Example sentences of "have [adv] been [num] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Edinburgh has long been one of the pre-eminent centres of linguistics in Britain . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This is a scaled-down version of Blaggdon , and has always been one of my early-season pilgrimages . |
| 9 | This has always been one of my favourite houses . |
| 10 | It has always been one of those comedies built on character and situation . |
| 11 | The club Choice Brisa has always been one of our favourite hotels in Ibiza because it has everything that Club guests are looking for . |
| 12 | Foxton Locks has always been one of the most popular attractions in the Leicestershire countryside . |
| 13 | ‘ This clump here has always been one of the worst , ’ Anderson said , indicating a spot near where he stood . |
| 14 | It 's a time-honoured tradition , and ‘ She 's A Woman ’ has always been one of my favourite songs . |
| 15 | ‘ Mull of Kintyre by Wings has always been one of my most hated records . |
| 16 | Humanitarianism has always been one of the major motivations making for socialism . |
| 17 | But over the years Laura has always been one of Diana 's closest confidantes . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 19 | Pam Shriver has always been one of the most colourful tennis professionals . |
| 20 | Generation of standard useful attitudes has always been one of the main purposes of military training . |
| 21 | That has always been one of the most heartening aspects of county cricket : mutual help , irrespective of the teams they represent . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Sir , it has always been one of my principles that planning , for its acceptance , depends on public understanding . |
| 24 | This has always been one of the basic ingredients of good adult education . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Der Zarewitsch has always been one of my favourites . ’ |
| 29 | For the staff at Slimbridge the evening feed has always been one of the highlights of the day . |
| 30 | SECTARIANISM has always been one of the prime causes of conflict in Northern Ireland , because religion has been so closely identified with politics . |