Example sentences of "it [verb] [been] [adj] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the outset , it has been clear that COSE , the Common Open Software Environment , would have to be more than just a unified desktop interface , and this week , two more pieces of the COSE puzzle appear to be dropping into place ( CI No 2,142 ) . |
| 2 | But would it have been different if Mrs Thatcher had had a spell on income support ? or if she had ever lugged a buggy , baby , toddler and bags of shopping on and off her infrequent , deregulated buses ? |
| 3 | Still less would it have been true if Labour had formed a government . |
| 4 | The disease has now reinvaded the American tropics , whence it had been absent since migration from Asia was cut off by the world upheavals of 1914–18 . |
| 5 | It had been clear that Bowman , a research scientist and administrator , was anxious to press ahead as fast as possible , and this had brought him into conflict on several occasions with industry , the government and the NRA chair , Lord Crickhowell . |
| 6 | It had been clear that Artai 's decision to name Jehan as a member of the embassy had come as a complete surprise . |
| 7 | It had been operational as Lancaster College of Technology since 1960 , conceived by the local authority in Coventry as a major institution , and had rapidly developed a reputation as such , expanding rapidly , and playing an important part in the committees and boards of the CNAA . |
| 8 | Rose Brady 's attention had been as unexpected as it had been sudden and welcome . |
| 9 | Now if it had been opposite and hypotenuse which one would you have used ? |