Example sentences of "have n't [adv] be [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The humble raisin has been around for at least 2,000 years , but it has n't always been very popular — particularly in the US where novelty is all when it comes to food .
2 But it has n't always been so welcoming .
3 The place here has n't always been so welcoming , believe me .
4 Life has n't always been so dull for Elaine : she has managed , in the past , to survive the same upheavals as many able-bodied people .
5 Lady Thatcher has n't always been so welcome in the hallowed halls , eight years ago she was refused an honorary doctorate by Oxford University as a protest against her attitude to education .
6 ‘ And nor would I , ’ she said slowly , ‘ if you had n't all been so kind . ’
7 She 's very good to us , her elderly parents , even though I have n't always been as good a father as I should have been .
8 ‘ They have n't always been as poor as they are now , ’ asserted George , beginning to his surprise to feel the stirrings of loyalty or pity for the Dersinghams .
9 Severb Trent is paying for the excavation , but developers have n't always been that considerate .
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