Example sentences of "have [adv] been an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ferranti has had its problems in the past so has rarely been an investors ' favourite . |
| 2 | It was effectively superseded in 1980 by the Latin American Integration Association ( LAIA ) , which allowed bilateral deals and has since been an umbrella under which they have proliferated ( Tussie 1987 : p. 129 ) . |
| 3 | Beyond this , however , its origin has hitherto been an insoluble problem : the explicit evidence of the ancients is notoriously inadequate and various different theories have been constructed from it . |
| 4 | The Treaty brings about the formal transformation of what has hitherto been an Economic Community into a Union which is mandated to act in many areas on behalf of its own citizens , and to claim their allegiance . |
| 5 | It has long been an axiom of the Labour Party that MacDonald 's actions in 1931 marked him as a traitor to the cause . |
| 6 | There has long been an unspoken consensus across the party spectrum that challenging the system would be to enter a political minefield . |
| 7 | As I mentioned earlier , the saithe or coalfish Gadus virens has long been an important fish in Shetland , the surface-shoaling immatures being utilised by many sea-birds . |
| 8 | Mint sauce has long been an ingredient of the English Sunday lunch of lamb with the season 's new green peas and new potatoes . |
| 9 | The search for training which fits this description in the management of education is hindered in two ways : it has long been an area for tension between theorists and practitioners and it has from time to time been exposed to management models from fields where practice and purpose are very different from those of education . |
| 10 | There has long been an antipathy against council housing in rural districts . |
| 11 | Until then he has merely been an angel , hovering at the frontiers of the heavenly world . |
| 12 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , I want simply to tell you that work on your notes connected with the Big Glass is at last under way and that I have remained scholarly and impartial throughout what has not been an easy task , in view of what you say about me and especially about my family , and which you must have known would give offense . |
| 13 | For the chief sub-editor , Daniel Vernet , it has not been an easy transition : ‘ We had to make sure that the paper read as a single publication , but that each section stood up on its own , while avoiding undue repetition , ’ he explains . |
| 14 | However , amid rapid development and shooting commercial rentals in Wimbledon , this has not been an easy search . |
| 15 | However this has not been an across the board extension . |
| 16 | The air campaign has not been an unqualified success in any of its missions . |
| 17 | Again , we have paid lip-service to this for a long time , but it has not been an easy ideal to achieve . |
| 18 | Because their climb to success has not been an overnight one , the boys find fame easy to handle . |
| 19 | It has not been an easy ride , however . |
| 20 | All sperm is tested twice to ensure that there has not been an error in the initial testing . |
| 21 | In Eastern Europe , policy has driven trade relations ; trade has not been an end in itself . |
| 22 | While a great deal has been discovered about the physiology of sleep , and psychologists have developed reliable techniques for establishing when people are likely to be dreaming , there has not been an equivalent amount of progress in understanding the nature of dreams . |
| 23 | ( One wonders how much the latter has a bearing on the former , notwithstanding the fact that Riley herself is adamant that being female has not been an issue in her career ) . |
| 24 | Moreover , the impact of the newcomers has not been an entirely detrimental one , even for the locals . |
| 25 | No-one could complain that the government has not been an active one . |
| 26 | We should consider Spain 's experience since joining the exchange rate mechanism because that has not been an easy option for Spain . |
| 27 | Yet even those outside the profession will know it has not been an easy road recently . |
| 28 | I quote from what Sir Allen Sheppard of Grand Met said yesterday : ’ One thing which no one could predict a year ago was exactly how long the recession would last This recession has not been an exclusively British phenomenon — as some people would have us believe . |
| 29 | As has been mentioned , one problem is that , when such cases have gone to tribunal , there has not been an overwhelming success — |
| 30 | In consequence there has not been an opportunity for profitable market entry by efficient private companies . |