Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb -s] been [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's either broke down or it 's been an accident because there 's three cars there not just one or two . |
| 2 | The importance of the rectum in pop is something rarely acknowledged , although it 's been a constant ; from George Clinton to the Beastie Boys ( with their crapped-in-pants waddledance ) , a record 's crucial when it has a lot of bottom . |
| 3 | What is already clear is that it has been a success in developing our own AI-skilled personnel . |
| 4 | The argument goes that if an issue has been over-subscribed , people who come in late already know that it has been a success and are therefore cutting down their risk . |
| 5 | Herr Winter tells us that it has been a family business ever since it was established by his grandfather , who also took the opportunity to purchase one of the three existing original Nipper paintings . |
| 6 | He says that it has been the foundation of Europe 's post-war success , the implication being that we must adopt the same system in Britain if we are to become a modern , prosperous nation . |
| 7 | The system is based around Siemens ' Vision Optimised Network Evolution programme , although GEC Plessey says that it has been the developer of the services to be offered and will manage the planned Asynchronous Transfer Mode evolution . |
| 8 | If one were looking for the reasons for the present situation , does my right hon. Friend agree that it has been the departure of the building societies and other lenders from the traditional concept of not lending more than 75 per cent . |
| 9 | Readers must be warned that it has been the practice of governments in recent years to alter the departmental structure from time to time , ostensibly in an effort to find the best possible framework for policy co-ordination , but — it may be suggested — with less elevated political motives in mind too . |
| 10 | Other authors have suggested that it has been the process of secularisation which has been most central in giving rise to moral protest groups . |
| 11 | One interesting feature of this discovery seems to me that it 's been a combination of different individuals approaching it almost laterally , in a sense , because you 're not an astronomer , particularly , are you ? |
| 12 | I ca n't honestly say that it 's been a pleasure , but it has been an experience … one I most definitely do n't want to repeat ! ’ |
| 13 | The distinction has been more in the minds of the negotiators ( especially the British negotiators ) than it has been a reality or , more important , likely to be given much credence by the Court of Justice if and when it comes to adjudicate on the basis of the Treaty . |
| 14 | She 'd got thing in her in her er yeah what 's what it is up she damaged it ooh some years ago and it 's been a bit weak since like , you know but sh it was only a few weeks ago we got some computer big computer , with big discs and she twisted her hand in in pulling one out , you know it 's I do n't how , the fell or something and she went to cash it or whatever and of course we 're riding the motorbike for the like you have to change gear it 's only a small seater , your bike 's open |
| 15 | The beauty of the flower is transcendent , and it has been a part of man 's heritage since the beginning . |
| 16 | In Marxist thought and practice this relation is posed as one between class and party , and it has been a matter of controversy since the end of the nineteenth century , expressed in the most diverse forms , extending from Michels ' reflections upon the ‘ iron law of oligarchy ’ to Lenin 's conception of the Bolshevik Party , theoretically elaborated by Lukács . |
| 17 | The second strand involves the Government of the Republic and it has been a pleasure to all concerned that everybody involved in those talks has supported and sustained them . |
| 18 | The Act is of mammoth proportions with profound implications for every sector of education , and it has been the subject of intense discussion both inside and outside Parliament . |
| 19 | Now I do n't think that 's right , fair or democratic and if we 've shied away from it for years handling this issue and now we 're in the position where this house has total responsibility for the thirty thousand citizens in total of Gibralt it 's not the electorate , the total population , thirty thousand and we continued to deny them vote yet they are citizens of the European union under our own legislation and accepted as such by the European parliament and it is wholly wrong Mr Deputy Speaker that the boundaries that we 're discussing in this bill were not drawn so that and it could easily have been done , that we could have incorporated the twenty odd thousand European union citizens of Gibraltar who do wish to be part of Spain and wo n't be for fifty years or more until it 's been a democracy that long , but to give them the right to vote . |
| 20 | If it 's worked or not , if it 's been a success or not |
| 21 | Women who have become pregnant and do n't want to have a child — if it 's been a mistake — have been able to have abortions . |
| 22 | But it has been a case of getting better at managing the cash ; better at keeping down the costs . |
| 23 | Speaking after the result Mr Sillars said : ‘ Obviously the SNP is very disappointed with this result … but it has been a privilege to be your MP for more than three years . ’ |
| 24 | I 've had this shrub for a few years now but it has been a bit reluctant to bloom . |
| 25 | But it has been a mystery how this and spongiform encephalopathies , such as mad cow , kill brain cells . |
| 26 | We 'll probably find out in due course but it has been a disappointment . |
| 27 | The law as so stated has , I think , been so understood for most of this century , at least at the level of the Court of Appeal ; but it has been the subject of increasing criticism by academic lawyers , and has been departed from in significant respects in some Commonwealth countries , both by legislation and by judicial development of the law . |
| 28 | The matter has not become an issue until now but it has been the intention to involve FWAG in SAC work for the Central Scotland Countryside Trust that has brought this to a head . |
| 29 | I ca n't honestly say that it 's been a pleasure , but it has been an experience … one I most definitely do n't want to repeat ! ’ |
| 30 | It does take time , about two hours for each member of staff when preparation and writing is included but it has been an investment that has repaid the school with great dividends . |