Example sentences of "have [adv] been a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liberal democracy benefits capitalism not because capitalists control workers ' minds but because the industrial proletariat have rarely been a majority and are a now shrinking minority in advanced capitalist societies . |
| 2 | With the uncertainty about oil prices and the expense of both gas and electricity , many people are opting for wood-burning stoves These have long been a favourite in Northern Europe and America , and they can be amazingly efficient in heating most of the house , quite apart from being decorative . |
| 3 | For example , in the teaching of English it was observed that ‘ inadequate assessment procedures have long been a weakness in schools reflecting uncertainties about aims , objectives and what constitutes progress ’ . |
| 4 | Many of the old industrial communities have long been a desert for women 's employment . |
| 5 | The fells above Coniston have long been a source of the widely used Westmorland slate ( see Borrowdale ) , but the mountain known as Coniston Old Man and its associated fells are equally interesting as an area of copper-mining activity , and one nearby location is known as Coppermines Valley . |
| 6 | I have long been a professor in the University Of Life . |
| 7 | But I had to recognise that there have only been a couple of traumas in ten years and the trouble rate is likely to hot up as I move towards 40 . |
| 8 | Tt er and i in a sense there 's kind of been an upward trend in terms of progression through that , that reform but within that there have obviously been a number of and in a sense what we 've been coming to terms with is , is what has been causing those , those variations , those changes in that policy . |
| 9 | There is a growing recognition that an effective response to crime and crime prevention must reach beyond the conventional boundaries of the criminal justice system , and there have already been a number of practical initiatives which either attempt to draw upon the wider resources of the community , or which rely upon what is usually known at the ‘ inter-agency ’ or ‘ multi-agency ’ approach . |
| 10 | There have already been a string of job cuts . |
| 11 | There have already been a string of job cuts and more are certain to follow around Christmas time to cut the party 's £10 million overdraft . |
| 12 | In America landfill standards have generally been a matter for individual states . |
| 13 | The others have just been a job . |
| 14 | The first is a quote from Al Deere , one of the most famous Battle of Britain pilots : Fate is a strange master and I have always been a fatalist , — he should be a fatalist he has baled out nine times in his air-lighting life . |
| 15 | Macros have always been a core part of WordPerfect . |
| 16 | Gator 's been riding for Vision practically since the birth of the wheel , and thus his models have always been a Vision favourite . |
| 17 | Special tramway tours have always been a feature of the hobby , and the first was held at Blackpool by the Light Railway Transport League in 1938 . |
| 18 | Error and uncertainty have always been a feature of cartographic information . |
| 19 | Rivers have always been a dumping ground for man 's unwanted waste . |
| 20 | Sunday nights have always been a problem for the serious cinemagoer , since this is the night that brings out the lads whose parents do n't make them go to bed early before a fresh week at school begins . |
| 21 | Twitch bites have always been a problem , and the best answers have been to scale down tackle and bait to encourage a better bite , or to hover over the rod and attempt to strike and hit the twitch bite . |
| 22 | Mature students and those who do not receive the parental contribution towards their grant have always been a problem . |
| 23 | There have always been a minority of wealthy older people and a majority struggling to survive in poverty . |
| 24 | Such imaging centres have always been a part of the American scene , another reason why they are so much more advanced in their presentations technology than we are , but until very recently the only major European one was in Brussels . |
| 25 | The Conservatives , in contrast , have always been a party more accustomed to government and less interested in theories , but they have been equally class identified . |
| 26 | They have always been a club with potential , and that potential appears to have been realised this season . |
| 27 | Clothes , she says , have always been a passion . |
| 28 | ‘ Forest have always been a side who finish better than they start and they will grow stronger again as the season progresses . |
| 29 | Chimaeras have always been a source of some horror . |
| 30 | ‘ I told you there have always been a lot of unanswered questions about Louis . |