Example sentences of "[adv] been so [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 This had not been so with the earliest stages as drawn in The German Ideology or Formen because even here Marx talks of ‘ slavery being inherent in the family ’ and the universality of class relations .
2 Tushingham 's second place in the Flying Dutchman , after winning the final race , was particularly impressive as British sailors have not been so near the top of this class since the era of Rodney Pattisson .
3 Had it always been so in the period of the conflict with England ?
4 Partisan nomination of senior judges used to be the rule in Britain but has not really been so since the 1920s .
5 Stealth will prove to be a valuable asset ; it has often been so in the past .
6 ‘ Oh , Khan , I think if we had n't been so near the city , he would have burned the cart .
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