Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [adv] [been] popular " in BNC.
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| 1 | Biopic roles have always been popular with the Academy . |
| 2 | ‘ Our books have always been popular because they provide a light-hearted , escapist , romantic read , ’ said a spokeswoman , Carol Cherry . |
| 3 | Capping entitlements has never been popular , mainly because it has always been assumed that social-security recipients ( old-age pensioners ) would be hardest hit . |
| 4 | Calendars and diaries have always been popular in good bookshops , many of these products spinning off from familiar sources ( Tolkien , Beatrix Potter ) and sold in by book publishers with the autumn lists . |
| 5 | In practice this second exception is unimportant because bearer securities have never been popular with English investors or English companies and are rarely issued and hardly ever in respect of shares , as opposed to bearer bonds , ( i.e. debentures ) which are sometimes issued to attract Continental investors who have a traditional liking for securities in bearer form . |
| 6 | Standing up for pensioners has rarely been popular except among pensioners . |
| 7 | Although the proven varieties of waterlilies have always been popular , some of the recent introductions of nymphaea will produce blooms of more intense colour and fragrance . |
| 8 | Primroses in their various guises have long been popular garden plants . |
| 9 | Mirrored doors have always been popular . |