Sentence examples for had been conspicuous from inspiring English sources
Until today, Grayling had been conspicuous in his silence.
Winterbottom leads a small charge of UK film-makers who had been conspicuous by their absence in Toronto's initial announcement.
Eggleston and Rosa Kate Dosset, a daughter of plantation owners and a friend since childhood, had been conspicuous in Sumner for their matching baby-blue Cadillacs.
He had been conspicuous by his absence for the previous six matches but was there to see Bartoli win her first grand slam title.
A few months earlier, MacLeod had been conspicuous in his absence as the managers of several World Cup finalists visited Lima to watch the Peruvians play Argentina in a friendly.
On Friday Gooda also called for greater engagement with the Indigenous community when making decisions about them, something which had been "conspicuous in its absence" under the Abbott government.
Facebook and Twitter have been conspicuous.
Either way, their absence has been conspicuous.
THE signs of civic change have been conspicuous.
About 70% of his countrymen, after all, are illiterate.Mr Karzai's absence has been conspicuous.
His absence, and that of other Democratic billionaires, has been conspicuous.
