Example sentences of "[to-vb] been [art] great [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As we shall see in chapter 27 , in recent years there seems to have been a greater willingness in the Western liberal democracies to take action outside the normal channels of group and party politics .
2 There appears to have been a greater interest in orthogenesis in the earlier part of this century and writers such as Berg considered the subject in some depth .
3 Deemed to have been a great success , the HAA indicated that this sort of event would become a regular part of their work — being an extension of their long declared task , to increase the fund of knowledge relating to the operation and display of historic aircraft .
4 ‘ Your interviews seem to have been a great success , ’ said Melissa casually as she helped herself to cheese .
5 There are enough good , specific reference sources available these days for the captions to have been a great deal more informative ; even at this very reasonable price the reader has a right to expect less of the hard work to be left up to him .
6 He seems to have been a great romancer .
7 His doubted claims to have been the greatest mountaineer of his generation have foundation in fact , despite the hostility which existed between him and the English Alpine Club .
8 The next morning brought more early arrivals ; namely , the two ladies from Germany — who had travelled together despite what one would have imagined to have been the great contrast in their backgrounds — bringing with them a large team of ladies-in-waiting and footmen , as well as a great many trunks .
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