Example sentences of "[adv] been a [adj] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian , thanks ever so much , it 's not necessarily been an easy ride for you , but we 're glad to know you and we look forward to meeting you again . |
| 2 | He was walking towards a new life , a kind of freedom which had only been an idealistic daydream for nearly sixty years . |
| 3 | Whereas Mr Orlando has long been a troublesome hero for his party , Mr Segni does not look like a troublemaker . |
| 4 | While DEC Europe has long been a strong advocate for X.desktop , DEC US originally opted for the rival Visix Looking Glass product ( UX No 306 ) , and more recently began evaluating HP 's Visual User Environment ( UX No 377 ) . |
| 5 | The contamination of clay bodies by minute metallic elements has long been a recurring nightmare for potters despite stringent efforts to eradicate the ‘ disease ’ . |
| 6 | The University has long been a leading centre for research in this field , and just over a year ago Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre ( EPCC ) was established to focus further on these issues . |
| 7 | Thompson 's career — the Daley record 1976 Olympic Games ( Montreal ) 18th 1977 European Juniors , 1st 1978 Commonwealth Games ( Edmonton ) lst European Championships ( Prague ) 2nd 1980 Olympic Games ( Moscow ) 1st World record ( Gotzis ) 8,648 pts 1982 World record ( Gotzis ) 8,730 pts European Championships ( Athens ) lst World record 8,774 Commonwealth Games , Brisbane , lst 1983 World Championships ( Helsinki ) lst 1984 Olympic Games ( Los Angeles ) lst World record 8,847 1986 Commonwealth Games ( Edinburgh ) lst European Championships ( Stuttgart ) lst 1987 World Championships ( Rome ) 9th 1988 Olympic Games ( Seoul ) 4th It has not been a good year for the class of ‘ 76 . |
| 8 | It had not been a good day for liberal ideals . |
| 9 | It had not been a good day for the Magistrate . |
| 10 | The Government can not say that because , by definition , the Government have to be comfortable with everything , but it has not been a profitable period for teachers in terms of their pay . |
| 11 | Entrepreneurship has not been a significant mechanism for social mobility in Latin America . |
| 12 | Despite some rave reviews , Notes , which Lotus characterises as an enterprise but with a long sales cycle , has not been a runaway best-seller for the Cambridge company . |
| 13 | Despite some rave reviews , Notes , which Lotus characterises as an enterprise but with a long sales cycle , has not been a runaway bestseller for Lotus . |
| 14 | We flew back to Heathrow ; it had not been a happy trip for me , full of niggling and snide remarks . |
| 15 | But this race has not been a happy event for him . |
| 16 | It has not been a productive summer for Viv Richards . |
| 17 | JANUARY has not been a distinguished month for the Thai police . |
| 18 | We should consider Spain 's experience since joining the exchange rate mechanism because that has not been an easy option for Spain . |
| 19 | This latest news on the job front adds to what has already been a good year for the town . ’ |
| 20 | Wales kept in touch with halfway leaders USA in the Philip Morris World Cup here yesterday — but the tournament has already been a resounding success for Mouland . |
| 21 | ‘ It has just been a long battle for us all . |
| 22 | ‘ Judo has always been a technical sport for me — it must be the most complex of any in the Olympic Games , ’ White said . |
| 23 | Doing the whole male fantasy trip 's always been a negative image for women to project , but we 're not gon na change it by telling people what to do . |
| 24 | The area has always been a major centre for the narcotics trade . |
| 25 | Any historical investigation will show that history has always been a problematic concept for Marxism , not something that has the status of a ‘ concrete ’ existence outside and beyond theory . |
| 26 | Deviant behaviour has always been a popular topic for ethnographic research . |
| 27 | There had always been a sympathetic ear for her clients , and she longed to pour out all her troubles right away . |
| 28 | Gloucester has always been an important centre for the water-borne movement of goods , its quays dating back many centuries , and as far back as anyone can trace , the Severn has been used for both the import and export of a multitude of commodities . |
| 29 | Close attention to constituent needs has always been an indispensable condition for success in elections to the US congress , but in the 1970s it assumed a new significance . |
| 30 | Middle-aged women working in the West German government have also been a favourite target for East German spies and several have passed over supposedly valuable information for a number of years before being caught . |