Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adv] been a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | One Shetland policeman said yesterday : ‘ It has not been a regular occurrence by any means . |
2 | Clearly it has not been a typical day , even for 5 Airborne Brigade ; yet such operations have taken place seventy-three times since the Second World War . |
3 | The Government can not say that because , by definition , the Government have to be comfortable with everything , but it has not been a profitable period for teachers in terms of their pay . |
4 | It has not been a productive summer for Viv Richards . |
5 | ‘ It has n't been a good start , has it ? ’ |
6 | Tony Wright … says it has n't been a good season they have n't batted well … but someone has got to take the blame and he thinks he should stand down and give someone else a chance |
7 | Tony Wright … says it has n't been a good season they have n't batted well … but someone has got to take the blame and he thinks he should stand down and give someone else a chance |
8 | Well it has n't been a complete loss . |
9 | It has n't been a disastrous trip for me , but I got in a few times without going on to a really big score . ’ |
10 | Yeah , so , it has n't been a bad day , it 's been quite nice |
11 | ‘ It has just been a long battle for us all . |
12 | The New Right emphasis on adversary politics and an overload of demands has been more of a critique of democracy in Britain than it has ever been a rigorous description of , and explanation for , British politics . |
13 | It has indeed been a brilliant season for the Ward Park club , with Alex Lightbody returning from the British Isles championships in Worthing in July with the singles title under his belt . |
14 | It has indeed been a brilliant season for the Ward Park club , with Alex Lightbody returning from the British Isles championships in Worthing in July with the singles title under his belt . |
15 | The Queen goes on : ‘ It has indeed been a sombre year . |
16 | As some of you may have heard me observe , it has indeed been a sombre year . |
17 | It has certainly been a bad start , ’ said Richard Lynch in BIFU 's London office . |
18 | As far as I can remember it has always been a hot one , in that season beloved of medieval lyricists . |
19 | But when I have , it has always been a green-flowered form , like the Machet variety , and in the evening . |
20 | For as long as I can remember it has always been a tidy , clean , friendly place . |
21 | It has always been a poor region where the constant threat of danger breeds a hardy race of people . |
22 | It has always been a busy committee but especially so in the last year or two , not least because it has taken on more responsibility . |
23 | It has never been a strong language because it has produced little or no literature , so that it has seemed to have more of folklore about it than utility . |
24 | Yet it has never been a popular species . |
25 | It has all been a fantastic myth exploded by grim reality . |
26 | ‘ That 's because it 's not been a good year , due to fluctuating temperatures . ’ |
27 | It 's just been a good boat to us . |
28 | It 's just been a dry summer . |
29 | Well maybe it 's just been a deep , a deep-rooted infection . |
30 | It 's just been a long , exhausting day — ’ |