |
| 27 | Kate Greenaway has long been a firm favourite among collectors who will pay £2,000-£3,000 for a collection of her Almanacks and £30-£50 for most single specimens . |
| 28 | ( The Thatcher mug has long been a best seller . ) |
| 29 | ‘ These schools have long been a closed shop and many have n't been inspected for ages . |
| 30 | Transport of raw materials for energy use has long been a major sector in marine commerce but coal in particular has been the dominant single energy cargo . |