Example sentences of "it has [been] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No-one disputes that it has been a particularly bad winter for accidents on Scotland 's mountains . |
| 2 | It has been a particularly marked feature of industrial relations in state enterprises , since the conduct of industrial relations influences the achievement of a variety of state objectives . |
| 3 | If there have n't been any it has been a pretty poor day 's play . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I am sure that , afterwards , you will admit it has been a most interesting assignment . |
| 5 | It has been a rather nail-biting time in Bedford Square . |
| 6 | It has been a less serious factor in the French-speaking countries where European traders and shopkeepers continue to operate small businesses , although these could be periodically subject to local political pressures including arbitrary taxation . |
| 7 | As a result it has been a relatively simple matter to audit and evaluate the original decisions of two years ago . |
| 8 | It has been a very successful project indeed . |
| 9 | ‘ It has been a very rough time indeed . |
| 10 | Kelly , who has won this race three times , said : ‘ It has been a very long and hard season for me , and I feel very tired . |
| 11 | ‘ I am very sorry , ’ he said , ‘ but you must understand it has been a very long time … |
| 12 | Since then , it has been a very regular performer on the BR main line hauling charter trains in many parts of the country , including meeting its sister engine , 6201 ‘ Princess Elizabeth ’ . |
| 13 | In concluding , I would just like to say that it has been a very great honour to be invited here tonight to The William of Orange Memorial Hall , Belfast , as guest speaker at The Independent Shopkeeper of the Year Awards . |
| 14 | Sandra said : ‘ It has been a very worthwhile project from the health and safety aspect by a very successful QC team which has been together for almost three years . ’ |
| 15 | Mr Ensoll reflects : ‘ It has been a very varied career working for the Post Office for the last 33 years . |
| 16 | At the time , he said : ‘ It has been a very difficult split . |
| 17 | Well as we approach the end of 1991 , I 'm sure I do n't need to remind you that it has been a very difficult year . |
| 18 | It has been a very difficult choice for me this time . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It has been a very tough night , but we have come out carrying our arms . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We always had books and diagrams on meteorology but it has been a very dead subject up until now , ’ said head of science Peter Simpson . |
| 21 | He has been most supportive and indeed we have the Canon to thank that our Centenary Celebrations have taken the form they have , and I think you will agree it has been a very fitting culmination to our 100 years history . |
| 22 | Indeed , it has been an outstandingly successful theory and underlies nearly all of modern science and technology . |
| 23 | Metaphorically it has been an undoubtedly useful skill for the man who has , for the past six years , been chairman of Greater Glasgow Health Board . |
| 24 | It has been an almost Darwinian process , of course , with those failing to shrug off the stereotype simply going out of business and removing themselves from the genetic pool . |
| 25 | Yes , and I suspect that it has been an almost unique experience in that so much of the cost has been provided by other Governments . |
| 26 | It has been an awful long time in the development , but V M Technologies , the semiconductor development affiliate of ASCII Corp , the software development company run by Kazuhiko Nishi , which has been having a rough time of it of late , has finally announced that it has completed the preparation to sell its long-promised home-grown microprocessor fully compatible with Intel Corp 's 80386 , the first 80386 clone developed in Japan . |
| 27 | ‘ It has been an awful long time just getting to this stage , but it will be worth it if we can succeed . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ But it has been an extremely friendly parting , without any acrimony . |