Example sentences of "it has [adv] been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the Left has not been sensitive to the established debates on the British constitution it has not been attentive to the potentialities for change which have flowed from the absence of legal and constitutional limits on Parliament . |
| 2 | It has not been one of those lives where people are rejected and say , ‘ I 'll show them . ’ |
| 3 | It has not been easy on three hours sleep a night . |
| 4 | Although plastic pipe has been widely used for wastes and drains , until recently it has not been suitable for hot water . |
| 5 | IT HAS not been much of a week for Welsh politicians because the country 's resounding rejection of Mr Neil Kinnock has been followed by the decision of the International Rugby Board to ignore the reservations expressed by the Welsh Rugby Union and to hold the 1995 World Cup in South Africa . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | At dusk , it has not been unknown for us to traipse round the dykeside field boundaries collecting slugs , a pretty grisly business . |
| 9 | Upon the accession taking effect , the Basic Law of the FRG … shall enter into force in the Länder of Brandenburg , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia and in that part of Land Berlin where it has not been valid to date , subject to the amendments arising from Article 4 , unless otherwise provided in this Treaty . |
| 10 | In some cases it has not been clear from the notes to the accounts whether the directors consider that they have departed from a specific statutory rule and that the true and fair view override is being invoked . |
| 11 | ‘ Ah , yes — you see , it has n't been such a-long walk after all , ’ said Lady Selvedge . |
| 12 | I have experience of this class of case over a period of more than fifty years and it has n't been uncommon in the past even in the days when judges took a more rigorous view than they cline er inclined to do nowadays not to punish er in any with a custodial |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | You know , it has n't been easy since — since Alison . |
| 17 | ‘ Although it has n't been one of the happiest experiences of my life either , ’ she added in a low voice . |
| 18 | It has n't been much of a week for my wife either ; she now sees little prospect of winning back even a beefburger space in the deep freeze . |
| 19 | But that window 's completely cleared out now and it has n't been open at all this week . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In part it has also been due to a lack of suitable models of how the combination of attributes could take place . |
| 22 | But it has also been apparent from the very beginning of the tale , where Wilekin " began to love a married woman " that " love " in this text may mean nothing more than carnal desire . |
| 23 | It has also been adept at gaining support , for example for its electrification programme , by lobbying in parliament among MPs known to be interested in the rail sector , including the group of railway union-sponsored members . |
| 24 | It has also been slow in reacting to the threat posed by rival PC manufacturers shipping similar machines at lower prices . |
| 25 | It has also been clear in his methods of training orchestras over long periods of time . |
| 26 | And it has largely been unquestioned until recently in the work of most theorists of sex , from naturalists and Freudians to taxonomists like Alfred Kinsey ( in his concept of ‘ sexual outlet ’ ) and the research clinicians such as William Masters and Virginia Johnson ( in their descriptions of physiological responses ) . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I believe it had a thatched roof and it was such a bonny place , but it has sadly been derelict for years . |
| 30 | For years , the Tory Government has gone on about freedom of choice in education but it has only been those with money who have had any real choice . |