Example sentences of "been [adv] [adj] a [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Never has there been so great a need for the talented people universities can provide and nurture , ’ he says . |
| 2 | ‘ But if I am to achieve such merit as wins fame , then my life has not been so unworthy an exchange for hers as I always feared ! ’ |
| 3 | Monday afternoon in the House of Commons had been as great a triumph for him ( although he had said practically nothing ) as it had been a disaster for Churchill . |
| 4 | After Hugh 's dismissal in 1172 Louis VII kept the office vacant for some years : Hugh had been too great a man for it to be wise or safe to raise up a successor to him . |
| 5 | Before a demoralising defeat when challenging Mike Tyson for the world heavyweight championship two years ago Biggs would have probably been too dangerous a proposition for Mason but something has gone from him since then and he was unable to fulfil bold pre-fight assertions . |
| 6 | Of course , she missed her family , but her father 's promotion to foreign correspondent had been too good a chance for him to miss . |