Example sentences of "[adv] been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the points to emerge in later chapters will be that eminent scientific figures have rarely been typical representatives of the religious traditions in which they were nurtured . |
| 2 | Unfortunately there have rarely been precise identifications although two are stated to be of Middle Eastern origin , the Cypraea Arabica from Sarre grave 238 and a tiger cowrie from Haslingfield ( Cambridgeshire ) , whose source is the Red Sea . |
| 3 | These cultures , viewed as being more outward-looking and less insular because they had very early on been maritime powers , were referred to as ‘ blue ’ cultures . |
| 4 | What had hitherto been regional versions of folk and country music now joined with the former ‘ racist ’ music of the coloured population , creating through cross-fertilisation modern , i.e. ‘ pop ’ , music . |
| 5 | It has only been burning coal in it ! |
| 6 | It validated what had previously only been personal impressions : that the work was variable , time consuming , complex and required considerable skill . |
| 7 | They 'd only been married months , I thought they 'd had their first row and she 'd come home . |
| 8 | There have only been brief respites . |
| 9 | Mr Kelloway says there have only been minor teething problems and he is satisfied the machine is ready for production . |
| 10 | It is possible that pollution affects their reproductive and immune systems , but there has only been piecemeal research on this subject . " |
| 11 | For months it had apparently been common knowledge ; something to be tutted over and discussed in hushed tones that stopped abruptly whenever she entered the common-room . |
| 12 | In addition , the coalminers , through their trades unions , have long been major actors in the political arena those of both the workplace ( notably the Trades Union Congress ) and the state ( the Labour party ) . |
| 13 | Eels , speared through their gills on an eel stick , had long been standard rent in the Fens and Somerset Levels . |
| 14 | ( Although a famous novelist has recently garnered considerable publicity for memorizing his interviews , this has long been standard practice for many sociologists . ) ’ |
| 15 | Unlike the Koran , however , the Bible has long been fair game for spirited literary re-readings . |
| 16 | His design of mill may have been original , but others had long been growing rape-seed in East Anglia and milling rape-seed around London . |
| 17 | It has long been common practice to give students isolated passages of poetry or prose , often but not always anonymous , to analyse , discuss , and respond to , in the manner of Richards 's original undertaking . |
| 18 | Likewise , in south Yorkshire , the cutlery factors and nailchapmen started in a modest way from the local ranks of metalworker-farmers whose surnames had long been characteristic ones in the area . |
| 19 | Primroses in their various guises have long been popular garden plants . |
| 20 | Within the Conservative party , particularly among local activists and MPs , there had long been numerous critics of the nationalized industries and advocates of a more market-orientated economy . |
| 21 | No doubt there had long been extreme Gregorians who would have liked to abolish the homage of ecclesiastical landholders for ecclesiastical lands . |
| 22 | Mark Whiteside ( 18 ) , said he had only recently started modelling but that it had all been good fun . |
| 23 | This has all been good training for his new post . |
| 24 | Local management of schools , giving parents more information , and the assessing of schools , children and teachers have all been good ideas . |
| 25 | That has all been great fun . |
| 26 | I 've been lucky enough to play with several international captains — Colin Deans , Gary Callander , Finlay Calder and David Sole — and they have all been splendid leaders , different in their own ways but earning the respect of their colleagues . |
| 27 | I had lost the excitement of the first Ramble to the Trossachs which had all been new territory . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've bought a number of good-quality second-hand items and they 've all been excellent value . |
| 29 | They had all been staunch Congregationalists , and Mary occasionally felt sad that she had left it all behind in childhood . |
| 30 | Admittedly the absence of Brian Reid gave him the 250 at Carrowdore and then Derek Young 's injury at Kirkistown handed him the Open Road Racing Ireland award , but he has certainly had a year to remember and his performances in the 600cc series have all been high class . |