Example sentences of "[noun pl] it have [be] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Because invoice discounting does not involve banks of computers and armies of clerks to handle clients ' sales ledgers it has been a low-cost way of getting into this market .
2 For the last twelve years it 's been a Conservative seat .
3 Just a case of reminding there were some problems it 's been a little bit slow because of roadworks on the high street in Banbury as usual because of that water board work that 's continuing .
4 Some of these byroads have developed a heavier traffic since they were first laid out , and in these instances it has been an easy matter to take in more of the verges and to widen the road surface .
5 With shops closed for more than six hours it 's been a costly afternoon for businesses — but shopkeepers agree the caution is justified .
6 But for both men it had been a spectacular and formative trip .
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