Example sentences of "it has not [been] [art] [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 not been the best of weeks for managers , a thought with which Graham Souness might agree .
10 It has n't been a good start , has it ? ’
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 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
13 Well it has n't been a complete loss .
14 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 . ’
15 Yeah , so , it has n't been a bad day , it 's been quite nice
16 Mavis has done her best , but it has n't been the same . ’
17 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 .
18 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 .
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