Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [be] [adj] in [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also clear that current merger policy has been somewhat permissive , for while it has been effective in preventing a limited number of individually important mergers , it has had little impact upon the level of merger activity as a whole . |
| 2 | But whilst the concern might , therefore , have been largely misplaced , it has been useful in fostering a re-examination of the way schools and LEAs maintain discipline amongst pupils and in prompting fresh research into the nature of misbehaviour in schools . |
| 3 | Ever since John Marshall , its first chief justice , discovered that the court had the ability to overturn legislation that did not accord with the constitution , it has been indispensable in bolstering the central tenet of American democracy : that no grant of governmental power to those who exercise it for the time being is limitless . |
| 4 | It has been well-used in writing this book . |
| 5 | The criticisms have fallen into certain categories , one general line being that the service has failed to adopt modern methods of management , that it has been slow in understanding the use of statistical information and of specialized knowledge of the social services , and that it does not think ahead enough or organize its planning on a sufficiently systematic basis , in part because officials spend too much time on routine departmental work . |
| 6 | It has been instrumental in rescuing cats out of trees who might otherwise have starved or drowned , ’ a local resident tells me . |
| 7 | I think it 's been successful in trying to break down barriers a bit . |
| 8 | I think it 's been successful in trying to break down barriers a bit , and I think at least some of the representatives erm the head boy and girl and deputy head boy and girl at Priory School and some of the people from Rings School and so on at least have contact now on a fairly regular basis with local councillors , local council officials and so on . |