Example sentences of "it have [adv] be [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although plastic pipe has been widely used for wastes and drains , until recently it has not been suitable for hot water . |
| 2 | It has not been possible for the American navy to leave behind the assets that it had developed there , but my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence will certainly take note of the point that the hon. Lady raised about Ministry of Defence assets in the area . |
| 3 | If , because of confidentiality or for other reasons , it has not been possible for the seller to make all enquiries that it otherwise would , the seller would be well advised to stipulate in the contract or disclosure letter what enquiries have been made . |
| 4 | At dusk , it has not been unknown for us to traipse round the dykeside field boundaries collecting slugs , a pretty grisly business . |
| 5 | It has n't been easy for people across the country it has n't been easy for businesses and it has n't been easy for the government to do it . |
| 6 | It has n't been easy for people across the country it has n't been easy for businesses and it has n't been easy for the government to do it . |
| 7 | It has n't been easy for people across the country it has n't been easy for businesses and it has n't been easy for the government to do it . |
| 8 | They only ever come around to yours when the sink 's full of washing-up , there 's a pile of dirty washing on the kitchen floor , the sitting room looks as if it has n't been Hoovered for a month , there are empty Smarties packets down the sides of the chairs , toast crumbs all over the tables , cobwebs in the corner and you 've run out of coffee . |
| 9 | When ivy is seen growing throughout the crown of a dying tree it has rarely been responsible for the tree 's decline but has taken advantage of the crown which now lets through enough light for the ivy to grow away . |
| 10 | It has thus been customary for dung and bedding to be rotted for up to a year in a midden ( or field heap ) before spreading on the land . |
| 11 | I believe it had a thatched roof and it was such a bonny place , but it has sadly been derelict for years . |
| 12 | Yes , it does : and that is why art directors love it — though it has only been fashionable for about 20 years . |
| 13 | Thus , it has hitherto been appropriate for the professional partnership where limited liability is forbidden . |
| 14 | However , they were originally scheduled for different nights , but it has always been possible for this scenario to arrise , so why did n't they just schedule the matches to be played at the same time no matter what ? |
| 15 | It has always been hard for them to translate their music success into a sustained movie career . |
| 16 | It has always been common for students of literature to imitate their teachers ' styles , including in seemingly incidental respects . |
| 17 | Many attempts have been made in the House to reform the private Bill procedure and many of them have collapsed because it has always been easier for a private measure to be introduced . |
| 18 | It has always been difficult for mentally handicapped people to find employment when they leave school , but now the prospects are grim indeed . |
| 19 | Consequently it has sometimes been difficult for the new patterns to establish themselves in the face of combined resistance from programme committees , established departments , and professional senior officers . |
| 20 | In many rural areas it has therefore been usual for local farm workers to work on the land ‘ man and boy ’ . |
| 21 | It had not been necessary for him to be there . |
| 22 | Raynor paused , looking down into the half-closed eyes , and saw Grainne smile , and saw , as well , that despite her apparent tranquillity , she had been nervous , and that it had not been easy for her to come to his room . |
| 23 | It had not been easy for him to gain readmission . |
| 24 | If they had been advised as to the necessity for clear offers in writing with terms set out from the bank , their case is that they would have taken that advice , they would have waited for the bank offer and if and when it had not been suitable for them they would not have exchanged and their case is also that er once things had gone er very badly wrong and they wanted to get out of the contract if they had been advised as to the way out er then er they would have been er of that , they would have served notice and they would have got out of the contract . |
| 25 | It had not been reasonable for the Royal Mail to use their dismissals as an example of enforcement of the new rules . |
| 26 | In the early years of the " new diplomacy " in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries it had not been unusual for a diplomat who died in post to be immediately succeeded by a relative , often a close one , who had been attached to his mission with this possibility in mind . |
| 27 | She took a step backwards , and suddenly he realized that it had n't been easy for her to come here . |
| 28 | It had n't been difficult for Bill to accede to his wife 's nagging to give the girl a break . |
| 29 | As the Legal Aid scheme was given to the Law Society to administer in 1949 and it had also been responsible for the voluntary and statutory schemes in 1959 it was quite logical that the Law Society should also run the new advice scheme and that it should use the local and regional structure which already existed to administer the legal aid scheme . |
| 30 | In the eighteenth century it had still been possible for Turks to feel that the empire , inherently superior to the infidel states which threatened it , had no need to stoop to such devices ; but such an attitude was now no longer practicable . |