Example sentences of "have been such [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since there has been such extensive research on both systems we have had to be selective : we have therefore confined ourselves to discussing just one line of work in connection with each . |
| 2 | This is when there has been such heavy use that the pile eventually flattens or there is excessive ‘ tracking ’ in a doorway . |
| 3 | They must have been such wonderful beings , and now even the legacy of their environment was being rewritten by the humans , changed with every curved floor covered by a flat grille , every piece of art ripped from the walls and studied out of context , every subtle nuance of space filled with metal and plastic , neural net cabinets , stores , machinery , even people . |
| 4 | This may imply that in cremating areas the vessels were made a certain size for the specific function of containing the ashes , whereas in areas practising inhumation there may not have been such specialised production , the vessels being drawn from the domestic stock . |
| 5 | The statue , nearly 24 metres high on a plinth itself 12 metres high , has the large ears and nose that appeared to have been such prominent features of the great man . |
| 6 | They were a primitive and tribal people , and do not seem to have been such fierce opponents as the Saxons . |
| 7 | And if Jack had been such another he would have thanked Charlie for his unstinted friendship , his generous loans , his hospitality and for bringing him Marilyn Thompson . |
| 8 | You 've been such good friends , both of you . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We do count as friends , do n't we ? ’ 'You 've been such good friends , both of you . ’ |
| 10 | And they 've been such good parents to me . ’ |
| 11 | There 've been such enormous changes . |
| 12 | Something on the 9221s — the 9730 successors , is also likely , but they have been such poor sellers that there is little interest . |
| 13 | There would be no reason to expect either the ‘ gap ’ or the clear commitment to deviant values that have been such persistent stumbling blocks for the traditional versions of these theories . |