Example sentences of "but it has [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But it has been a great triumph for Hochhauser , Willi . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | I thought I would go home when I left but it has been a long time . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't usually do that , but it has been a long day . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But it has been a busy and peripatetic decade for Taylor , Heglund and their co-workers . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ But it has been a wonderful year and a wonderful time for me . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ We 're going to Northumberland , but it has been an exhausting few days for me and I intend to stop halfway . |
| 13 | But it has been an uphill struggle . |