Example sentences of "been a [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been a great many studies of market failures which provide an a priori case for Intervention — welfare economics texts such as Broadway and Bruce ( 1984 ) or summary chapters in books such as Varian ( 1978 ) will serve . |
| 2 | It is not surprising , for there have been a great many developments aimed at putting more carp on the bank . |
| 3 | IT 'S been a great 10 days for Scots living in England . |
| 4 | ‘ In fact it 's been a great few weeks for me . |
| 5 | But it has been a rough 18 months for him and there is still a gauntness about him , even if he does claim he has never felt fitter and that his swing is closer to being ‘ on track ’ than for a long time . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ It 's been a fabulous two years for me at Leeds and the lack of goals has been my only disappointment . |
| 7 | It had been a terrible few seconds until Dorcas 's eyes adjusted to the distance . |
| 8 | THE CAPTAIN had had what for ordinary mortals would have been a trying two days . |
| 9 | And spokesman Trevor East admitted : ‘ It 's been a trying few days for us and we are very disappointed to miss out again . |
| 10 | It had been a grand few minutes ' work . |
| 11 | It 's been a good four years for me to lay low , because they 've changed the stuff so many times and they now seem to be getting down to some conclusions about MIDI and stuff . |
| 12 | Must ‘ ave been a good nine months back , not that long after you left for the front , come to think of it . ’ |
| 13 | Both dorsals must have been a good twelve inches clear of the water . |
| 14 | There had been a good many glasses and now he signalled to Midnight who came from the shadows by the far wall , bringing a bottle of port to refill the glass held out . |
| 15 | He adds : ‘ It has been a good few years since the snow has been this hard which means a lot of walkers are n't used to it . |
| 16 | It has been a hectic three years , operating a round-the-clock snack bar , and restaurant service for 17 hours every day . |
| 17 | It 's been a difficult few weeks for the princess ; after a book on her life and marriage was published ; it 's at time like this problems with relationships or turning points , that many people consult Debbie . |
| 18 | Speaking at his home in Godalming , Surrey , he added : ‘ It has been a hard few months and I am now looking forward to a break and spending some time with my family . ’ |
| 19 | Speaking at his home in Godalming , Surrey , he added : ‘ It has been a hard few months and I am now looking forward to a break and spending some time with my family . ’ |
| 20 | It has been a rewarding few years . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's been a wonderful 25 years for me . ’ |
| 22 | I closed my eyes for the rest of the journey as it had been a busy two days and I did n't feel lik& going to the council offices either , It would be too late anyway so I decided to take a stroll by the river and see how Nigel was getting on with the excavations . |
| 23 | On the way to Eric 's first hiding place there had been an uncomfortable few minutes when the doctor 's car , in spite of its prominently displayed red cross , had been stopped by a carabinieri patrol . |
| 24 | However , there have been an estimated 900 crimes against tourists in Dublin this year and the growing popularity of the city as an upmarket destination during its year as the European City of Culture has unfortunately attracted a hard core of criminals . |
| 25 | She 's always been an industrious hard-working careers officer |
| 26 | ‘ It has been an interesting three years , ’ he said with a delightful degree of understatement . |
| 27 | It has been an excellent few weeks for the Treloar club . |
| 28 | ‘ That said , it 's been an exciting five years for me and the club . |
| 29 | It has been an exhausting three days for the Labour Whips as they trawled the corridors of the Palace to try to find people who they could wheel in to speak in this debate . |
| 30 | ‘ We 're going to Northumberland , but it has been an exhausting few days for me and I intend to stop halfway . |