Example sentences of "it have [adv] been a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has just been a long battle for us all . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The Queen goes on : ‘ It has indeed been a sombre year . |
| 6 | As some of you may have heard me observe , it has indeed been a sombre year . |
| 7 | It has certainly been a bad start , ’ said Richard Lynch in BIFU 's London office . |
| 8 | As far as I can remember it has always been a hot one , in that season beloved of medieval lyricists . |
| 9 | But when I have , it has always been a green-flowered form , like the Machet variety , and in the evening . |
| 10 | For as long as I can remember it has always been a tidy , clean , friendly place . |
| 11 | It has always been a poor region where the constant threat of danger breeds a hardy race of people . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Yet it has never been a popular species . |
| 15 | It has all been a fantastic myth exploded by grim reality . |
| 16 | It had also been a difficult and painful year . |
| 17 | So we invoked that agreement , and Charlie said Winter Garden had set a precedent and we said No it had n't , it had just been a Cold War expedient and those days were over . |
| 18 | It had never been a homogeneous state , more a collection of dynastic holdings , and its ruling caste never subscribed to the liberal notions of the Enlightenment or the French Revolution . |
| 19 | Indeed it had never been a favourite pastime of hers . |
| 20 | In 1879 Crookes sold the Quarterly Journal ; it lived on until 1885 , becoming in its last years a monthly-but it had never been a leading journal , and general scientific reviewing never caught on . |
| 21 | It had long been a controversial issue and its approval had been delayed for years because of worries about the environmental consequences and the cost of the project . |
| 22 | It had originally been a short par 4 , but had been turned into a long par 3 . |
| 23 | It had really been a fatherly routine check to see that all was well with the place his daughter was attending . |
| 24 | For a first Mass it had certainly been a tough baptism . |
| 25 | By 1989 InterCity director Dr john Prideaux was reassuring his customers that it was wrong to regard the APT as a failure ; it had indeed been a great design success ! |
| 26 | He could smell the drink ; it had obviously been a heavy session . |
| 27 | It had once been a middle-of-the-road paper with a big circulation and had traditionally reflected the views , or prejudices , of its middle-of-the-road readers . |
| 28 | Now she finally had to admit that it had all been a total failure . |
| 29 | It had all been a far cry from the excitement of her engagement to the handsome young houseman when the Stevenses had celebrated with a party in the garden of their home . |
| 30 | He had rendered her almost mindless there and it had all been a cheap trick , not even part of his wish to get her to accept her father . |