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Example sentences of "'s [adv] been [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	In France there 's long been a high priority on keeping the birth rate up , so there are very high maternity grants and family allowances , especially if you 've got three or more children .
2	It 's just been a dry summer .
3	Later the former Grandstand presenter said : ‘ It 's just been a normal family Sunday lunch .
4	It 's just been a good boat to us .
5	Now I know it 's a lot to expect , what with your sister still only nineteen , and the old a ‘ Buck ’ being every year of sixty five , so they tells me , but May and September 's always been a heady mix , and the old fool seems besotted . ’
6	Yes , there 's always been a genuine interest in the Arts Association as a point where the university , those people involved in the university , can hear about what 's taking place in the arts and also participate in some aspects of the advisory panels .
7	It 's always been a Dark Force , and you 've only succeeded in harnessing a minuscule aspect of it .
8	Oh she 's always been a good daughter up till now , I 'll grant her that , I 've never been one to just blame the girl , Douglas , I blame the boy too .
9	And Smart E 's manager Danny Donnelly says : ‘ There 's always been a strong dance scene here and that 's probably why local bands have been at the forefront of the rave scene .
10	There 's always been a great deal of antipathy between Cheka and Securitate , but the Securitate has to kow-tow .
11	Doing the whole male fantasy trip 's always been a negative image for women to project , but we 're not gon na change it by telling people what to do .
12	It 's always been a standard joke in our family : " Do n't , for heaven 's sake , let Bruce get involved in any kind of business — it 'll go bust overnight ! "
13	Oliver and girls — it 's always been a trickier subject than he likes to make out .
14	‘ It 's always been a lovely home . ’
15	In fact over the years there 's always been a significant amount of lesbian/gay film making in the general programme .
16	In the past , there 's always been a little farmer over the hedge who jumps to the rescue — or a Hitler dressed up as a little farmer .
17	It 's always been a popular pub and that , along with everything else , has n't changed .
18	Well it 's always been an awful lot worse than it is now .
19	No cos we was my friend Pat said to me oh she said , cos everyone have always come up to my house Christmas night , I 've always had the mess and that , she said oh she said , cos we 've got a house now come down to me , I said oh great , I can clean up and every Boxing morning it 's always been the same hangover , fucking
20	We 've had another chi You see it 's always been the same kind of chiller .
21	The Leeds boss said : ‘ It 's hardly been a stingy start to the season .
22	Erm , likewise there 's still been no formal response on training travel budgets from the Tech .
23	Coach Marcia says it 's still been a great expericence .
24	So although there has been an enormous expansion of federal aid , there 's also been a vast expansion of state spending and state tax raising .
25	They 're putting parts into used cars but there 's also been a slight upturn in the vehicle market and they 're benefitting from that as well
26	There 's also been The Beautiful South 's New Lad reasonableness , Father Father 's virginal soul , and the English eccentricity of the aged Robyn Hitchcock .
27	Come to think of it , that 's really been the biggest change in music since it started coming on ‘ gramophone records ’ .
28	Fred reckons there 's never been a clearer example of what he means .
29	Simon Creese-Parsons , who sells fine decorative pieces at Jadis , reckons : ‘ There 's never been a better time to buy . ’
30	As the slogan on the front of the club 's glossy new brochure proclaims : ‘ There 's never been a better time to be involved with Yorkshire Cricket . ’