Example sentences of "it [vb -s] been a [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Central Office , Patrick Gower consoled himself , ‘ It has been a strenuous year but it has been worth it and it has been fun . |
| 2 | Secretary Peter Masheter said : ‘ It has been a good year with membership increasing to 63 from around 40 . |
| 3 | It has been a good year to be at Stirling . |
| 4 | Aside from her gold medal triumph at the Barcelona Olympics , Capriati said it has been a disappointing year on the court and gave herself a ‘ C ’ grade for her results . |
| 5 | Connie said : ‘ It has been a marvellous year for outings and we have been very fortunate with the weather this summer . ’ |
| 6 | He admitted : ‘ It has been a shocking year for me . |
| 7 | ‘ It has been a difficult year because I have n't been able to get into the side . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But it has been a wonderful year and a wonderful time for me . |
| 9 | ‘ It has been a tough year all round but we have managed to complete a number of objectives and it is important that all employees continue to appreciate the value of environmental and health and safety issues . ’ |
| 10 | IT 'S been a good year for German neo-Nazis . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's been a good year , ’ he nodded . |
| 12 | William says that he wants to win and then hopefully look towards the world championship and then the next Europeans … it 's been a good year so far so he hopes it ends like that anyway |
| 13 | It 's been a good year for holly berries , and the crop on sale today attracted buyers from all over Britain . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's been a difficult year , ’ admits Sir David Nicholas wearily as he contemplates how best to manage 40 staff in the Gulf . |
| 15 | But on the home front , too , it 's been a busy year . |
| 16 | It 's been a peculiar year , a sad year , we have lost some loyal members , Mr Williams , and John Norton Grimshaw . |
| 17 | it 's been a bad year . |
| 18 | ‘ Although I 'm champion and it 's been a wonderful year I feel I ca n't truly call myself the title holder until I beat Joey on the roads . ’ |
| 19 | It 's been an eventful year for the man who was recently awarded the lifetime achievements award by the American Film Institute . |
| 20 | Erm , it 's been an important year for us , and I think that , you may recall that last year we talked a bit about the Nathan report , and er , if you look at the Directors er , report , you will see that quite a lot of the work that we talked about and was in the Nathan report , is now under way , and I think it 's very important . |