Example sentences of "not [been] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this has not been a wholly successful operation . |
| 2 | It has not been a wholly successful policy . |
| 3 | No doubt the missio , with its insistence on proving bad faith , had not been a wholly satisfactory remedy . |
| 4 | Our Metro has not been a particularly healthy child and its latest illness is a pair of prematurely-worn front seats , the only set with such a problem in the whole of the UK . |
| 5 | It 's not been a particularly good week . |
| 6 | Husband or wife do get excluded for instance because the marriage has not been a particularly happy one erm and there would therefore be no particular one why the deceased would leave anything to spouses erm but it 's worth saying so if that 's the case , to prevent an action coming along and saying Oi why am I not being there , why have I been left out ? |
| 7 | Poland had not been a particularly Polish entity before partition . |
| 8 | While I have not been a wildly flag-waving Canadian I am proud of my birthplace and continue to admire Canada and Canadians immensely , which sentiments must not be taken as damning with faint praise . |
| 9 | ‘ This has not been a very good day , but at least I am still leading the championships , ’ said Mansell . |
| 10 | To my mum who along with my dad helped me my daughter , who I 'm very proud of as now she 's started taking greater interest in G M B. To my mum who at the moment does n't enjoy the best of health , who over the years has had to endure a daughter who , er , on some occasions has not been a very great help to her , has guided me through very difficult times , as mums always do . |
| 11 | But the purchasing power parity theorem has not been a very successful explanation over short periods because in practice large discre-pancies in real exchange rates have emerged . |
| 12 | Clearly the previous secretary had not been a very efficient worker — perhaps that was why Ven had dismissed her . |
| 13 | ‘ The Home Secretary was n't persuaded then and there has n't been a particularly long period of time since , so it is not likely that there will be any review . ’ |
| 14 | It had n't been a particularly nice smile . |
| 15 | It has n't been a very good day for me . ’ |
| 16 | Just sort of er telling Frank he has n't been a very good friend and things . |
| 17 | Investment banking although this year it 's a very different difficult environment for investment banking particularly a house that concentrates on , on corporate finance er there has n't been a great deal of M and A activity and if , if there has it has n't been a very high erm very high ticket . |