Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] been [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it has surely been to the mutual advantage of the people of Scotland and England that we have had that union for the past two and a half centuries . |
| 2 | It has not been in the hobby quite that long , but has , I estimate , been around for well over 30 years , and was probably the first Apisto to be kept in captivity . |
| 3 | Discs has gone for promotion of the label en bloc , it has not been in the most obvious way , but it does typify the house sense of humour . |
| 4 | It has n't been in the , I cover , but I have some information you gave me , it has n't been in that at all , mm . |
| 5 | Hence , a political economy of the urban is scarcely more plausible now than it has ever been in the past . |
| 6 | Such initiatives petered out in the decades after the war ; indeed , it has only been since the mid 1980s that new attempts have been made , in Nell 's words , ‘ to regain the higher ground ’ , re-establishing the Underground as an influential patron of public art as well as improving the passenger environment . |
| 7 | It has only been in the last year or so that the Government has started to grapple with major areas of social policy like education and housing . |
| 8 | The two cases also show that change is a possibility , but that it has mainly been in the past through change in the hierarchy 's and clergy 's attitudes as well . |
| 9 | It has always been to the Society 's credit that preservation work undertaken on its Merlin engines has involved every nut , bolt and washer being removed , cleaned , treated and replaced so that when rebuilt the engine should stand every chance of lasting for many future generations . |
| 10 | It should not be assumed , however , that when religious beliefs have functioned as primitive science , it has always been to the detriment of further inquiry . |
| 11 | ‘ It has always been in the family and we know that James Springhall lived in Cargo Fleet Road , but other than that I 'm afraid we do n't know a great deal about him , or his life in Australia . ’ |
| 12 | Only the United Kingdom economy performed as badly during the seventies and it has always been near the bottom of the league . |
| 13 | Mr Parkinson told journalists later : ‘ It has never been at the top of my agenda . |
| 14 | It has never been in the rain before and has not developed a habit of accepting the discomfort of being in the rain . |
| 15 | It has never been in the red ! |
| 16 | It is a relevant example because it involves one of the most searing of twentieth-century experiences , replete with both personal and broader political consequences , and it has recently been in the news . |
| 17 | The complex of disparate elements comprising academic English was always unstable , though they might have stayed together longer if it had not been for the demands of the academic environment . |
| 18 | In 1959 Rank claimed that ‘ Britain would now have a healthy industry and a very successful market ’ if it had not been for the insensitivity of the Department of Trade . |
| 19 | If it had not been for the extraordinary resilience of Hitler 's Wehrmacht and the fortitude of the German people , it would have done so . |
| 20 | Perhaps if it had not been for the Shakoor Rana affair the TCCB might have handled this quietly and sensibly by issuing a non-committal statement and letting the fuss die down . |
| 21 | We agreed to have him for a fortnight but when the time came he refused to go , and would be with us yet if it had not been for the First World War and your father having to go … |
| 22 | They were bare and shabby and if it had not been for the pretty yellow cloths she had made for the tables and the yellow and orange cushions she had covered for the chairs and the blue vase full of roses she had asked Maria to place on the chest of drawers , then they would have been dismal indeed . |
| 23 | If it had not been for the shamelessness of it , Wilson felt she might have been sorely tempted to exploit this extraordinary advantage . |
| 24 | ‘ If it had not been for the difficulties and bruises caused by the recession , I have no doubt there would be an increased majority for the Conservative Party , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Many of the greatest treasures in National Trust houses would have been sold abroad long ago if it had not been for the ‘ in lieu ’ system , which was established in 1956 and which enabled private owners to give works of art to the nation in lieu of capital taxes . |
| 26 | ‘ For my part I believe the African Jesus would have won if it had not been for the Dark Host . |
| 27 | Coming after five years of war , when for the first time there did seem to be a tiny light at the end of the tunnel , these new rockets were almost too much for our overstretched nerves , although the situation would no doubt have been very much worse if it had not been for the times when both the RAF and the American Air Force had been out bombing Peenemunde and the other rocket sites . |
| 28 | Price Waterhouse 's UK practice would have experienced a negative growth rate in fee income in the year to June 1992 , if it had not been for the firm 's corporate recovery arm . |
| 29 | Yet even though he got the chance to fight Mr Bush , he would not now be heading for the White House if it had not been for the disaster which hit the President a few days after that TV interview . |
| 30 | In one case , it was said that ‘ it was the 15-year-old girl who was the dominant partner in the relationship ’ with a 28-year-old woman separated from her husband , while in the other case ‘ a pretty 15-year-old schoolgirl skipped lessons to have a lesbian love affair ’ ; however the defence counsel said that her mother had told police she thought there was nothing wrong with a lesbian relationship and ‘ if it had not been for the age of the young lady , none of us would be here today ’ . |