Example sentences of "as they have [adv] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | A survey last year showed that a frightening proportion of child car seats would not do their job properly as they had n't been fitted correctly . |
| 2 | After losing seven goals in two games , Thistle were as resolutely organised as they had previously been chaotically lax . |
| 3 | After 1983 , the ‘ frontiers of the state ’ were , in this respect at least , rolled back as they had not been since 1945 . |
| 4 | But the German church now supported the rival Alexander , as they had not been consulted over the appointment of Paschal . |
| 5 | Perhaps the rat toothed forceps used in the present case contributed to the onset of pancreatitis as they had not been used before . |
| 6 | This had been good fortune , as they had not been aware that it was a ‘ protected ’ aircraft , but Carrington arranged in any case for the record of their flight to be blotted from the squadron 's sortie book . |
| 7 | The " ceremonious stomachs " of Russian ambassadors " whose Nation stands so much on Ceremony " were the subject of comment in England in the early years of the century , as they had already been in the reign of Elizabeth . |
| 8 | However , the government claimed that no militias remained in Kabul , as they had all been absorbed into the regime 's regular army . |
| 9 | He asked them to adopt a more professional approach , to harden their attitude and not capitulate when things became tough , as they had sometimes been prone to . |
| 10 | But the position did become clearer in various respects ; and the problems and disputes which arose were seldom so acute or threatening as they had sometimes been in the past . |
| 11 | Reminders of humiliation once again became priceless possessions , as emotionally valuable as they had once been legally essential . |
| 12 | Times were changing , and he began to realize that things would never go back as they had once been . |
| 13 | Expeditions to the far-flung corners of the world in search of scientific novelties were in vogue that season as they had never been before . |
| 14 | Maggie was shown into a very expensive flat that overlooked the river and she had one of her rare glimpses of the owner as he stood with his back to a roaring fire and regarded her through eyes that were just as sharp as they had ever been in his youth . |
| 15 | However remote their political views remained from the rest of the electorate , the " Clyde group " remained as secure in their own area as they had ever been . |
| 16 | They were marching behind the others with great dignity , accountable as they had always been for good order and common sense and respectable behaviour . |
| 17 | Those who were called upon to defend non-payment of what they owed beyond the promised date were , as they had always been and were to go on being , in the minority . |
| 18 | Liddesdale was still a sullen , untamed region populated by people as prickly and hostile as they had always been . |
| 19 | The wallpaper , the chair , the tiny desk , the narrow bed : all were exactly as they had always been . |
| 20 | The mist , blotting out Wickrithe , seemed to banish her tension and sense of danger ; she and Adam were alone and safe , as they 'd always been on Starr Hills . |
| 21 | Recent research for the Flour Advisory Board reveals that Britons are as passionate about picnics today as they 've always been . |
| 22 | George and Marie are very disappointed , especially as they have both been working around the clock since the expansion , managing the Brasserie and L'Auberge respectively , interviewing and training new staff ( labour turnover has been high at the Brasserie from the start and is now significantly higher at L'Auberge too ) and filling in whenever necessary at either establishment . |
| 23 | I shall not dwell on the comments made by the Leader of the Opposition in 1980 , as they have also been referred to . |
| 24 | As they have just been inexplicitly stated , each of these views is in fact itself better regarded as a set of possible views . |
| 25 | If it has a Solex carb then this is probably worn out as they have not been fitted for many years . |
| 26 | Then it is as if our fragmented lives are integrated , fulfilled and satisfied as they have never been before . |
| 27 | in the bone , be as they have never been |
| 28 | Unfortunately they tend to be ignored as they have never been properly recorded and analyzed/evaluated . |
| 29 | As they have always been properly declared , I have assumed that goods below a certain value must be duty free . |
| 30 | While the rest of the card world attempts to move on by using humour or Snoopy dogs to sell us the festive season , charity Christmas cards remain as old-fashioned , tedious and unimaginative as they have always been . |