Example sentences of "have not been the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MARTIN EDWARDS has not been the only man in Manchester trying to sell something of a sporting nature . |
| 2 | Yet this has not been the only old law turned to by the police . |
| 3 | Yet in Japan this has not been the only reason for being able to use less energy to do the same job . |
| 4 | The revived concern for retributive justice has not been the only response to the failure of the rehabilitative ideal . |
| 5 | Sadly Walter L Jacob & Co Ltd , described in this context by The Observer as perhaps the " closest the UK has to an American-style boiler room operation ! has not been the only licensed dealer to recruit clients in this way . |
| 6 | As we shall see in the following chapter , mechanization has not been the only process responsible for this , but by enabling the farmer to de-bureaucratize his farm and place greater emphasis on developing the personal loyalty of his workforce rather than relying upon regulations and sanctions , it has been an important contributory factor . |
| 7 | Since the Second World War , however , the political control of rural councils has not been the only factor influencing the rate of rural house-building . |
| 8 | Of course , she has not been the only case . |
| 9 | Statistical computing has not been the only impact of modern technology on epidemiology since 1965 . |
| 10 | Weir has not been the only Scottish success story to report this week . |
| 11 | Curiously enough , though , this has not been the major concern of feminist work in the social science disciplines of linguistics and speech communication . |
| 12 | IT HAS not been the best of weeks for managers , a thought with which Graham Souness might agree . |
| 13 | The 1974 World Population Plan of Action has not been the final word in the ongoing debate on this particular problem . |
| 14 | The history of computer graphics in film production has not been the smoothest . |
| 15 | ‘ It was probably the most painful experience I have ever had , going back through this life , this long life , which has not been the tranquil , easy existence people assume it to be . ’ |
| 16 | The fact that the UK government has done none of these things , leads one to suppose that a genuine improvement in the co-ordination of health and welfare services for the most vulnerable and disabled groups in society has not been the real objective . |
| 17 | My contention is that the main cause of the British predicament has not been the British economy but rather the decline of sterling and the failure of British policy to adapt to that decline … . |
| 18 | Short term this has enabled the UK to maintain a state-of-the-art capability , although there has not been the desired reduction in the total percentage of the defence budget committed R&D . |
| 19 | Arsenal boss George Graham feels he has not been the same player since he co-starred for England against Turkey . |
| 20 | The World Cup has not been the same without them . |
| 21 | So there has not been the same emphasis on ease of use . |
| 22 | At the end of what has not been the easiest of years for trading conditions , I am pleased to say that we are just about on target and set fair for 1993 . |
| 23 | Though there is a case to be made for its use as an educational medium — and the BBC 's contribution to the Open University at Milton Keynes has been considerable , if politically questionable , and will continue despite the closure of their studios in a fine example of accountant 's false logic — this has not been the main area of impact . |
| 24 | In my view , a although there 's a current debate about this there has not been the fullest public consultation and I would er myself be minded to invoke the er E C directive on this er in order to try and er to make sure that the the public feel they are fully aware of what the proposals are . |
| 25 | What has been the subject of radical , almost revolutionary , change over the past decade or so has not been the civic culture but the perceptions of that culture . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ I do n't know why but he has n't been the same player since coming back from Wembley . ’ |
| 27 | Mavis has done her best , but it has n't been the same . ’ |
| 28 | well we used to come in here before went and that has n't been the same at night cos it got a bit so he 'd say excuse me , love there 's ladies present here ca n't have that . |
| 29 | Being a West Indian spinner in recent years has n't been the safest of occupations , but Roger Harper played throughout the 1984 series . |
| 30 | Pavel knew that he 'd not been the best company but then , they had n't been treating this job as anything particularly special . |