Example sentences of "[det] have [been] so [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has been so for centuries , and afflicts all nations . |
| 2 | This has been so for the Cape Verdians for close on 300 years , from the time when the original emigrants first found jobs on the North American whaling fleet . |
| 3 | This has been so for decades and there is little on the horizon that threatens to curtail it . |
| 4 | This has been so in the MDC , although efforts were made to foster links with the now-defunct metropolitan county ( Boaden , 1982 ) . |
| 5 | This had been so in Emma 's day , and was so still , for once or twice Ruth had asked Rachaela some arithmetical question which Rachaela also found impossible to answer . |