Example sentences of "that it has be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is substantial evidence in the literature already cited that it has been the critical area of failure in Britain . |
| 2 | Unfortunately it seems that it has been the agricultural ministry which has won the debate , and Britain is merely tinkering with the problem . |
| 3 | To say that it has been the poorer for it is not to denigrate the work that was done . |
| 4 | However , those who operate the law are well aware that it will only be respected to the extent that it conforms with public opinion : the reason why journalists and broadcasters are not prosecuted much more often for undoubted infringements of the letter of the laws of contempt and official secrecy is simply that the authorities are well aware that up-to-the-hilt enforcement of these vague laws would bring the law into further disrepute , and precipitate precisely the sort of clash between government and the press that it has been the British genius to avoid , whenever possible , by cosy arrangements . |
| 5 | It is not clear however that it has been the stronger adversary which has done so , rather than a weaker party with its back to the wall . |