Example sentences of "it has [been] a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been a hectic three years , operating a round-the-clock snack bar , and restaurant service for 17 hours every day . |
| 2 | ‘ It has been a long hard season for Nigel , and obviously he 'll be a little bit down after what happened at Wembley , ’ said Bingham . |
| 3 | It has been a major political and cultural force for a hundred years . |
| 4 | He adds : ‘ It has been a good few years since the snow has been this hard which means a lot of walkers are n't used to it . |
| 5 | Apart from the obvious importance of this relationship on the world stage , it has been a decisive shaping influence on the nature of Japan herself . |
| 6 | But it has been a rough 18 months for him and there is still a gauntness about him , even if he does claim he has never felt fitter and that his swing is closer to being ‘ on track ’ than for a long time . |
| 7 | " Never mind , " said Eliot , " It has been a pleasant little journey . " |
| 8 | People not familiar with Cheltenham often assume that it has been a large bustling town for a long time . |
| 9 | Speaking at his home in Godalming , Surrey , he added : ‘ It has been a hard few months and I am now looking forward to a break and spending some time with my family . ’ |
| 10 | Speaking at his home in Godalming , Surrey , he added : ‘ It has been a hard few months and I am now looking forward to a break and spending some time with my family . ’ |
| 11 | It has been a rewarding few years . |
| 12 | It has been an excellent few weeks for the Treloar club . |
| 13 | As we shall see in the following chapter , mechanization has not been the only process responsible for this , but by enabling the farmer to de-bureaucratize his farm and place greater emphasis on developing the personal loyalty of his workforce rather than relying upon regulations and sanctions , it has been an important contributory factor . |
| 14 | It has been an exhausting three days for the Labour Whips as they trawled the corridors of the Palace to try to find people who they could wheel in to speak in this debate . |
| 15 | ‘ We 're going to Northumberland , but it has been an exhausting few days for me and I intend to stop halfway . |
| 16 | ‘ It has been an interesting three years , ’ he said with a delightful degree of understatement . |