Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In part it has also been due to a lack of suitable models of how the combination of attributes could take place . |
| 2 | But it has also been apparent from the very beginning of the tale , where Wilekin " began to love a married woman " that " love " in this text may mean nothing more than carnal desire . |
| 3 | It has also been adept at gaining support , for example for its electrification programme , by lobbying in parliament among MPs known to be interested in the rail sector , including the group of railway union-sponsored members . |
| 4 | It has also been slow in reacting to the threat posed by rival PC manufacturers shipping similar machines at lower prices . |
| 5 | It has also been clear in his methods of training orchestras over long periods of time . |
| 6 | And it has largely been unquestioned until recently in the work of most theorists of sex , from naturalists and Freudians to taxonomists like Alfred Kinsey ( in his concept of ‘ sexual outlet ’ ) and the research clinicians such as William Masters and Virginia Johnson ( in their descriptions of physiological responses ) . |
| 7 | When ivy is seen growing throughout the crown of a dying tree it has rarely been responsible for the tree 's decline but has taken advantage of the crown which now lets through enough light for the ivy to grow away . |
| 8 | It has thus been customary for dung and bedding to be rotted for up to a year in a midden ( or field heap ) before spreading on the land . |
| 9 | I believe it had a thatched roof and it was such a bonny place , but it has sadly been derelict for years . |
| 10 | For years , the Tory Government has gone on about freedom of choice in education but it has only been those with money who have had any real choice . |
| 11 | Yes , it does : and that is why art directors love it — though it has only been fashionable for about 20 years . |
| 12 | One investigator who has put weight on the relationship with affective , rather than schizophrenic , disorder is the American psychiatrist , Andreasen , whose work , also carried out within a partly genetics context , is of particular interest here because it has mainly been concerned with writers . |
| 13 | It has long been one of the curiosities of our political history that the previous all-time record was set by a party that actually lost the election , Clement Attlee 's Labour Party in 1951 . |
| 14 | A small , mountainous country with a population of under three million people , it has long been free from colonial domination . |
| 15 | Thus , it has hitherto been appropriate for the professional partnership where limited liability is forbidden . |
| 16 | It has always been absent from Scotland and Ireland . |
| 17 | It has always been one of those comedies built on character and situation . |
| 18 | It has always been one of my regrets that life did not make it possible for me to know this quiet , strong artist and teacher better . |
| 19 | Sir , it has always been one of my principles that planning , for its acceptance , depends on public understanding . |
| 20 | After death the heart becomes a pyramid ( it has always been one of the wonders of the world ) ; but even in life the heart was never heart-shaped . |
| 21 | It has always been man-made in its entirety , for there has never been a supernatural source of information . |
| 22 | To gauge the full significance of recent innovations in the international financial system , recall that in all market economies , it has always been possible to ‘ buy ’ money , like any other commodity . |
| 23 | However , they were originally scheduled for different nights , but it has always been possible for this scenario to arrise , so why did n't they just schedule the matches to be played at the same time no matter what ? |
| 24 | There appears to be a wide variety of newspapers available to the public ( even though appearances deceive ) , and it has always been possible in principle ( if not in practice ) to found a new paper . |
| 25 | It has always been hard for them to translate their music success into a sustained movie career . |
| 26 | It has always been common for students of literature to imitate their teachers ' styles , including in seemingly incidental respects . |
| 27 | It has always been popular with Middlesbrough-born singer-songwriter Chris Rea . |
| 28 | Many attempts have been made in the House to reform the private Bill procedure and many of them have collapsed because it has always been easier for a private measure to be introduced . |
| 29 | It has always been difficult for mentally handicapped people to find employment when they leave school , but now the prospects are grim indeed . |
| 30 | However , it has always been difficult in Cologne to sell a piece over DM 100,000 . |