Example sentences of "[adv] been [adj] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since 1960 , of the 41 sub-Saharan African states there has only been one smooth constitutional transfer of real power from one elected leader to another , i.e. in Senegal in 1981 . |
| 2 | There has only been one previous self-build scheme in Middlesbrough Paddock Wood in Coulby Newham , completed in the early Eighties . |
| 3 | Tolonen had not been wrong all those years ago when he had recognised this in Karr . |
| 4 | ‘ To be honest , we have not been any busier this year but the accident toll has been higher than in previous times . ’ |
| 5 | Since 1981 , however , there has no longer been any statutory reserve ratio ( other than the requirement that banks must hold deposits at call with the discount houses of at least 2½ per cent of their eligible liabilities ) . |
| 6 | The government has said it is willing to revise its policy on " Remote Area Dwellers " ( Bushmen and others ) , and there have also been two recent official gatherings to discuss such issues , in Namibia and in Botswana . |
| 7 | ‘ If you had n't been asleep all this time , you 'd know that we are nearly there . ’ |
| 8 | I know , I they have n't been open all this week . |
| 9 | The practical consequence has previously been that prolonged autoradiographic techniques were required . |
| 10 | Indeed , it is often assumed by Continental and North American commentators that there has never been any significant literary theory in England . |