Example sentences of "[vb -s] been at [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the fall in Poland 's output since its reforms began has been at least as severe as in eastern Germany . |
| 2 | Frankly , it is not an outstanding record of achievement , considering there has been at least one Second Division club in the semi-finals for 30 of the 47 seasons since the last war . |
| 3 | That this should continue to be so is curious , as participants in many meetings covering a wide variety of subjects will often , when pressed , agree that the interchange which has taken place outwith the meeting has been at least as useful , and generally more enjoyable , than the actual meeting itself . |
| 4 | And indeed when we ponder the relationship between DNA and proteins , we see that co-operation has been at least as significant a force in evolution as has competition , and at the most fundamental level . |
| 5 | The example of Virginia Woolf 's interior monologue has been at least as useful , in this way , as Joyce 's or Dorothy Richardson 's stream of consciousness , most immediately to Rosamond Lehmann and Elizabeth Bowen in the 1930s , as well as to later writers , women perhaps especially , such as Anita Brookner . |
| 6 | But most architects involved in liability cases feel that there has been at least some contribution to his own losses by the claimant . |
| 7 | Apart from our Nimrods , there has been at least one overflight by a Tupolev . ’ |
| 8 | Iraq 's heritage has been at least as much shaped by Ottoman rule as Romania 's , but equally Saddam and the Iraqi Ba'ath Party modelled their organization and secret police methods on those of the Soviet Communist Party and its little brothers . |
| 9 | Although all modem workers ' movements have developed strategies comprising both labour market and political components how can we explain within the European context the greater emphasis upon the achievement of radical change in the structure of society by French and Italian unions , whose thrust ( certainly up to the late 1960s ) has been at least as much ideological and political as industrial , in comparison with West German or British unions ? |
| 10 | Giverny has become a monument to America 's infatuation with Monet — an infatuation which has been at least partly responsible for the exorbitant prices until recently given for his paintings , and one which is now shared with the Japanese Monet had lived there since 1884 , first renting a farm house with two and a half acres , then buying it , gradually making additions such as a studio , and extending the attached land to accommodate his famous Japanese garden and lake . |
| 11 | Idiosyncrasy has been at least as common as conformity . |
| 12 | The picture since 1982 has been one of net zero change although there has been at least one new arrival , Boots PLC . |
| 13 | Elizabeth is a 27-year old midwife who considers she has been at least a stone ( 14lb/6.5kg ) overweight since she was aged 16 . |
| 14 | This has been at least implicitly recognised by pluralists because , as Polsby suggests , if true , the elitists ' and Marxists contention of the importance of non-observable influences and constraints emanating from one class or group would have important repercussions for the way in which one characterises Western political systems . |
| 15 | Is he aware that there has been at least one case in which , having seen a name badge , a claimant looked in the phone book and traced the Benefits Agency employee to his home . |
| 16 | But one is left with the feeling that throughout the exercise the importance of recovering the Government 's position has been at least as important as the evaluation of a national energy policy . |
| 17 | Since nationalization , it has been at least 80 per cent ( Bain and Price 1983 ) . |
| 18 | There has been at least one occasion where we 've caught a cold because this was not done . |
| 19 | yes , I think it 's been of an assistance to the court yes , assistance to me that erm Mr has been at least only to of explain the background which erm is not entirely , not an easy matter , so er if it 's necessary I 'll give a certificate |
| 20 | It 's been at least an hour . |