Example sentences of "has rarely been " in BNC.

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1 Despite the principal duality of Irish party political power , the bourgeois structure of the state has rarely been questioned , only the degree of state intervention in the bourgeois economy .
2 John admitted recently that the economic climate has rarely been worse , and woodland owners have no financial rationale for management of this resource .
3 However , music chosen from a composer 's total output and specially arranged as a score for a three-act ballet with a story has rarely been completely successful .
4 Such a huge margin of victory has rarely been seen in a tournament of this class .
5 Ferranti has had its problems in the past so has rarely been an investors ' favourite .
6 Standing up for pensioners has rarely been popular except among pensioners .
7 Possibly , except that in homosexual culture it has rarely been , and certainly was not tor Genet , quite that simple .
8 His tenacious belief in the venture by keeping it running cost him heavy personal financial loss and his ‘ nursing ’ of this satire on operetta that has rarely been equalledis largely forgotten ( but not by me ) .
9 Now opera has rarely been a naturalistic medium , and never an understated one .
10 According to the outgoing editor , Mr Peter Stanford , she also has glamour of a kind that has rarely been seen in the paper 's musty offices .
11 The respect with which Britain is regarded in the world has rarely been higher .
12 The literary bias of British film reviewing has rarely been quite so plainly stated — Coward is the established name , his reputation guaranteed by years of theatrical success , hence he takes precedence over the mere maker of pictures .
13 There has tended to be an increase in confidence within IIAs , although this has rarely been matched by increasing private-sector investment .
14 The process of creating the record is valuable in its own right ; it brings respect for the contribution of the parent to the learning environment and can provide a level of involvement by the parent which has rarely been seen in our schools .
15 When ivy is seen growing throughout the crown of a dying tree it has rarely been responsible for the tree 's decline but has taken advantage of the crown which now lets through enough light for the ivy to grow away .
16 Widely considered a routine , if regrettable , fact of war , it has rarely been prosecuted .
17 This is also a problem for script recognition , although it has rarely been considered .
18 He 's one of the strongest scrummagers in the game yet has rarely been inside a gym in his life , although a few of his international colleagues swear that he must be a closet trainer .
19 LeWitt 's use of geometrical structures dates to 1963 but this vital aspect of his work has rarely been examined in depth in Britain .
20 Because of its size it has rarely been on view there this century .
21 The ownership of newspapers has rarely been seen as either an easy or a sure way of acquiring fortunes .
22 The difference between short and long rates has produced a yield curve that has rarely been steeper .
23 Small wonder that first-time buyers are now returning : buying a home has rarely been cheaper .
24 Chlorambucil has rarely been reported to produce ocular side effects , although these are common with many cancer chemotherapeutic agents .
25 This view has rarely been developed by Freud 's critics .
26 Indeed , the permanent absence of humans has rarely been cited as a condition .
27 The Cockcroft Report pointed out that traditionally mathematics in school has rarely been about anything .
28 There has rarely been a clearer example of the extent to which a Conservative leader sets the keynote for the party the extent to which it is moulded round its leader .
29 Furthermore , industrialization has rarely been the panacea for rural development that had been hoped .
30 This has rarely been reported .
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