Example sentences of "[pron] has [adv] be one " in BNC.

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1 She has n't been one of the harvesters , she 's been but a gleaner , but God has provided for her .
2 Literally thousands of people have benefited form Nancy 's instruction and she has perhaps been one of the greatest advocates of the Sunday Painter school , encouraging an increase in the popularity of painting as a pastime for people of all ages and from all walks of life .
3 ‘ We now know that BSE exists on the Continent and there has not been one case in a Welsh herd . ’
4 It used to be thought that the Revolution assured regular Parliaments , and it is certainly true that since 1689 there has not been one year without the meeting of Parliament .
5 During the same period , there has not been one prosecution for corruption , although it is no secret that the economy is dominated by powerful politicians with access to cheap state funds , import licences and influence .
6 Even so , there has already been one triumph : inflation fell to 6% in the year to the third quarter , the lowest rate for 18 years apart from a brief spell in 1984–85 .
7 Unified control to eliminate any danger of overlapping , for which there has already been one unfortunate instance .
8 . There has n't been one game we 've been there that he has n't or both of them have n't .
9 There has only been one previous self-build scheme in Middlesbrough Paddock Wood in Coulby Newham , completed in the early Eighties .
10 There has always been one factor which has dominated the convictions of those who have sought to establish a religion , or its equivalent under whatever name .
11 You know , in all the time I 've worked here there has never been one single incidence of staff theft .
12 It has not been one of those lives where people are rejected and say , ‘ I 'll show them . ’
13 As any mother will tell you , it has n't been one jot less exhausting and emotionally draining to live with a morose , depressed , melodramatic , self-obsessed exam-taker this year than any other year .
14 ‘ Although it has n't been one of the happiest experiences of my life either , ’ she added in a low voice .
15 It has long been one of the curiosities of our political history that the previous all-time record was set by a party that actually lost the election , Clement Attlee 's Labour Party in 1951 .
16 It has always been one of those comedies built on character and situation .
17 It has always been one of my regrets that life did not make it possible for me to know this quiet , strong artist and teacher better .
18 Sir , it has always been one of my principles that planning , for its acceptance , depends on public understanding .
19 After death the heart becomes a pyramid ( it has always been one of the wonders of the world ) ; but even in life the heart was never heart-shaped .
20 The continued dominance of City and Civil Service elites has often been seen as a barrier to dynamism in British industry ; in fact , it has merely been one aspect of a secure and integrated dominant class , linked by kinship , ownership of wealth and distinctive patterns of education .
21 Sir , — Now that the dust has finally settled on this election we may pause to reflect on what has undoubtedly been one of the dirtiest , and most depressing of exercises in political chicanery .
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