Example sentences of "have been [adj] [prep] most [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As has been normal for most organized communities that are not based on a money economy , African society was based on slavery ( in the sense of the life-long ownership of human beings who could be traded ) , which sometimes involved plantation work or even being used as a human sacrifice : there is no calculus to compare the disadvantages of local slavery with those of being taken across the Atlantic and used as plantation or mining labour . |
| 2 | Hard working Ted says he does n't worry that his face is n't that well known even though he has been involved in most light entertainment shows on the box . |
| 3 | Life , in fact , would have been impossible for most higher forms , with only the hardiest microbes surviving . |
| 4 | The wealth of other trades was on a much smaller scale , one that can not have been untypical of most provincial communities . |
| 5 | When she began to use contraception at the age of 42 she probably did so without her husband 's knowledge , but this would have been difficult for most working class women , given the lack of privacy in their homes . |