Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [be] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The driver turns the engine over a couple of times ; says , ‘ What it needs is a little push . ' ’ |
| 2 | What it has is a big dictionary of words and synonyms classified by type ( people , locations , actions , etc ) and connected by their most likely relationships . |
| 3 | ‘ We started because we had so many enquiries about holiday courses , and it has been a tremendous success , ’ says Angela Payne , deputy director of the college . |
| 4 | It has been a tremendous strain . |
| 5 | IT has been a tremendous week of involvement in the learning process for Belfast teenager Claire Curran . |
| 6 | In Central Office , Patrick Gower consoled himself , ‘ It has been a strenuous year but it has been worth it and it has been fun . |
| 7 | Phil Farrand says it is brilliant … it has been a long slog and has meant a lot of hard work |
| 8 | To a few of us it may seem like only yesterday , but to the Princess , I suspect , it has been a long decade , for she has completed a most extraordinary metamorphosis . |
| 9 | It has been a long day , but there are still a couple of hours to run , and this is Berlin , where anything can happen . |
| 10 | Everyone is contemplating an early night — it has been a long day , one of the busiest for a while . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't usually do that , but it has been a long day . ’ |
| 12 | God it 's only quarter past two , it has been a long day in n it ? |
| 13 | It has been a long time since the women 's game has been so open ; hopefully it will continue . |
| 14 | I thought I would go home when I left but it has been a long time . |
| 15 | It has been a long time . |
| 16 | This is a very beautiful music , serene , noble , discreet , poignant , composed , grief-stricken , understated , sublime — it has been a long time since I discovered anything quite so touching . |
| 17 | With more and more database engines sitting on networked servers , it has been a long time coming — the tricky bit , says Shandell is implementing ‘ remote queue pointers ’ . |
| 18 | It has been a long time coming , and apparently impatient fans bombard the Pan press office weekly for information on its appearance . |
| 19 | ‘ It has been a long time , Warren , ’ she said evenly . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , it has been a long time , and I expect you and Marissa … ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Well , ’ she taunted foolishly , ‘ it has been a long time . ’ |
| 22 | Just as Japan , a country dependent for 60% of its energy on oil , was a major sufferer when prices doubled in the second oil shock of 1979 , so it has been a major beneficiary of the subsequent fall in crude prices . |
| 23 | It 's hard to believe that the first meeting of the Galway Races took place at Ballybrit Race Course in 1869 ; and it immediately so fired the public imagination that it has been a major fixture on the Irish racing calendar ever since . |
| 24 | ‘ The reading of it has been a good preparation for Lent as far as I am concerned : for it shows me ( through the heroine ) the special sin of abuse of intellect to which all my profession are liable , more clearly than I ever saw before . |
| 25 | It has been a good day for them . |
| 26 | Secretary Peter Masheter said : ‘ It has been a good year with membership increasing to 63 from around 40 . |
| 27 | It has been a good year to be at Stirling . |
| 28 | ‘ It has been a good time to come into the market , ’ said Steve Leroux , leasing manager . |
| 29 | It has been a good Christmas for Oxford . |
| 30 | IT has been a good Surrey Championships for Haslemere , with exceptionally good results by the youngest swimmers born in 1980 , 1981 and 1982 . |