Example sentences of "'s [adv] [be] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | In France there 's long been a high priority on keeping the birth rate up , so there are very high maternity grants and family allowances , especially if you 've got three or more children . |
2 | It 's just been a dry summer . |
3 | Later the former Grandstand presenter said : ‘ It 's just been a normal family Sunday lunch . |
4 | It 's just been a good boat to us . |
5 | Now I know it 's a lot to expect , what with your sister still only nineteen , and the old a ‘ Buck ’ being every year of sixty five , so they tells me , but May and September 's always been a heady mix , and the old fool seems besotted . ’ |
6 | Yes , there 's always been a genuine interest in the Arts Association as a point where the university , those people involved in the university , can hear about what 's taking place in the arts and also participate in some aspects of the advisory panels . |
7 | It 's always been a Dark Force , and you 've only succeeded in harnessing a minuscule aspect of it . |
8 | Oh she 's always been a good daughter up till now , I 'll grant her that , I 've never been one to just blame the girl , Douglas , I blame the boy too . |
9 | And Smart E 's manager Danny Donnelly says : ‘ There 's always been a strong dance scene here and that 's probably why local bands have been at the forefront of the rave scene . |
10 | There 's always been a great deal of antipathy between Cheka and Securitate , but the Securitate has to kow-tow . |
11 | Doing the whole male fantasy trip 's always been a negative image for women to project , but we 're not gon na change it by telling people what to do . |
12 | It 's always been a standard joke in our family : " Do n't , for heaven 's sake , let Bruce get involved in any kind of business — it 'll go bust overnight ! " |
13 | ‘ It 's always been a lovely home . ’ |
14 | In fact over the years there 's always been a significant amount of lesbian/gay film making in the general programme . |
15 | In the past , there 's always been a little farmer over the hedge who jumps to the rescue — or a Hitler dressed up as a little farmer . |
16 | It 's always been a popular pub and that , along with everything else , has n't changed . |
17 | The Leeds boss said : ‘ It 's hardly been a stingy start to the season . |
18 | Coach Marcia says it 's still been a great expericence . |
19 | So although there has been an enormous expansion of federal aid , there 's also been a vast expansion of state spending and state tax raising . |
20 | They 're putting parts into used cars but there 's also been a slight upturn in the vehicle market and they 're benefitting from that as well |
21 | ‘ There 's never been a great woman composer , ’ said my mother with an air of triumph , not because she delighted in this deficiency of her sex , but because she thought it percipient to have noticed . |
22 | And so you can imagine all the people in nineteen seventy six thinking well you know , there 's definitely been a climatic change , we 're gon na holiday in the U K in nineteen seventy seven . |