Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb -s] been a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been Dylanologists almost as long as there has been a Dylan for them to write about . |
| 2 | Erm we 've we 've actually developed social housing really rather as it 's been an opportunity we 've grabbed it and we 've done it , you know , some of it 's been very very good an and nobody 's knocking that but I think it is time that we took stock and actually had a a proper policy and a proper strategy on sa on social housing . |
| 3 | We value this regular service highly as it has been a source of up-to-date information which is readily available on a weekly basis . |
| 4 | It is also proposed to include a non-fundholding general practitioner on the committee as it has been a policy to try to ensure that two tier service does not develop . |
| 5 | I have suggested earlier that part of Beccaria 's reputation may have resulted from his glossing over the more unsavoury implications of his views , and the fact that his full programme has never really been put into practice ; but this is not to deny that , in so far as he has been an influence , he has been a relatively benign one . |