Example sentences of "that have been a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically , it 's the simplicity that has been a major headache for distributors Oak Marketing . |
| 2 | This gives women equal access to a pavilion that has been a male preserve for 125 years and leaves Lord 's as English cricket 's last bastion of discrimination . |
| 3 | And then I have n't got space now , but here you 'd have a millionth , six noughts that 'd been a million . |
| 4 | God , that had been a powerful shit . |
| 5 | He had not had a woman for weeks — not since that last trip to the Wilds — and that had been a sing-song girl , all artifice and expertise . |
| 6 | She felt lousy , drained by the swings of emotions that had been an integral part of these last — what was it , just eight hours ? |
| 7 | The large oval locket that had been an eighteenth-birthday present from her aunt , a gold bracelet , a pair of drop earrings and — she breathed a sigh of relief — her mother 's clip were still in the sandalwood box her parents had given her . |
| 8 | This was interesting general confirmation that the element of ‘ serious , content that had been an important part of the deceased Daily Herald and News Chronicle was no longer something the non-quality reader was prepared to pay for in a daily paper . |
| 9 | He had been in hospital many years before to have his appendix removed and that had been an uneventful procedure . |
| 10 | The final set of arguments emphasises the limited leadership qualities and organisational deficiencies that have been a historic feature of the extreme right in Great Britain . |
| 11 | Property might seem to be an unusual investment for pension funds given its volatile nature , but its inclusion can be defended on the grounds of past long-term returns that have been a good hedge against inflation . |
| 12 | Er that 's been a hard old grind though , I can tell you . |
| 13 | Do you think that 's been a big thing contributing to there being a=less dances and things then ? |