Example sentences of "it has [adv] [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One Shetland policeman said yesterday : ‘ It has not been a regular occurrence by any means . |
| 2 | Clearly it has not been a typical day , even for 5 Airborne Brigade ; yet such operations have taken place seventy-three times since the Second World War . |
| 3 | The Government can not say that because , by definition , the Government have to be comfortable with everything , but it has not been a profitable period for teachers in terms of their pay . |
| 4 | It has not been a productive summer for Viv Richards . |
| 5 | For the chief sub-editor , Daniel Vernet , it has not been an easy transition : ‘ We had to make sure that the paper read as a single publication , but that each section stood up on its own , while avoiding undue repetition , ’ he explains . |
| 6 | Again , we have paid lip-service to this for a long time , but it has not been an easy ideal to achieve . |
| 7 | It has not been an easy ride , however . |
| 8 | Yet even those outside the profession will know it has not been an easy road recently . |
| 9 | ‘ It has n't been a good start , has it ? ’ |
| 10 | Tony Wright … says it has n't been a good season they have n't batted well … but someone has got to take the blame and he thinks he should stand down and give someone else a chance |
| 11 | Tony Wright … says it has n't been a good season they have n't batted well … but someone has got to take the blame and he thinks he should stand down and give someone else a chance |
| 12 | Well it has n't been a complete loss . |
| 13 | It has n't been a disastrous trip for me , but I got in a few times without going on to a really big score . ’ |
| 14 | Yeah , so , it has n't been a bad day , it 's been quite nice |
| 15 | It has n't been an easy time , even for the professions , and while law firms have had to cut back on staffing , they face having to get more out of the personnel they have left in terms of client service . |
| 16 | It has n't been an easy year for the mother of two grown-up children , as anxious pet-owners have been known to telephone at four o' clock in the morning to ask about their cats or dogs . |
| 17 | ‘ It has just been a long battle for us all . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The Queen goes on : ‘ It has indeed been a sombre year . |
| 22 | As some of you may have heard me observe , it has indeed been a sombre year . |
| 23 | It has certainly been a bad start , ’ said Richard Lynch in BIFU 's London office . |
| 24 | As far as I can remember it has always been a hot one , in that season beloved of medieval lyricists . |
| 25 | But when I have , it has always been a green-flowered form , like the Machet variety , and in the evening . |
| 26 | For as long as I can remember it has always been a tidy , clean , friendly place . |
| 27 | It has always been a poor region where the constant threat of danger breeds a hardy race of people . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ It has always been an applied art , ’ he says , ‘ combining artistic creation and science . ’ |
| 30 | One might easily assume that it has always been an important road . |