Example sentences of "times been [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | No one knows how they got to be so diverse , though Dr Humphry Greenwood , of London 's Natural History Museum , has suggested that the water in Lake Victoria has at times been lower than now , with the fringes separated into pools . |
2 | ‘ That made my night , ’ said Mrs Simmons , who has several times been successful in the regional awards with portrait , wedding and commercial subjects . |
3 | The treatment of individual supporters has at times been shoddy and the club need to radically improve their attitude towards the paying customer . |
4 | It was rumoured that the relationship had at times been stormy . |
5 | Had times been normal we are sure that Mr Crawford would have made Otago the foremost province in the Dominion . ’ |
6 | But his form , in an often disappointing side with a fragile back-up , has at times been exceptional and kept him top of the national averages . |
7 | The distinction between natural and non-natural user has at times been confused with the distinction between things naturally on the land and things artificially there . |