Example sentences of "[conj] it have been [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had an intimation that it had been important to her to have an impersonal initiation , in her own control , not over-whelming . |
| 2 | There was more wrong with Sheridan than ill-temper , and it had been obvious to his father for a long time . |
| 3 | ‘ Obviously I 'm hopeful of getting to Sweden and it 's been great to be involved with the England squad . ’ |
| 4 | And if it had been obvious to Jean then Silas would notice it in two seconds or less . |
| 5 | Try to establish the background of any dog , however , because if it has been aggressive to children , for example it may not be suitable for your circumstances . |
| 6 | He had changed his name , of course , but it had been obvious to Fedorov that he was the same man he had disposed of in the Stadtpark three weeks before . |
| 7 | But it has been deleterious to good decision-making on more than one occasion . |
| 8 | Anselm acquiesced in this explanation and waited for peace , but then , long after it had been apparent to others , it dawned on him that he must either do the job or give it up — preferably , so far as he was concerned , the latter . |
| 9 | When I postulated that the environmentalists might have a case , they were horrified that I of all people should express such a view , when it had been clear to them from the start that I was different from the others ( my sisters ) . |
| 10 | He is clearly rather tired of preaching the design gospel when it has been evident to him for many years the fundamental role it plays in good business practice . |
| 11 | It was important to Trent that he held to that word ; as it had been important to him never to use the term ‘ Loyalist ’ when speaking of or reporting on the Protestant terrorists in Northern Ireland . |
| 12 | This was n't supposed to happen — but then , nothing today had happened as it had been supposed to . |
| 13 | Steel-Maitland was running Central Office like a business enterprise , not in order to make a political point , but because it was as natural to him as it had been foreign to Percival Hughes . |