Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now opera has rarely been a naturalistic medium , and never an understated one . |
| 2 | There has rarely been a clearer example of the extent to which a Conservative leader sets the keynote for the party the extent to which it is moulded round its leader . |
| 3 | The last two summers have been very hot and dry , although this summer has luckily been a great deal better . |
| 4 | The original money was quickly invested and there has since been a stream of rights issues , particularly from companies in Thailand where the fund is 37.8 per cent invested . |
| 5 | Traditionally , corporate takeover activity has predominantly been a feature of UK and US markets . |
| 6 | There has obviously been a conscious decision and determination on his part to make his life a fulfilment of prophetic utterance . |
| 7 | The environment has hitherto been a fief of the interior ministry . |
| 8 | ‘ I just wonder whether it has all been a waste of time . ’ |
| 9 | I hope it is not too late to say yes , I 'd like very much to have dinner on Friday and I too feel we 've been rather silly and it has all been a misunderstanding … ’ |
| 10 | It has all been a fantastic myth exploded by grim reality . |
| 11 | Naipaul has long been a reader of Conrad , and Guerrillas can make you think of Nostromo . |
| 12 | Non-evaluative criticism , as propounded by the successive Merton professors , Gardner and Carey , has long been a popular ideal at Oxford . |
| 13 | HOARDING clothes has long been a British vice . |
| 14 | Street children like Manoel now fear more than temporary incarceration at Febem , the Dickensian state orphanage that has long been a synonym for alienation and violence . |
| 15 | IT HAS long been a precept at Leicester Rugby Club . |
| 16 | It has long been a nightmare in Moscow that the region could be highly vulnerable to Islamic militants from the indigenous population 's ethnic and religious brothers across the borders in Afghanistan and Iran . |
| 17 | It has long been a nightmare in Moscow that the region could be highly vulnerable to Islamic militants from the indigenous population 's ethnic and religious brothers across the borders in Afghanistan and Iran . |
| 18 | THE seeds of popular revolt that appear to be taking root across Romania were sown last Thursday in the north-western town of Timisoara when President Nicolae Ceausescu 's security forces moved to evict the Protestant pastor , Laszlo Tokes , who has long been a thorn in the side of the regime . |
| 19 | The mere business of shifting passengers has long been a dreary distraction . |
| 20 | The Ley eventually reverted to the Garnstone estate and has long been a farmhouse , which it remains to this day . |
| 21 | In the freezing barren icelands of the Arctic north , whale and dolphin meat has long been a traditional and important part of the diet for coastal settlements . |
| 22 | Whereas Mr Orlando has long been a troublesome hero for his party , Mr Segni does not look like a troublemaker . |
| 23 | Getting industry to adopt new technologies has long been a problem . |
| 24 | This , too , is unlikely , for Mr Morita has long been a noisy critic of America and was saying nothing new . |
| 25 | Confiscating savings has long been a demand of the most reactionary groups who think that all private business is conducted by ‘ the mafia ’ , which the confiscation is supposed to hurt ( actually , the most criminalised businesses hold much of their savings in dollars and gold ) . |
| 26 | Making money out of the misfortune of others has long been a speciality of Swiss banks . |
| 27 | Advances in medical knowledge might lead to the conclusion that some are simply too dangerous : there has long been a debate about the status of boxing , with increasing knowledge of the risks of brain damage to boxers . |
| 28 | ‘ Unionist ’ has long been a misnomer for both parties of that name in the Province , which are Protestant first and Unionist second . |
| 29 | Igls has long been a popular summer haunt of the Austrians , and therefore has much to offer the visitor . |
| 30 | It has long been a house . |