Example sentences of "has [adv] been [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The continued dominance of City and Civil Service elites has often been seen as a barrier to dynamism in British industry ; in fact , it has merely been one aspect of a secure and integrated dominant class , linked by kinship , ownership of wealth and distinctive patterns of education . |
| 2 | ‘ We now know that BSE exists on the Continent and there has not been one case in a Welsh herd . ’ |
| 3 | It used to be thought that the Revolution assured regular Parliaments , and it is certainly true that since 1689 there has not been one year without the meeting of Parliament . |
| 4 | During the same period , there has not been one prosecution for corruption , although it is no secret that the economy is dominated by powerful politicians with access to cheap state funds , import licences and influence . |
| 5 | Even so , there has already been one triumph : inflation fell to 6% in the year to the third quarter , the lowest rate for 18 years apart from a brief spell in 1984–85 . |
| 6 | There has always been one factor which has dominated the convictions of those who have sought to establish a religion , or its equivalent under whatever name . |
| 7 | Of course , the desire to obtain control of the written word has always been one indication of the autocratic mind . |
| 8 | FO Well , our non-ferrous metals limit has usually been one milligramme per litre , they have recently changed to 0.5 milligrams per litre now . |
| 9 | As any mother will tell you , it has n't been one jot less exhausting and emotionally draining to live with a morose , depressed , melodramatic , self-obsessed exam-taker this year than any other year . |
| 10 | . There has n't been one game we 've been there that he has n't or both of them have n't . |