Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [adv] [been] [num] " in BNC.
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1 | Generation of standard useful attitudes has always been one of the main purposes of military training . |
2 | Never being lost for words had always been one of Rory 's great talents , but right now it seemed to have deserted her completely , and she was forced to look away from his dark , probing eyes , horribly aware of his apparent ability to see straight through her . |
3 | One of the most simple concepts in rural recreation studies has also been one of the most useful and enduring , namely the ‘ leisure budget ’ . |
4 | Since 1914 only ten British officers had ever been six times decorated for gallantry and one of these , Braham , who in 1951 was awarded the AFC for hazardous developmental work on all-weather fighter aircraft , uniquely achieved a seventh decoration . |
5 | The modernist council properties have long been one of the strongest fiefdoms of professionalized architecture , being extremely closely linked to development planning and local political interests , and subject to the intervention of both civic authorities and the state . |
6 | ‘ Mull of Kintyre by Wings has always been one of my most hated records . |
7 | Foxton Locks has always been one of the most popular attractions in the Leicestershire countryside . |
8 | Birds have never been one of my major interests , I need hardly say . |