Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [adv] been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This crumbling of unity has always been a feature of philosophical systems , whether religious or political , or a combination of both . |
| 2 | For women , communism has always been a double-edged sword . |
| 3 | The women who do , I suspect , may never see those first grey hairs at all ; they 've been highlighting for so long that the colour of their hair has always been a matter of choice . |
| 4 | Volvo 's turbocharged big saloon has always been a bit of a maverick . |
| 5 | Inequality has always been a politically contested issue for it is related to the distribution of power and resources in society . |
| 6 | Anti-British hysteria has always been a politically convenient sidetrack for European politicians . |
| 7 | Social responsibility has never been a Greek characteristic . |
| 8 | Nat West says that late payment has recently been a significant factor in the demand for bank finance . |
| 9 | My specialised equipment for the powder has always been a monoski . |
| 10 | Radar has also been a useful probe of other planets . |
| 11 | Fragmentation has also been a feature of Spanish transport policy , although the PSOE has been attempting to co-ordinate planning , establish a consistent competitive framework and draw up standardized criteria for investment in different modes . |
| 12 | My lack of culinary expertise has always been a source of great mirth to the men in my life and my well-attended failures embroidered into legends over the years , so I was prepared for the banter that accompanied dinner . |
| 13 | The University has long been a leading centre for research in this field , and just over a year ago Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre ( EPCC ) was established to focus further on these issues . |
| 14 | For David Bailey , photography has always been a diary . |
| 15 | Low cunning has always been a favourite with me . |
| 16 | After all one of the dogmas of the Protestant faith has always been a freedom of choice . |
| 17 | The establishment of a National Curriculum has certainly been a major historical movement , but it is not the case that nothing was defined prior to 1988 and now everything is defined . |
| 18 | For example , the Keynesian saving function in which the rate of acquisition of new financial and real assets is a function of the level of income has long been a source of dissatisfaction . |
| 19 | However , military necessity has always been a dangerous principle when counterposed to the principle of humanitarian limitation of the means of warfare . |
| 20 | Teaching has always been a demanding and shifting job . |
| 21 | Do I discern that skating has not been a frequent pleasure in these parts ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ For the people of Delhi this partridge fighting has always been a happiness . ’ |
| 23 | The result has already been a bonanza for the founders of small production firms . |
| 24 | The shedding of older labour has also been a feature of the experience of the cohort just below the statutory retirement age , with male activity-rates in the 60–64 years age-group falling from 83 per cent in 1971 to 60 per cent in 1986 . |
| 25 | Your own , personalized weight control programme has not been a sudden thing but has evolved over a long period of time . |
| 26 | The Superfund programme has not been a success . |
| 27 | The programme has also been a useful catalyst to closer collaboration between FE colleges , Central Institutions and Universities and in linking their courses . |
| 28 | BOYS ' Brigade football has always been a breeding ground for talent and the proof will be on parade at Seaview on Tuesday night . |
| 29 | Oloron has always been a successful market town , right from the days when it traded mainly across the mountains , with Aragon . |
| 30 | The achievement of Macmillan ( who before the war once declared that ‘ Toryism has always been a form of paternal socialism ’ ) was to adopt the more liberal ideas of men like Butler to render the rest of the meal palatable . |