Example sentences of "[noun prp] have been [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The despised belletrist criticism of an earlier day could make radical judgements in an off-hand manner ; those articles , for instance , with titles like ‘ On Rereading Stendhal ’ , which come to the conclusion that Stendhal has been much overrated . |
| 2 | Why should Utopia have been such an all-pervading failure . |
| 3 | Letters from the States had been few and far between of late , although money from Sean still came from time to time . |
| 4 | ‘ The earls of Warwick have been some of the most powerful men in English history . |
| 5 | A friend of mine in Houston , who has followed the orchestra since the 1940s , explained why Eschenbach has been such a great success in Houston . |
| 6 | The Battle of Falkirk had been another Jacobite victory , Prince Charles having lost 50 dead and 80 wounded , while Hawley 's casualties , suffered in a mere 20 minutes , amounted to 350 killed and another 300 taken prisoner . |
| 7 | If Whizzo had been any good Jazz could have transferred but Biddy , having given Whizzo the thumbs down , had found him a good home with a nervous lady in the suburbs and he was no longer available . |
| 8 | Before the marriage Maggie had been little more than a drudge round the house . |
| 9 | Heather had been this way before him , had seen and understood what he would shortly see and might yet understand . |
| 10 | A second glance at Grunte had been enough to arouse the Deputy 's suspicions . |
| 11 | One of the sad side-effects of industrial action during the early years of the implementation of ISS has been that work on improving the teacher-parent partnership has been more neglected by teachers than anyone initially expected . |
| 12 | ‘ If Dobson had been any more seriously injured you 'd have found yourself in a cell by now . ’ |
| 13 | The house in Mouncy Street had been such a place . |
| 14 | Tom had been much more of a snob than she was . |
| 15 | ‘ When he was very small Helen had been all that he was not ; wise , mature , equipped with skills and resources . |
| 16 | According to Lévy , ‘ The only galleries of modern and contemporary art in Geneva have been those of Daniel Varenne and Jan Krugier . |
| 17 | The 1983 agreement by eighteen countries to set up a regional preferential trading area ( PTA ) in East and Southern Africa has been little more successful in overcoming three familiar problems . |
| 18 | But the only obvious truth of this kind in the UK has been that foreign supply creates domestic demand , the measure of which is import penetration . |
| 19 | Arthur had been all of those things himself : hunter , warrior , then king . ’ |
| 20 | From Henry 's recollection of the trial , which was , admittedly , not all that clear , Young had been some kind of chemist . |
| 21 | Andréew Fisher had been another contemporary from Sydney and an ability to write , a law degree , and a background in student papers and films made him a choice to handle much of the business side . |
| 22 | The career of Miller had been that of a classic party functionary rising to PUWP central committee secretary and politburo member , whereas Kwasniewski , who came up through the editorship of party youth wing newspapers to become Minister of Youth and Sports from 1985 , had made his name as a pragmatist and advocate of co-operation with Solidarity in the 1989 round table talks . |
| 23 | And if Jack had been such another he would have thanked Charlie for his unstinted friendship , his generous loans , his hospitality and for bringing him Marilyn Thompson . |
| 24 | At the turn of the century industrial production in Belorussia had been half that of the average for Russia as a whole . |
| 25 | On the whole , especially at local level , the Left in Britain has been more goal orientated than the Right . |
| 26 | Busy is something Graham Myers has been all season with all Forest injuries Ward with a free kick gets it clear straight to Thomson though Greyson Thomson Gemmell closes down the room immed that 's a very good ball . |
| 27 | Mrs Thatcher has been such a figure and , in spite of reverses , she has animated and directed governments with a sense of political direction . |
| 28 | If Frankenstein had been some sort of intelligent creepy-crawly , Ace thought , that 's the kind of monster he 'd have built . |
| 29 | After a while I thought that as Dateline had been such a success the first time why not have some fun and do it again ? |
| 30 | Bill had been enough times to a morgue . |