Example sentences of "not [adv] been a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has not necessarily been a good thing in all ways , and there has certainly been a downside . |
| 2 | Most four-day matches have not only been a better preparation for Test cricketers but have also produced generally more interesting cricket . |
| 3 | And you have Rochester who has erm he 's not exactly been a degenerate and he has shown some restraint , he has cared for this wife , he 's brought her home . |
| 4 | In times of hardship , as in the depression in the 1920 's and 30 's and rationing during the 1940 's and 50's , there has not always been a great choice of food . |
| 5 | This in turn raises a serious and subversive problem identified by Paul Gilroy : that ‘ the content of ’ antiracism ’ has not always been a direct response to the ideologies and practices of racism' ( Gilroy , 1987 , p. 114 ) . |
| 6 | The relationship between doctors and nurses has not always been a happy one . |
| 7 | For some years now , there has not surprisingly been a strong feeling among colleges and faculties and departments of art and design that a rational and nationally recognized structure for vocational courses is long overdue . |
| 8 | In Kandyan districts there had not previously been a specific class of headman assigned police duties . |
| 9 | As inflammatory bowel disease occurs with approximately equal frequency in the HIV seropositive and control populations , it must be assumed that primary sclerosing cholangitis may also , and a clear distinction between AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis would not then be possible ; this has not yet been a diagnostic problem . |
| 10 | This actually has been reported in patients with cirrhosis , Although there has not yet been a clinical or experimental study exploring this possibility in acute liver failure . |