Example sentences of "have not [adv] been [adj] for " in BNC.

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1 It has not always been easy for those working class voters who see the Greens as an undisciplined bunch , inimical to the interests of industrial society , to keep up with the SPD 's enthusiastic appetite for environmental matters .
2 It had not always been possible for him to observe the phenomenon on his own .
3 It was felt that Manson and his Family had not only been responsible for the death of seven people , but also for the death of innocence , and suddenly hippies were n't cute or funny any more .
4 In any case , Titfords have not exactly been famous for their military prowess over the centuries , so we should cherish young John 's gesture .
5 The first is the old truism that the beneficiaries of urban policy in both Britain and the United States have not always been those for whom the policy was apparently designed .
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