Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pers pn] have [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , Yadin Dudai in Jerusalem , amongst others , has exploited the behavioural and biochemical possibilities opened up by mutations amongst fruit flies ; for him and some other neurobiologists Drosophila has become as popular as it has been for most of this century for geneticists . |
| 2 | Such an attitude required fresh springs of energy , and the effect — I was delighted to sense it as I woke each day — was to make me more bouncy and mettlesome than I had been for weeks . |
| 3 | They were unfortunate in that batting conditions for them were not as favourable as they had been for the West Indians . |
| 4 | It 's still as pure as it has been for thousands of years . ’ |
| 5 | The effort of giving Sam as much exercise as he wanted made Albert more fit than he had been for years . |
| 6 | During my blue period my life also seemed to become a lot more structured than it had been for a while . |
| 7 | Mr Bodlender 's comments are supported by the results of the ninth quarterly Horwath Business Confidence Survey , which shows that Britain 's hoteliers are significantly more confident than they have been for over a year . |
| 8 | Now it is three months ’ rest and come the start of the 1991 season I 'll be ready to go again , more confident than I have been for a long time . |
| 9 | McNab , who hit his first goal of the season , said : ‘ The second half was as poor as we have been for a long time but recent performances have been magnificent . |
| 10 | Police reports suggested that the countryside was more quiescent than it had been for generations . |
| 11 | If our climate continues to be as mild as it has been for the last couple of winters we may yet challenge our French and German competitors ! ’ |
| 12 | The selection of documents to be saved for posterity is as essential as it has been for the last 30 years ; it is not so much that computers can not store everything ( storage capacities are continuing to develop exponentially ) , as the consideration that to conserve everything makes the past unmanageable and impenetrable . |
| 13 | However , the London season was almost upon them and she was more cheerful than she 'd been for weeks . |
| 14 | ‘ The improvement and the form suggests it 's the best Welsh pack since the Triple Crown in 1988 , so yes I 'm more optimistic than I 've been for some time ’ , said the 43-year-old ‘ Panther ’ , who is now a schoolmaster in Swansea . |
| 15 | I 'm more optimistic than I have been for the past few years . ’ |
| 16 | But if China really is now backing peace and free elections , the signs are more hopeful than they 've been for a decade . |
| 17 | As Elisabeth , Rosalind Plowright sounded more secure than she has been for some time on British stages and sang her last aria with true Verdian pathos and passion . |