Example sentences of "has [adv] been [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Basilica Constaninina , now the Cathedral of Rome , S. Giovanni in Laterano , has since been many times altered and added |
| 2 | There has obviously been some attempt to alter and/or censor , but something of the truth can nevertheless be teased out of the fragments that remain . |
| 3 | There has obviously been some continuity of habitation on the site but , quite honestly , there is no way I could classify it other than , perhaps , Romo-Stuart-Georgian ! |
| 4 | That is why meat has long been such a symbol of worldly power . |
| 5 | For years , the Tory Government has gone on about freedom of choice in education but it has only been those with money who have had any real choice . |
| 6 | There has apparently been some misunderstanding about the future of this Club and we have been asked to reassure members that the Club is continuing and that eligibility remains as before . |
| 7 | As between the other three , I have not expressed a particular preference , but because no developer has come forward in connection with sector three , there has perhaps been less detailed attention paid to that sector the A fifty nine , than to others . |
| 8 | Investigations conducted among more recent groups of émigrés suffer from the fact that such groups have been disproportionately Jewish ; there has nevertheless been some support for the view that nationality is not a ‘ primordial ’ attachment and that its political importance is likely to depend on situational factors such as the degree of competition for employment opportunities . |
| 9 | ‘ On grass , ’ says Mr Hann , ‘ where you inject into wheel markings you get more damage , as the tine is being pulled through ground on which there has already been some surface shearing . |
| 10 | But there has already been some progress in this direction . |
| 11 | There has already been some response to this cry for help . |
| 12 | In the United States there has already been some production of material specifically for interactive use , but for most people it is still a question of waiting and seeing what uses , methods and materials emerge . |
| 13 | I have chosen Vaughan because there has already been some analysis of deixis in his poetry — notably by Roger Sell in his article " The unstable discourse of Henry Vaughan " ( 1987 ) . |
| 14 | Indeed , there has already been some degree of rationalisation of SROs . |
| 15 | The general comfort , feel and fit of its shoes has generally been enough to attract a regular and loyal band of supports . |
| 16 | Though politicians often claim that the authority the law claims for itself is justified , there has hardly been any political theorist in recent times who has shared this view . |
| 17 | As I have told my hon. Friend before , I do not think that there has ever been any prospect of any member of the European Community or of the United Nations believing that a United Nations or a Western European Union peace-keeping force could force its way into Yugoslavia against the opposition either of the Yugoslav national army — the JNA — or of any armed force . |
| 18 | ‘ She has always been that way , ever since she was a little girl , ’ says another of those close to her , Kylie 's great aunt , Mrs Thomas Riddiford . |
| 19 | ‘ My theory has always been that working practices and the way that careers are structured are not really compatible with having a family as well . |
| 20 | There has always been much speculation about the site of this region , guesses including East Africa , Abyssinia , Arabia , Spain , Armenia and Peru . |
| 21 | Graham 's devotion to his family has always been such that he drives home every night from Test matches in London rather than stay in the team hotel . |
| 22 | Indeed we may say that there has always been such a tendency , in the patristic period likewise , to collapse the distinction between the two natures . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ I travel an awful lot with my career but I have always kept up my links with Derry and the football club has always been such a part of me . ’ |
| 24 | THERE has always been some doubt as to what exactly a cotinga is . |
| 25 | There has always been some awareness of this problem and the publication of simple informative magazines such as The Teacher in Uganda , has been regarded as one means of overcoming it . |
| 26 | That this ‘ fourth channel ’ was the last available national channel transformed it into a very valuable national resource and , consequently , there has always been some concern lest one make a terrible ‘ mistake ’ in allocating it to some unworthy body or organization . |
| 27 | There has always been some concern over levels of public spending and taxation , and this has played a part in the arguments about the scope and direction of social policy that are described in Chapter 13 . |
| 28 | According to Michael Heseltine , President of the Board of Trade : ‘ It has always been this Government 's policy to put current services into the private sector where this makes sense . |
| 29 | There has always been this tendency over here to try and save on public spending , ’ says Professor Greve . |
| 30 | Sculpting has always been more of a hobby . ’ |