Example sentences of "to have been [art] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | This plan came to grief , however , when Waters , in an attempt to establish friendly relations , gave a prospective producer a copy of one of his books , which showed the idiosyncratic director palling up with one of Charles Manson 's gang — a gesture which was in even worse taste than it might sound , as the producer proved to have been a good friend of one of the gang 's victims . |
| 2 | Of course , there also appear to have been a good number of people who regarded her as an eccentric or a ‘ mope ’ . |
| 3 | Indeed in the circumstances in which he found the community there is likely to have been a good deal of disorder . |
| 4 | That seems to have been a good move on their part . |
| 5 | Most of my informants retained very happy memories of the atmosphere of the composing-room , possibly a little coloured by the passage of time ; but there does seem to have been a good deal of good humour and fun . |
| 6 | He is also said to have been a good Greek scholar and a poor preacher , and it is clear that he was retiring and modest . |
| 7 | It ca n't have been easy to have been a good Muslim in Cheltenham , thought Robert ! |
| 8 | ‘ Hendrique was reputed to have been the best student ever to graduate from Balashikha . |
| 9 | Again , many decisions which are successfully carried out in a given period may not turn out to have been the best possible courses of action . |
| 10 | Many newspapers compile lists of what they consider to have been the best novels of the previous year — a useful guide to what readers might try to get hold of . |