Example sentences of "been [adj -er] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It might have been simpler than that . |
| 2 | ‘ Looking back on it the plan could n't have been simpler but we must have rehearsed it forty times . |
| 3 | It would have been simpler and more effective , he wrote , to lock the doors and seal up the entrances , simpler and more effective and cheaper than manning the whole building . |
| 4 | Maintaining your new figure has never been simpler or more effective . |
| 5 | ‘ Morale among the Associations ’ 800 members has never been lower since I joined in 1977 and this represents the launch of a campaign for a better deal for referees and linesmen . ’ |
| 6 | Without those benefits the profits would have been lower than last year , although the core transport and distribution divisions did much better . |
| 7 | No one knows how they got to be so diverse , though Dr Humphry Greenwood , of London 's Natural History Museum , has suggested that the water in Lake Victoria has at times been lower than now , with the fringes separated into pools . |
| 8 | Since 1940 the average yield , which should in theory have been lower than the official limit but in practice was not always so , has steadily increased : |
| 9 | One option would be to raise the duty on petrol : Britain 's fuel prices have long been lower than the EC average , and petrol duties have provided a static share of tax revenues in spite of the rapid growth in road use . |
| 10 | Incomes in the area have therefore been lower than in the UK as a whole , and out-migration has reduced the region 's share of Scotland 's total population from about 20 per cent in the mid-eighteenth century to about 5 per cent today . |
| 11 | Silver production had been lower than average in the first seven months of 1989 . |
| 12 | Educational qualifications for entry into the officer corps had been lower than for other comparable elements of the administration . |
| 13 | However , the vaccine 's effectiveness in developing countries , particularly in inducing serum neutralising antibodies against poliovirus types 1 and 3 , has often been lower than expected . |
| 14 | So far its trading volumes and liquidity have been lower than LIFFE 's . |
| 15 | But it would have been tidier if he could have separated them . |
| 16 | In this year 's campaign , there have been heated discussions about the state of housing under the Labour council — but apart from that , Hamilton says it has been easier than expected . |
| 17 | Travel has been easier than in the upper course valleys and so a few villages have grown to become market towns . |
| 18 | But it has never been easier than it is now |
| 19 | The first morning we spent weaving with every other needle , laying the wool across by hand ! this put me off right away , because we were using punchcard machines , so nothing would have been easier than to slip in Card 1 and go ahead with our weaving without any trouble . |
| 20 | It had been easier than coming home to fighting and arguing . |
| 21 | Communications by sea across the enclosed waters of the Adriatic has always been easier than by land routes across the mountains or along the narrow coastal strip . |
| 22 | For the most part it had been easier than she had expected . |
| 23 | I should have thought it would have been easier than that to put a new one in . |
| 24 | ‘ Life must have been easier once he had gone ! ’ |
| 25 | Well it would have been easier but I would have , I would n't find |
| 26 | Thanks to its powerful steam generator , ironing has never been easier and even vertical ironing is made possible , perfect for use on hanging curtains and jackets . |
| 27 | In truth , although a large amount of dollars had been consumed , it would have been easier and cheaper task to have started from scratch . |
| 28 | So let's have a little look at what cos squared X means erm that cos squared three X , cam I have given you X times cos squared three X to integrate do you think that would have been easier or harder ? |
| 29 | Would it have been easier if she had n't seen Lucy almost every day for four years going into or out of the office next door ? |
| 30 | It would have been easier if I could have discussed it with Karen . |