Example sentences of "have [adv] before been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing so momentous — or dangerous — has ever before been offered by serious parties at a British election . |
| 2 | No such privileged body has ever before been deliberately created by an English Parliament . ’ |
| 3 | Torture of political detainees in Mauritania has been routine since 1986 , but it has never before been used on such a scale . |
| 4 | EIB money has never before been offered to Eastern Europe . |
| 5 | It has never before been more important to incorporate informed legal advice into corporate decision making . |
| 6 | The Louvre received an extraordinarily rich array of material from this region , most of which has never before been loaned . |
| 7 | Although ‘ Moore Intime ’ had the cooperation of the Henry Moore Foundation , she reminded everyone of her diverging views in her speech at the inaugural dinner : ‘ I can see and feel the real Henry Moore in this exhibition in a way that has never before been achieved . |
| 8 | Colin Hughes and Patrick Wintour , who wrote Labour Rebuilt , describe his communications strategy in terms of the Labour Party : ‘ Mandelson and Gould succeeded , not because they exploited slick advertising and media management more effectively than the Conservatives , but because they forged themselves an approach to political strategy which has never before been seen — certainly in the Labour Party , and arguably , ever in British politics . |
| 9 | How is a totally new , totally comprehensive valuation of capital values — something that has never before been done in England and Wales — to be carried out within the dangerously tight timetable dictated by the Government 's electoral concerns ? |
| 10 | Also , the story has never before been told in its proper historical and intellectual context . |
| 11 | What has never before been directly decided in England is whether the doctrine applies to a gift of land by delivery of the title deeds … |
| 12 | Miss Joyce could not afford to sue for libel , for which Legal Aid is not available , so she chose the ancient legal route of malicious falsehood which IS covered by legal aid but has never before been used in this way . |
| 13 | The classy eight-year-old has never before been entered in either race . |
| 14 | Originally administrative and curatorial , this highly paid office had long before been transformed into a post for the chapel 's principal musician ; Ludford 's duties included those of participating in singing the services and playing the organ , and , doubtless , directing the performance of polyphonic music . |
| 15 | Nothing like them had ever before been heard in England . |
| 16 | If Churchill recommended Ramsey to the new young Queen who had never before been confronted with the situation , and the Queen asked the archbishops whether they objected , they could not say that they did . |
| 17 | As soon as the area had been measured and surveyed , the work of cutting the new streets through the old teeming and tortuous maze of the centre had never before been attempted on such a scale , though Christopher Wren had made such a plan for 17th-century London . |
| 18 | She had never before been in the Royal Victoria Infirmary . |
| 19 | Although , as for this last speculation , Harriet could not help thinking that if Liza was still as distressed as she had been at home , she would have been even more likely to let her mother know , for she had never before been one to suffer in silence . |
| 20 | She had never before been exposed to the ruthless face of terrorism . |
| 21 | The newspaper-reading public — and the television audience of some 40 million who had never before been treated to live pictures from the Californian coast — revelled in the pictures of Gromyko and his polish and Czech ‘ wrecking crew ’ ( as John Foster Dulles put it ) who complained , harangued , sulked and finally walked out as amendment after amendment was defeated by the other conferees . |
| 22 | Until now her knowledge had come from conversation and confidences and such ; she had never before been in a morning court and listened to the proceedings . |
| 23 | By the time of Anselm 's death , therefore , the whole Church of Wales , which had never before been subject to Canterbury , was completely subordinated to the English primate . |
| 24 | He had never before been through Customs and Immigration at Heathrow . |
| 25 | In my , albeit limited , experience of working with clients , I had never before been unable to establish any kind of empathic relationship . |
| 26 | She had never before been in the company of a man , let alone a young , attractive man . |
| 27 | ‘ We never got any recognition for it , but Vidal 's short , geometric look , which made his name and got him into the news , had never before been seen . |
| 28 | He had never before been accused of stealing and it did not sit well with him . |
| 29 | He talked about the town , how he had never before been to this part of the country , how he had never before been to this part of the country , how one day soon he must try to get out on the moor . |
| 30 | He talked about the town , how he had never before been to this part of the country , how he had never before been to this part of the country , how one day soon he must try to get out on the moor . |