Example sentences of "[pron] has [adv] been the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was probably the most painful experience I have ever had , going back through this life , this long life , which has not been the tranquil , easy existence people assume it to be . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Of course , she has not been the only case . |
| 4 | In my view , a although there 's a current debate about this there has not been the fullest public consultation and I would er myself be minded to invoke the er E C directive on this er in order to try and er to make sure that the the public feel they are fully aware of what the proposals are . |
| 5 | Short term this has enabled the UK to maintain a state-of-the-art capability , although there has not been the desired reduction in the total percentage of the defence budget committed R&D . |
| 6 | So there has not been the same emphasis on ease of use . |
| 7 | Following lengthy pleadings with the bank manager , there has also been the delicate matter of explaining rampant construction costs to incredulous shareholders . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ I do n't know why but he has n't been the same player since coming back from Wembley . ’ |
| 9 | He has also been the main advocate of pluralism , and of not assuming there is only one correct interpretation of the past . |
| 10 | Arsenal boss George Graham feels he has not been the same player since he co-starred for England against Turkey . |
| 11 | People say he has never been the same since . |
| 12 | ‘ The strange thing is that he has always been the soundest of horses and never taken a lame step in his life . |
| 13 | IT HAS not been the best of weeks for managers , a thought with which Graham Souness might agree . |
| 14 | Mavis has done her best , but it has n't been the same . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ BY DAYLIGHT , the bower of Oak 's newfound mistress Bathsheba Everdene presented itself as a hoary building of the Jacobean stage of Classical Renaissance as regards its architecture , and of a proportion which tells at a glance that , as is frequently the case , it has once been the manorial hall on a small estate … |
| 16 | It has long been the largest voluntary nature conservation organisation in Europe . |
| 17 | On European monetary union , it seems to me that it has long been the cherished aim of Conservative Governments to find a means by which we could control the value of our currency — to make it predictable in its exchange rate , as it was for much of the 19th century . |
| 18 | It has long been the French preference to maintain the Council as the primary decision-making body of the Community , and indeed to reinforce its role ; the Germans want greater powers for the Parliament in Strasbourg . |
| 19 | Of course , what applies to animals applies equally to people : indeed , it has always been the declared aim of the behaviourists to understand and to control human behaviour . |
| 20 | In Molly 's own words : ‘ Thinking back to these early classes , I realise that it has always been the enthusiastic response of the class members that has made it seem supremely worth while to go on … |
| 21 | It has never been the Royal Family 's policy to comment on private matters . |
| 22 | A personal hate of mine has always been the general level of noise which distortion sounds seem to produce , no matter what precautions you take . |
| 23 | At the end of what has not been the easiest of years for trading conditions , I am pleased to say that we are just about on target and set fair for 1993 . |
| 24 | For a start , there is the cost of what has traditionally been the principal means of covering risk — insurance . |
| 25 | The next pair of readings are concerned with what has perhaps been the single most salient political issue in British education in the twentieth century : the issue of inequality of opportunity and inequality of outcome between social classes — particularly between middle and working class children . |
| 26 | Lord Callaghan , the last Labour prime minister , said : ‘ What happened in the 1980s was a temporary aberration from what has always been the real position of the Labour Party , and Neil Kinnock has recaptured the traditional position . ’ |