Example sentences of "this have [be] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has been a particularly rich year for purchases of printed books of all periods . |
| 2 | This has been a curiously old fashioned debate in some ways with one hou side of the house calling for more regulation and the other side of the house calling for less regulation and my honourable mem , my honourable friend the member for South Hamms er did say eloquently again this evening . |
| 3 | This has been a rather large digression from the main concerns of this chapter , but it is important to bear in mind this important change , which appears likely to occur very soon . |
| 4 | This has been a most interesting debate , and I congratulate my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Warley , West ( Mr. Archer ) on introducing it . |
| 5 | I regret to say that this has been a breathtakingly disappointing debate , even by the standards of those initiated by Labour Members , redeemed only by an excellent constructive contribution by my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest ( Mr. Norris ) , who made an outstanding speech . |
| 6 | ‘ Having my design photographed like this has been a really exciting experience ’ |
| 7 | This has been a fairly gritty chapter , all about beating up baddies , causing them pain and putting them to flight . |
| 8 | By his flamboyant standards , this has been a disappointingly low-key year for Snow Bride 's trainer , Henry Cecil . |
| 9 | This has been a much sought-after track since a few of the more adroit DJs discovered the ripe fruits cultivated within its grooves . |
| 10 | He denied angrily that he had ever sought compensation of up to £1m ‘ although this has been a very expensive operation ’ , adding : ‘ I could have proceeded had I been totally selfish for there were several options on the table , financially very attractive . ’ |
| 11 | THIS HAS been a very good week for fishermen and a very bad week for Findus , Bird 's Eye and all the other producers of frozen peas and pizzas . |
| 12 | Jennie West , of Catterick Garrison , said : ‘ This has been a very good course and I 've learnt a lot . |
| 13 | ‘ This has been a very painful decision . |
| 14 | However , this has been a very special debate . |
| 15 | For me this has been a very exciting year in which to take on a directorship of the department . |
| 16 | This has been a very busy year and the committee has been lucky with the commitment of its Vice Chairmen and members who of necessity reflect a microcosm of the Bar from the young criminal practitioner to the experienced commercial silk . |
| 17 | This has been a very fine England side over the years , but I think there will be many more Irish players in the party than were mooted at the beginning of the season . ’ |
| 18 | This has been a truly vicious downturn . |
| 19 | This has been a relatively frequent event in Iceland and it can lead to the rapid melting of large volumes of ice and the release of enormous quantities of water , creating a cataclysmic flood known as a jokulhlaup ( although such floods can also be produced by other means ( see Section 11.4.1 ) ) . |
| 20 | While this has been a relatively short section of this book , its importance is greater than its length would suggest . |
| 21 | This has been a relatively lengthy chapter of necessity and it has placed sales settings in their respective contexts . |
| 22 | This had been a perfectly human reaction : to look quickly at a dead relative , loved or otherwise . |
| 23 | To her surprise , this had been a very happy period . |