Example sentences of "[vb past] been [art] [adj] success " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlottenburg had been a glorious success . |
| 2 | He had been a raging success in Spain but was lured back to England by his namesake manager in the belief that his international prospects would be considerably improved . |
| 3 | He had been a raging success in Spain but was lured back to England by his namesake manager in the belief that his international prospects would be considerably improved . |
| 4 | Since it had been a great success when read aloud to ‘ our local club ’ , Tolkien had absolute confidence in submitting it to the publisher of The Hobbit , Stanley Unwin . |
| 5 | THE OPENING ceremony had been a great success . |
| 6 | His landscaping at Quernmore Park near Lancaster had been a great success , as was his probable design for Casterton Hall near Kirkby Lonsdale , which looks uncommonly like Leck . |
| 7 | THE Brownies ' Hallowe'en party had been a great success Carol had enjoyed every minute of it . |
| 8 | The small orchestra was ‘ feeble ’ , and Mozart wrote sadly to his wife that the concert had been a great success from the point of view of honour and glory , but a complete financial flop . |
| 9 | Kate said the evening had been a great success : it received plenty of local press coverage , the Rossendale Group increased its membership , and the Mayor agreed to donate £100 to Amnesty . |
| 10 | All three teachers were adamant that despite the lack of time for consultation , the lack of space and resources and other problems that had nothing to do with the curricular rationale behind the project , it had been a great success . |
| 11 | This had been a great success in both countries not only for the deaf but for their hearing fellow citizens , who made " learning sign language " the second most popular study after English in adult education . |
| 12 | JC : Kenneth Green had designed our production of Cosi fan tutte which had been a great success . |
| 13 | Scotland coach Allan Hosie said the Pacific tour had been a great success considering eight Scots were on the British Lions tour and other players were not able to make the trip . |
| 14 | Generally the first year of the expanded Civic Theatre had been a great success . |
| 15 | The magazine , which featured a photograph of and comments from Sedgefield MP and employment spokesman Mr Tony Blair , had been a great success , said Miss Armstrong . |
| 16 | The committee was told a similar event in Stockton had been a great success . |
| 17 | She just sat on the stairs eating biscuit after biscuit until , just before midnight , the telephone rang and she heard the voice of the surgeon telling her that the operation was over , that it had been a complete success and that Paul was likely to make a rapid recovery It was after that call that Annette realised that she had steadily munched her way through two and a half packets of biscuits . |
| 18 | Ward , 53 , had maintained throughout that the money had been a legitimate success fee for his vital role in the bitterly-fought takeover bid . |
| 19 | Yvonne spirited me back to her office and we held a quick post-mortem , agreeing the evening had been a roaring success and discussing ways to improve our performance . |
| 20 | The activity had been a wonderful success and very much worth the experience . |
| 21 | She won one victory in January 1981 when a palpable ‘ wet ’ , Norman St John-Stevas , was removed as Leader of the House ( where he had been a conspicuous success ) , while younger men like Leon Brittan and Kenneth Baker were promoted , the latter having been one of Heath 's campaign managers in 1975 . |
| 22 | From the party point of view , Law 's leadership had been a considerable success . |
| 23 | Dana did n't come to the showroom either ; she had appeared for a fitting and for a rehearsal , as she had promised , neither of which had been an outstanding success . |