Example sentences of "[adv] been an [adj] [noun] 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 | We should consider Spain 's experience since joining the exchange rate mechanism because that has not been an easy option for Spain . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There has also been an increased propensity for people to live alone . |
| 7 | And there had even been an abortive project for a Council . |
| 8 | It had n't been an easy decision for him in any regard . |
| 9 | It has n't been an easy year for the mother of two grown-up children , as anxious pet-owners have been known to telephone at four o' clock in the morning to ask about their cats or dogs . |
| 10 | The issue of women in communication has historically been an important issue for us because of the sexist structure of Latin American and Caribbean society . |