Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] been the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT HAS not been the best of weeks for managers , a thought with which Graham Souness might agree . |
| 2 | Mavis has done her best , but it has n't been the same . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ BY DAYLIGHT , the bower of Oak 's newfound mistress Bathsheba Everdene presented itself as a hoary building of the Jacobean stage of Classical Renaissance as regards its architecture , and of a proportion which tells at a glance that , as is frequently the case , it has once been the manorial hall on a small estate … |
| 4 | It has long been the largest voluntary nature conservation organisation in Europe . |
| 5 | On European monetary union , it seems to me that it has long been the cherished aim of Conservative Governments to find a means by which we could control the value of our currency — to make it predictable in its exchange rate , as it was for much of the 19th century . |
| 6 | It has long been the French preference to maintain the Council as the primary decision-making body of the Community , and indeed to reinforce its role ; the Germans want greater powers for the Parliament in Strasbourg . |
| 7 | Of course , what applies to animals applies equally to people : indeed , it has always been the declared aim of the behaviourists to understand and to control human behaviour . |
| 8 | In Molly 's own words : ‘ Thinking back to these early classes , I realise that it has always been the enthusiastic response of the class members that has made it seem supremely worth while to go on … |
| 9 | It has never been the Royal Family 's policy to comment on private matters . |
| 10 | Charles Marovitz in It had not been the only reviewer from the left dissatisfied with the Royal Shakespeare Company 's US on the Vietnam war . |
| 11 | Shiva had called it that , but in his mouth it had not been the hackneyed expression it would have been if an English person had so referred to it . |
| 12 | It had n't been the best of weekends . |
| 13 | It had n't been the greatest operation anyway , because it seemed that Jenner and Professor Liawski had some big argument around ‘ seventy-nine . ’ |
| 14 | The Soviet Union acted immediately on Aug. 2 to suspend weapons shipments to Iraq , to which it had historically been the principal arms supplier . |
| 15 | The animal had been plunging towards the shelter of a riverside bamboo grove when he fired and it had probably been the best shot of his life . |
| 16 | It had probably been the only one aired and ready for the unexpected guest this morning . |
| 17 | It had long been the traditional burial ground of kings ; all Louis 's royal Capetian ancestors — with the exception of his father Philip — were buried within its confines . |
| 18 | In fact it had always been the last thing on his mind . |
| 19 | It had always been the same , ever since she was a little girl . |
| 20 | It had undoubtedly been the only time he 'd been able to relax . |
| 21 | It had once been the great hall of the castle , and is among the fairest buildings of the twelfth century which Britain possesses . |
| 22 | It 's not been the best of years so far for Jimmy White , who was dubbed the bridesmaid of snooker after losing his fourth world championship final in May . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's not been the best of times for us result-wise recently which makes it an even better performance . ’ |
| 24 | We 've had another chi You see it 's always been the same kind of chiller . |
| 25 | No cos we was my friend Pat said to me oh she said , cos everyone have always come up to my house Christmas night , I 've always had the mess and that , she said oh she said , cos we 've got a house now come down to me , I said oh great , I can clean up and every Boxing morning it 's always been the same hangover , fucking |