Example sentences of "[noun sg] it have [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By daylight it had been a sculptured shaft fluted with runnels of light and darkness , withdrawing stage by stage in charmed proportion , shedding weight and gaining impetus as it soared . |
| 2 | During the war it had been a dangerous neighbour , but no bomb had fallen on it , although fire-bombs had spattered all over Mouncy Street and Decimus Street . |
| 3 | Despite the peaceful outcome it had been a major operation . |
| 4 | On each occasion it has been a joint move with his brother and fellow Great Britain international , Stephen . |
| 5 | Of course it had been a silly question , but why had she been so cross ? |
| 6 | In the fifteenth century it had been a practical way of making agriculture more profitable , in the sixteenth it was more likely to create a vagrancy problem as men were dispossessed from the land , and this indeed was a social issue which came to the forefront of public attention in the Tudor period . |
| 7 | In the seventeenth century it had been an important re-export , which may have irritated planters who would have liked to export directly to the eventual destination . |
| 8 | Whatever had brought Berowne again to that vestry it had been a human hand , his or another 's , which had wielded that razor . |
| 9 | For North it has been a disappointing season and Saturday 's 57-run defeat summed up their form this year . |
| 10 | The last few years suggest that if there is a majority in the land it has been an anti-Labour majority . |
| 11 | On balance it has been an enjoyable task and a great privilege to undertake on behalf of the Club necessitating searches through some 4,000 documents , including old copies of the Standard back to 1895 . |
| 12 | ‘ In fact it 's been a great few weeks for me . |
| 13 | In fact it has been a dazzling success , by almost every measure . |