Example sentences of "[adv] have been [adv] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 By the time the mare impacts occurred there would probably have been too little dust available to fill the maria .
2 It might even have been just another sound effect .
3 As he points out there has been surprisingly little research in this area and what there is derives mostly from the sociology of education under the heading of teacher socialisation .
4 Opportunities for dual qualification , in both education and librarianship , barely existed until the pioneer establishment of a Teacher-Librarianship Diploma at University College London in the late 1960s , and although a variety of different courses are now emerging there has been precious little encouragement or inducement for ambitious people to take advantage of them .
5 For those who have survived the recession intact there has been too much self-interest , need and greed , stab and grab , call it what you will , and companies I believe are suddenly beginning to realise that integrity , ethics and pragmatism may have a ‘ bottom line ’ value in the years to come that the accountant 's profit culture attitude may change a little .
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