Example sentences of "[adv] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At no other time has either left or right been able to form a government without the support of the FOP , which has therefore been the essential junior partner in coalition either with the CDU/CSU or , less often , with the SPD . |
| 2 | Nonetheless , there have latterly been some notable donations from individuals in Britain : like the Sainsbury brothers ' new wing for the National Gallery and the Clore Foundation 's for the Tate ; Terence Conran 's £7m for the establishment of the Design Museum in Docklands , and Paul Hamlyn 's cheap weeks for children at the Royal Opera House . |
| 3 | Philosophers of science have latterly been busy explaining that science is about correlating phenomena or acquiring the power to manipulate them . |
| 4 | Since the Town and Country Planning Act of 1947 the granting of planning permission for rural housing has arguably been concerned with the visual quality of the countryside rather than with alleviating problems of housing need . |
| 5 | The respect with which Britain is regarded in the world has rarely been higher . |
| 6 | Thus far , for instance , accuracies of land cover ( let alone what is often needed , i.e. land use ) determined from Landsat and SPOT imagery for the UK have rarely been higher than 70 per cent unless trivial classifications ( e.g. built/unbuilt land ) have been used . |
| 7 | One of the points to emerge in later chapters will be that eminent scientific figures have rarely been typical representatives of the religious traditions in which they were nurtured . |
| 8 | John admitted recently that the economic climate has rarely been worse , and woodland owners have no financial rationale for management of this resource . |
| 9 | The tussle for the team award has rarely been tighter and with four to count Striders were clear winners with Sammy Doherty finishing fourth . |
| 10 | Small wonder that first-time buyers are now returning : buying a home has rarely been cheaper . |
| 11 | Local elections confirmed the trend and their historian has interpreted them as showing that " by 1913 , the Conservatives had rarely been stronger in the Councils of the land , or indeed more poised for success in the forthcoming general election " . |
| 12 | Standing up for pensioners has rarely been popular except among pensioners . |
| 13 | The difference between short and long rates has produced a yield curve that has rarely been steeper . |
| 14 | During the war years , the Russian artist had rarely been able to sell his work and he took to following Zborowski round like a shadow , hanging about outside the Rotonde . |
| 15 | Its methods and values have rarely been able to challenge the dominance of conservative normativism . |
| 16 | Unfortunately there have rarely been precise identifications although two are stated to be of Middle Eastern origin , the Cypraea Arabica from Sarre grave 238 and a tiger cowrie from Haslingfield ( Cambridgeshire ) , whose source is the Red Sea . |
| 17 | When ivy is seen growing throughout the crown of a dying tree it has rarely been responsible for the tree 's decline but has taken advantage of the crown which now lets through enough light for the ivy to grow away . |
| 18 | I have rarely been angrier than I was that day . |
| 19 | Although it may have mishandled some details , such as last week 's round of Arab-Israeli talks ( see page 65 ) , its big decisions — to bring its troops swiftly home , to maintain the siege around Iraq , to establish a haven for Iraqi Kurds and to push Israel and the Arabs into long-overdue negotiation — have mostly been right . |
| 20 | Relations with Smith , in contrast , have mostly been cordial . |
| 21 | Response so far has mostly been positive , says researcher Harriet Ward . |
| 22 | As Prime Minister he had mostly been popular and happy , although bearing heavily even the limited press of public work which his economy of effort prescribed . |
| 23 | Although closely linked with the marathon racing side , he has only done a couple of races and his own paddling has mostly been recreational . |
| 24 | Had BR had more time and more funding , had the government been more sympathetic towards the railway investment and had there been no recession , the APT might have eventually been successful — but that is another story . |
| 25 | Its function had eventually been fourfold . |
| 26 | Having successfully struck out on his own in 1962 , he has since been involved with the South East London Society , and has been its treasurer for the past two years . |
| 27 | Lorraine did her doctorate work in the Department of Geography and has since been involved in the Department of Environmental Health and Housing on designing a hazard index for litter ( sponsored by the Tidy Britain Group ) . |
| 28 | A few reporters , shunning the handout , gave an impression that the American press was opposed to the war , and indeed played a large part in bringing it to an end , an impression that journalists have since been content to foster . |
| 29 | The mother has since been married again and divorced and now has a co-habitee of three years ' standing . |
| 30 | There have since been many battles at this strategic crossing place , but this was the first , the greatest and the most hard fought . |