Example sentences of "[verb] often been a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brawling has often been a pastime favoured by certain film stars ; normally those who happen to drink a lot as well . |
| 2 | It has often been a warning to beware the Ides of March , though the ides of May , July and October seem all right . |
| 3 | As each project is carried out by a different team/official , there has often been a lack of standard advice to guide the consultation exercise . |
| 4 | It has often been a surprise to discover the presence of an extensive spread of buildings well beyond the enclosure , this lack of awareness has led occasionally to their discovery all too late , whilst they were being ravaged by development . |
| 5 | With regard to the contingency contingency is something which has often been a matter of debate within this council . |
| 6 | Similarly , there has often been a reluctance by specialist departmental officers to accept the decisions of non-specialist chief executives and management teams . |
| 7 | Poetry has often been a form of self-pity and a means of self-advancement , and it has often pretended otherwise : Kundera 's book rumbles such pretence , as in the comedy he stages of an embassy of poets to a college of policemen and a debate there about the aesthetic of the socialist love-poem . |