Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [be] a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has been a long hard season for Nigel , and obviously he 'll be a little bit down after what happened at Wembley , ’ said Bingham . |
| 2 | It has been a major political and cultural force for a hundred years . |
| 3 | Apart from the obvious importance of this relationship on the world stage , it has been a decisive shaping influence on the nature of Japan herself . |
| 4 | " Never mind , " said Eliot , " It has been a pleasant little journey . " |
| 5 | People not familiar with Cheltenham often assume that it has been a large bustling town for a long time . |
| 6 | Morden , Surrey-based Short Term Rental Systems Ltd can now offer UK customers what it reckons is a unique combined hardware and software personal computer rental service , thanks to a series of agreements with WordStar International Inc , Microsoft Corp , BitStream Inc and Lotus Development Corp : users are offered a combination of Compaq Computer Corp , Dell Computer Corp and Apple Computer Inc machines ready-loaded with the software of their choice — an 80486 machine with colour monitor , inkjet printer , WordStar word processor and Lotus spreadsheet will cost £135 ; 24 hour support is also available from Bushey , Hertfordshire-based Professional Support Centre ; the service is aimed at ‘ Small-Office-Home-Office ’ users , large corporates wanting to hire machines for project work , and hotels , exhibition and conference organisers wishing to hire out facilities to clients ; rental , naturally , has been viewed with suspicion by software companies anxious about piracy — Short Term Rental has got round this by removing the installation commands from the software it rents so preventing users from copying . |
| 7 | It 's been a long old year . |
| 8 | Leave it all till Monday Lynda , it 's been a long hard week . |
| 9 | So , it 's been a nice warm day has it ? |
| 10 | ‘ It 's been a funny old job , ’ said Denise , and blew her nose . |
| 11 | It 's been a multi layered conference . |