Example sentences of "[verb] been a [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This seems to be pitching things a good deal too high , but the current London Film Festival , which continues until Sunday , tends to confirm the impression that 1989 has been a less than vintage year for the movies . |
| 2 | Deprived after Nechtansmere of the land and tribute from the Picts and Irish which probably underlay such power , Northumbria is likely to have been a poorer as well as a less dominant kingdom . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | And yet , it is said the Rochesters have been a violent than a quiet race in their time , perhaps though , that is the reason they rest tranq tranquilly in their graves now . |
| 5 | In terms of new routes , few have been a prolific as Rab Anderson : On Church Door Buttress in Glen Coe he climbed the line right of the existing routes to give The Last Crusade , E3 , 5a , 5c , 5c , which like the other lines here , is on superb ( though in most summers dripping ) rock . |
| 6 | Their contraction in the face of higher energy and other raw material costs , and undercutting competition from the developing world , have been an easy if painful recipe for energy conservation . |