Example sentences of "have [adv] been [adj] of " in BNC.

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1 You have the score in your mind — you once said you do n't need a tape or a score to oversee in your mind the whole of Tristan — and this has obviously been true of other great conductors .
2 It has long been one of the curiosities of our political history that the previous all-time record was set by a party that actually lost the election , Clement Attlee 's Labour Party in 1951 .
3 This has long been one of my favourite Schnittke pieces , for its Russian-accented dodecaphony-on-stilts , for the post-Holocaust numbness of its third movement , and most of all for the unholy alliances of its finale , where Webern seems to be jiving to West Side Story and Shostakovich meets Vivaldi for a deadly serious jam session .
4 Edinburgh has long been one of the pre-eminent centres of linguistics in Britain .
5 Alan Hingston , Executive Director of IDB 's Marketing Development Division , said : ‘ Scandinavia has long been one of IDB 's target regions and business for Northern Ireland companies has developed steadily over the past decade .
6 There have been four players with the same initial letter of their surname playing for a Test side both before and since , but there has only been four of the same letter on each side .
7 And they are threatening , because it is offensive and undermining to be told that the life one has led has merely been one of servility , that it has not been of truly ‘ human ’ value , that one has been a ‘ fembot ’ or a ‘ puppet ’ .
8 In the past , the NHS has perhaps been guilty of seeing structures and organisational change as the outcome measures of new initiatives .
9 Literally thousands of people have benefited form Nancy 's instruction and she has perhaps been one of the greatest advocates of the Sunday Painter school , encouraging an increase in the popularity of painting as a pastime for people of all ages and from all walks of life .
10 She 's the glow that keeps together our family life my business life at the same time has always been supportive of my involvement in Round Table .
11 This is a scaled-down version of Blaggdon , and has always been one of my early-season pilgrimages .
12 This has always been one of my favourite houses .
13 It has always been one of those comedies built on character and situation .
14 The club Choice Brisa has always been one of our favourite hotels in Ibiza because it has everything that Club guests are looking for .
15 Foxton Locks has always been one of the most popular attractions in the Leicestershire countryside .
16 ‘ This clump here has always been one of the worst , ’ Anderson said , indicating a spot near where he stood .
17 It 's a time-honoured tradition , and ‘ She 's A Woman ’ has always been one of my favourite songs .
18 ‘ Mull of Kintyre by Wings has always been one of my most hated records .
19 Humanitarianism has always been one of the major motivations making for socialism .
20 But over the years Laura has always been one of Diana 's closest confidantes .
21 ‘ Ray has always been one of the most popular and respected figures around for his ability and conduct , and I 'm sure he will prove an outstanding signing for Villa . ’
22 Pam Shriver has always been one of the most colourful tennis professionals .
23 Generation of standard useful attitudes has always been one of the main purposes of military training .
24 That has always been one of the most heartening aspects of county cricket : mutual help , irrespective of the teams they represent .
25 It has always been one of my regrets that life did not make it possible for me to know this quiet , strong artist and teacher better .
26 Sir , it has always been one of my principles that planning , for its acceptance , depends on public understanding .
27 This has always been one of the basic ingredients of good adult education .
28 After death the heart becomes a pyramid ( it has always been one of the wonders of the world ) ; but even in life the heart was never heart-shaped .
29 If the political reality has always been one of conflict and disunity , the construction of an imaginary Orient helped to give unity and coherence to the idea of the West .
30 Our approach to accounting has always been one of a a truly integrated nature , and that approach fits like a hand in a glove with relational database technology .
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