Example sentences of "[conj] it has [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's hard to believe that the first meeting of the Galway Races took place at Ballybrit Race Course in 1869 ; and it immediately so fired the public imagination that it has been a major fixture on the Irish racing calendar ever since . |
| 2 | However , we feel that it has been a worthwhile investment , and one which we plan to extend next year . |
| 3 | When anyone suggests , as people will , that they have done a great thing for Anna , Tony and Christine are quick to reply that it has been a great thing , also , for them . |
| 4 | People not familiar with Cheltenham often assume that it has been a large bustling town for a long time . |
| 5 | We are doing what we can , but I take my hon. Friend 's point that it has been an ongoing saga for some time now . |
| 6 | Just as Japan , a country dependent for 60% of its energy on oil , was a major sufferer when prices doubled in the second oil shock of 1979 , so it has been a major beneficiary of the subsequent fall in crude prices . |
| 7 | ‘ We started because we had so many enquiries about holiday courses , and it has been a tremendous success , ’ says Angela Payne , deputy director of the college . |
| 8 | The Elizabethans certainly did like it , and it has been a popular favourite ever since . |
| 9 | They are very good acts and it has been a tough battle to get through . ’ |
| 10 | It will begin to ‘ make real ’ the fact of her husband 's death and permanent departure from her life , so everything possible should be done to give the occasion dignity , beauty , and a feeling of thanksgiving for his life ; for this is a memory she will carry with her always , and it is one from which most widows can draw some comfort if it has been an uplifting experience shared with her family and friends . |
| 11 | ‘ But it has been a great triumph for Hochhauser , Willi . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's easier to manage a team playing in defence because you can see the game developing , but it has been a real problem up front , especially with all the pushing and shoving . |
| 13 | I thought I would go home when I left but it has been a long time . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't usually do that , but it has been a long day . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But it has been a busy and peripatetic decade for Taylor , Heglund and their co-workers . |
| 17 | The 26-year-old Shannon clubman , an inspirational figure in Irish rugby 's long overdue renaissance said : ‘ It was great to get the try , but it has been a 15 man effort all along the line . |
| 18 | But it has been a universal feature of modernity that the larger family unit , the so-called ‘ extended ’ family , has given way to a much smaller unit , the ‘ nuclear ’ family . |
| 19 | ‘ But it has been a wonderful year and a wonderful time for me . |
| 20 | The fact that we were looking towards the United States might have been an acceptable concept during the war , but it has been an unacceptable concept for the past 12 years , during which Europe has been creating itself and showing an enthusiasm for a single European currency and a central bank and for increasing the powers of the European Community 's institutions . |
| 21 | ‘ But it has been an unavoidable consequence that jobs have been lost ; not just on the factory floor but throughout the business ; not just at Waterford but at Wedgwood too . |
| 22 | ‘ We 're going to Northumberland , but it has been an exhausting few days for me and I intend to stop halfway . |
| 23 | But it has been an uphill struggle . |
| 24 | I know nothing about Mr McLachlan he does not appear in Who 's Who : whether he hails from Scotland , Ireland , Korea or Czechoslovakia ; whether he is Catholic , Presbyterian or Buddhist ; whether he is married with children ( sorry , kids ) or celibate ; whether there have been tragedies in his life , or whether it has been an uninterrupted progression to his present exalted situation . |
| 25 | The bay of Saint lean is a noble , open prospect , though it has been a dangerous place too in its time . |